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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [762r] (1540/1814)
The record is made up of 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios). It was created in 1892-1924. It was written in English, Urdu and German. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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OLW^'"''X\\ H - U - SEYYID HAMID BIN THWAIN,
THE NEW SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR.
HIS FIRST
A correspondent sends us a photograph of the new
Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyyid Hamid bin Thwaini, which,
he informs us, is the first likeness of his Highness
produced by the camera. The new Sultan was pro
claimed just a month ago, on the death of his cousin
and predecessor, Seyyid Ali. He is a grandson of
an elder brother of the late Sultan. The dominions
of his Sultanate were gradually acquired by the
Imams of Muscat between the years 1698 and 1807,
partly by conquest from the Portuguese and partly
by native chiefs. They were held as dependencies of
Muscat until the death of Seyyid Said, when on a ■
dispute as to the succession arising between Seyyid
Thwaini of Muscat and Seyyid Majid of Zanzibar—
both sons of Said—the dominions in Africa were
made independent of Muscat and confirmed under
Majid by an arbitration of Lord Canning,
then Governor-General of India. Since then
the succession to the throne has devolved, according
to Mohammedan usage, on the eldest surviving males
of the family, and con equently, although none of the
Sultans since Majid have been without sons, these
sons have not reigned. Majid, who died in 1870, was
followed by his brother, Barghash. He died in 1888,
and \yas succeeded, in order, by two further brothers,
Khalifa and Ah. This exhausted the family of
the old Sultan Said. The next in succession
was then found to be the present Sultan, who is a
grandson of Said’s eldest son, Thwaini of Muscat.
His accession was, however, not un ’isputed. As
soon as the Sultan Ali died, on the 6th of last month,
Kalid Barghasb, one of his sons, made an ineffectual
attempt to seize the throne. This demonstration
only lasted an hour or two, and the prince surren
dered to the British Consul-General without effusion
of blood. So far Seyyid Hamid has given every pro
mise of proving a ductile instrument in the hands
of his British protectors, and has manifested an intelli
gent appreciation of their eivi.ising influence.
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These two volumes are George Curzon's own personal annotated copies of both volumes of his book Persia and the Persian Question , which was published in 1892. Alongside the volumes are various loose papers relating to Persia [Iran], consisting of the following: received correspondence; newspaper cuttings; publishers' press releases; cuttings from various booksellers' catalogues; various journal and magazine articles; two items of printed official British correspondence; several prints of photographs and sketches; and a few handwritten notes by Curzon.
In most cases these papers, which range in date from 1892 to 1924, relate to the chapters in the book where they were originally inserted, suggesting that they were kept by Curzon with the intention of using them to inform a revised edition of the book.
Of particular note among the small amount of correspondence are two letters received by Curzon in 1914 and 1915 from retired schoolmaster and Islamic scholar Sayyid Mazhar Hasan Musawi of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India (ff 5-9 and ff 44-53). These letters, which are written in Urdu and are accompanied by English translations, discuss in detail several inaccuracies found in the Urdu version of Persia and the Persian Question .
The various prints of photographs and sketches, which were originally inserted into volume two, are of different locations in the Gulf region. Several of these appear to have been produced in preparation for the publication of the second volume of John Gordon Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Oman and Central Arabia (i.e. the 'Geographical and Statistical' section) in 1908, as they are identical to the versions found in that volume.
Also of note among the loose papers are an illustrated article from Country Life dated 5 June 1920, entitled 'The People of Persia' (ff 36-37), and a printed family tree of the Shah of Persia [Aḥmad Shah Qājār], produced in preparation of his visit to Britain in 1919 (f 233).
Volume one of Persia and the Persian Question contains a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Balochistan], which is folded inside the front cover (f 1).
The German language material consists of a publisher's press release for two books authored by German archaeologist Ernst Emil Herzfeld (ff 29-30).
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- 2 volumes with inserts (898 folios)
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Foliation: this shelfmark consists of two physical volumes. The foliation sequence commences at the first folio of volume one (1-463), and terminates at the last folio of volume two (ff 464-898); these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Each volume contains a large number of loose leaves, which have been foliated in the order that they were inserted into the volume; for conservation reasons, these loose folios have been removed from the volume and stored separately. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers of the two volumes.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
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- 762r:762v
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- Public Domain
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- Mss Eur F111/33
- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 762r:762v
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- Unknown
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- Public Domain