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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [780v] (1577/1814)
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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451
PERSIA
future tribute. The disturbances arising from these designs are
not merely detrimental to the order of the Gulf; but they impose
a special responsibility upon the British Government, inasmuch as
the trade of the seaports is here, as elsewhere, mainly in the hands
of Hindu merchants, who are British subjects, and whose lives
and property are imperilled by the chronic outbreaks. Even
Persia, whose aggressive mood is fired by the pettiest spoil, has
been tempted to interfere by the prevailing disorder; and Persian
agents have been heard of intriguing with the chieftains of El
Katr and Bahrein with a view to their acceptance of Persian
sovereignty.
Having been led to mention the pretensions of the Ottoman
Government in this part of the Arabian peninsula, I will briefly
Ottoman indicate tlle ste P s b y which the Turks have established
sions"" themselves in this neighbourhood, and which will suffi
cients demonstrate the justice or the reverse of their
claims. In 1871, Abdullah bin Feysul, of the Wahabi reigning
famih, being engaged in a conflict for the throne of Nejd with
his brother Sand, applied to Midhat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, then Turkish Vali of
Baghdad, to co-operate in his restoration to power. The latter
was nothing loth. He cared little for Abdullah, and less for
Sand, but the opportunity of extending Ottoman sway was too
good to be missed. The Turks never went near to Nejd ; but a
Turkish army occupied the maritime district of El Katif, and the
inland oasis of El Hasa, 1 which are the adjoining regions on the
west to the promontory of El Katr. At the same time, in reply
to the natural queries of the British Government, an explicit
assurance was given that the Porte had no intention of seeking
supremacy over Bahrein, Muscat, or the maritime tribes, or of
undertaking naval operations. They have continued, however,
ever since to keep possession of El Hasa and Katif (to which
their ownership is not now contested), and are represented by an
mf , T f b01 ' Clmate t0 tile Vali of Bllsrall > who resides at Hufhuf
m El Hasa, and bears the absurd title of Mutaserrif of Neid
although a mountain range and the famous Nefud desert of
shifting sand intervene between them and Nejd, to which the
urks have never attempted to penetrate. From the base of El
Hasa the afore-mentioned claims to El Katr are put forward, in
1 Hasa (pi. Alisa) means literally soft
rain-water below the surface.
or plain or sandy ground which retains
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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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- Mss Eur F111/33
- Title
- Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Questionby George Curzon, with Inserted Papers
- Pages
- 54r:135v, 147r:149v, 158r:180v, 183r:221v, 224r:224v, 227r:246v, 248r:257v, 259r:260v, 268r:362v, 364r:364v, 367r:388v, 390r:400v, 402r:416v, 419r:432v, 434r:444v, 448r:462v, 464r:471v, 475r:481v, 483r:513v, 516r:525v, 527r:544v, 546r:563v, 566r:598v, 600r:622v, 624r:656v, 658r:665v, 667r:675v, 678r:684v, 687r:688v, 691r:691v, 693r:693v, 695r:708v, 711r:721v, 724r:726v, 728r:729v, 731r:736v, 742r:742v, 746r:757v, 759r:761v, 763r:763v, 765r:765v, 772r:777v, 780r:789v, 793r:794v, 797r:809v, 811r:821v, 825r:840v, 843r:898v
- Author
- Curzon, George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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