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Annotated Copy of Persia and the Persian Question by George Curzon, with Inserted Papers [845v] (1707/1814)
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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PERSIA
552
and war proceeding between the Dutch and Persians, he returned
re infect:. Soon after, however, the English agents m Persia were
fortunate, in spite of Dutch opposition, m securing new ant moie
favourable firmans, and in 1G97 a payment of some portion of the
Bunder A'bbas arrears was made in silk. Throughout t is peno
the chief British agent appears to have occupied a posi ion o
especial distinction at Isfahan, being regarded as an accredited
representative of the Crown ; and in 1699 the Shah conferred upon
the English
factory
An East India Company trading post.
the peculiar honour of a visit, which comp i-
ment cost them the modest sum of 1,200/. The amalgamation of
the old and new companies in 1708 put an end to an unfortunate
interlude of bickering and rivalry, and was followed by the despatch
of Mr. Prescott to Isfahan as chief agent ot the United Company,
with a letter from Queen Anne to Shah Sultan Husein. 1 hen
followed a period of general dislocation and anarchy, arising from
the Afghan and Turkish invasions, and from the internal warfare
that, succeeded. The English were compelled to shut their esta~
blishment at Isfahan, and a little later at Bunder Abbas, and of
frvHvn-nps in this storiTiv Deriod the Abbe Raynal
During this general confusion the Dnglish sales in Persia consisted,
of no more than a hundred bales of woollen manufactures, 2,000 cwt.
of iron, and the same quantity of lead. These articles, taken together,
brought them no more than from 1,200,000 to 1,300,000 livres paid in
money (=554,687^. 10s.). 1
In 1763 Bush ire was selected as the headquarters of the Gulf
trade of the company, and, although it was temporarily relinquished
in 1770 in favour of Busrah, it was reoccupied three years later,
and commercial residents were retained at both places under the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
. At first only one vessel was annually
despatched to Bushire, with a cargo of 60 to 100 bales of cotton
fabrics, iron, sugar, and muslins. 2 But from 1790 the trade between
the Gulf and India rapidly increased, and in 1809 had risen at
v years, or 150,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, but offered to take 50,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
in composition, and to
be content with 10,000
tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
yearly in future. On the other hand, Dr. Fryer,
Who was in Persia a little earlier (1676-7) as doctor to the East India Company,
says that the latter had failed in their part of the bargain by not keeping two'
men-of-war in the Gulf. {Travels in Persia, pp. 222, 353.)
1 History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West
Indies. Translated by J. Justamond, vol. i. p. 362.
2 From 1780-90 the establishment at Bushire was only maintained at a total
annual loss of 1,800Z. In no year did the aggregate of sales exceed 7,000?.; in
one year it sank to 93/. (Milburns Oriental Commerce, cap. x.)
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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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