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Mss Eur F111/59
- Record Id:
- 040-002307535
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002307428
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002aa
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100079323081.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F111/59
- Title:
- Correspondence and Papers on Persia, Mainly concerning Persia and the Persian Question
- Scope & Content:
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This file consists entirely of correspondence received by George Nathaniel Curzon, mainly on the subject of his recently completed book, Persia and the Persian Question.
The letters are from friends, acquaintances and other correspondents, including a number of senior political figures, army officers, diplomats, writers and travellers with an interest in Persia, most of whom compliment Curzon on his new book and, in some cases, offer suggested revisions or corrections.
Notable correspondents include the following: Albert Houtum-Schindler of the Imperial Bank of Persia and the Persian Bank Mining Rights Corporation Limited, William Ewart Gladstone, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Lord Salisbury), Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Ármin Vámbéry, Sven Hedin, Katherine Lucy Graham Smith, Edward Granville Browne, Henry Lake Wells, Guy le Strange, Sir Edgar Vincent, and a number of British consuls and consul generals, including those at Isfahan and Meshed.
The German language material consists of one letter, which is from Sven Hedin to Curzon.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002307428
036-002307531
040-002307535 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F111-112 : Papers of the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India 1898-1905; Lord Privy Seal 1915-19; Foreign Secretary 1919-24
Mss Eur F111-112 Series 8 : Lord Curzon (1859-1925): Early Life: Papers Relating to Persia
Mss Eur F111/59 : Correspondence and Papers on Persia, Mainly concerning Persia and the Persian Question - Hierarchy:
- 032-002307428[0008]/036-002307531[0005]/040-002307535
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F111-112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file (105 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002aa
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1892
- End Date:
- 1893
- Date Range:
- 14 Jan 1892-26 Dec 1892
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 67, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 67-173; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Arrangement:
- The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)