Correspondence and Papers on Persia, Mainly concerning Persia and the Persian Question
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Correspondence and Papers on Persia, Mainly concerning Persia and the Persian Question
- Contributor:
- Sven Anders Hedin (correspondent)
Henry Lake Wells (correspondent)
Edward Granville Browne (correspondent)
William Ewart Gladstone (correspondent)
Albert Schindler (correspondent)
3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Cecil Gascoyne- (correspondent)
Charles Edward Stewart (correspondent)
Ármin Vámbéry (correspondent) - Date:
- 1892/1893
- Description:
- 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.1 file (105 folios)The papers proceed in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.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.
- Language:
- English
German - Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Extent:
- 1 file (105 folios)
- Rights:
- Unknown
Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
Creative Commons Attribution Licence
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002aa_ar
81055/vdc_100000001452.0x0002aa_en
Mss Eur F111/59 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers