Abstract: The volume is Volume II of George Nathaniel Curzon,
Persia and the Persian Question, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).The volume contains illustrations and six maps.The chapter headings are as follows:XIX From Teheran to IsfahanXX From Isfahan to ShirazXXI Persepolis, and Other RuinsXXII From Shiraz to BushireXXIII The Eastern and South-Eastern ProvincesXXIV The South-Western ProvincesXXV The Karun RiverXXVI The NavyXXVII The Persian GulfXXVIII Revenue, Resources, and ManufacturesXXIX Commerce and Trade (Part I History of Perso-European Trade; Part II The Modern Trade of Persia)XXX British and Russian Policy in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 350 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 716 (the last folio bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto page of each folio. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from vi-xii (ff. 351-354) and 2-653 (ff. 355-716).
Abstract: The volume is Volume I of George Nathaniel Curzon,
Persia and the Persian Question, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1892).The volume contains illustrations and four maps, including a map of Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan [Baluchistan].The chapter headings are as follows:I IntroductoryII Ways and MeansIII From London to AshkabadIV TranscaspiaV From Ashkabad to KuchanVI From Kuchan to Kelat-i-NadiriVII MeshedVIII Politics and Commerce of KhorasanIX The Seistan QuestionX From Meshed to TeheranXI TeheranXII The Northern ProvincesXIII The Shah - Royal Family - MinistersXIV The GovernmentXV Institutions and ReformsXVI The North-West and Western ProvincesXVII The ArmyXVIII Railways.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio bearing text and terminates at 349 (the large map contained in a polyester sleeve loosely inserted between the last folio and the back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right-hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 151, 151A. Folio 349 needs to be folded out to be read. There is also an original printed pagination sequence. This runs from viii-xxiv (ff. 3-11) and 2-639 (ff. 12-347).
Abstract: This memorandum, written by Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon of Kedleston], discusses a proposed Bunder Abbas–Kerman railway line. Curzon considers the possible diplomatic, commercial and strategic motives for constructing the railway line.Curzon argues that if the line has been suggested merely as a diplomatic rejoinder – that is to say, as a response to a Russian concession from Baku to Teheran [Tehran] – then the proposal is of little merit.He suggests that if the line is being proposed for its commercial value then this should be demonstrated by the figures of trade. Moreover, Curzon argues that the line's commercial effect on any future extension of the Nushki railway beyond Dalbandin should also be considered, since both lines would then be competing for the trade of East Persia and Khorasan.Curzon suggests that one strategic advantage of constructing a line from Bunder Abbas to Kerman would be the prospect of diverting a future Teheran–Yezd–Kerman Russian railway line away from the direction of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 14, and terminates at f 14, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains memoranda, correspondence, and other papers relating to the Mesopotamia [Iraq] Commission (the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the Mesopotamia campaign), British policy in relation to Mesopotamia after the First World War, and the Cabinet Committee on Iraq.These papers include:‘MEMORANDUM BY LORD CURZON ON THE REPORT OF THE MESOPOTAMIA COMMISSION.’, printed for the War Cabinet, 4 June 1917 (ff 2-7)‘BRITISH POLICY IN MESPOTAMIA. Memorandum by Lord Curzon.’, 21 September 1917 (ff 14-18)‘PEACE CONFERENCE. MEMORANDUM RESPECTING MESOPOTAMIA.’ (with appendices, some of which are in French), by Sir Erle Richards, printed for the War Cabinet (ff 19-33), which includes three maps on folios 30, 31 and 32 (Mss Eur F112/286, f 30; Mss Eur F112/286, f 31; and Mss Eur F112/286, f 32)Conclusions and draft conclusions of meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Iraq of 8 December 1922 and 18 January 1923 (ff 34-44 and ff 59-64 respectively)The report of the Cabinet Committee on Iraq, 23 March 1923 (ff 70-76)‘Memorandum on the Assyro-Chaldean Situation.’, Foreign Office, 11 October 1923.The correspondence consists of letters to Curzon from: Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Eyre Alexander Barby Wichart Crowe, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and Ronald McNeill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. There is also a letter to Robert Gilbert Vansittart, Private Secretary to Lord Curzon (as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), for Curzon’s information, from Sir John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, enclosing a private letter to Shuckburgh from Sir Henry Dobbs, High Commissioner for Iraq, regarding the political situation in Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 95; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.