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Persia and the Persian Question
2 Volume Set

Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Travel, Middle East and Asia Minor

Author: George Nathaniel Curzon

Date Published: May 2018
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format: Multiple copy pack
isbn: 9781108080835

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Following his election to Parliament, George Nathaniel Curzon (1859–1925) embarked on extensive travels and research in Asia, spending several months in Persia in 1889–90. Later viceroy of India, Curzon believed that growing Russian influence in Asia threatened Britain's interests, and that Persia was an important buffer state. Highly regarded upon publication in 1892, this illustrated two-volume work is a mix of history, geography, travel narrative, and social and political analysis. Intended to educate readers at home as to Persia's strategic significance, the work reflects its author's staunch support for British imperialism. Volume 1 describes Curzon's journey to Tehran, offering observations on the northern and western provinces, before giving an overview of Persian institutions. Volume 2 covers Curzon's travels from Tehran down to the Persian Gulf, commenting on the southern and eastern provinces. His Problems of the Far East (1894) is also reissued in this series.

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Product details
- Date Published: May 2018
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108080835
- length: 1444 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 86 mm
- weight: 1.9kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
1. Introductory
2. Ways and means
3. From London to Ashkabad
4. Transcaspia
5. From Ashkabad to Kuchan
6. From Kuchan to Kelat-i-Nadiri
7. Meshed
8. Politics and commerce of Khorasan
9. The Seistan question
10. From Meshed to Teheran
11. Teheran
12. The northern provinces
13. The shah, royal family and ministers
14. The government
15. Institutions and reforms
16. The north-west and western provinces
17. The army
18. Railways. Volume 2:
19. From Teheran to Isfahan
20. From Isfahan to Shiraz
21. Persepolis, and other ruins
22. From Shiraz to Bushire
23. The eastern and south-eastern provinces
24. The south-western provinces
25. The Karun river
26. The navy
27. The Persian gulf
28. Revenue, resources, and manufactures
29. Commerce and trade
30. British and Russian policy in Persia
Index.
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George Nathaniel Curzon