Persia and the Persian question. Volume 1 /
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 Per...
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introductory
- ch. 2. Ways and means
- ch. 3. From London to Ashkabad
- ch. 4. Transcaspia
- ch. 5. From Ashkabad to Kuchan
- ch. 6. From Kuchan to Kelat-I-Nadiri
- ch. 7. Meshed
- ch. 8. Politics and commerce of Khorasan
- ch. 9. The Seistan question
- ch. 10. From meshed to Teheran
- ch. 11. Teheran
- ch. 12. The Northern provinces
- ch. 13. The Shah ; Royal family ; Ministers
- ch. 14. The government
- ch. 15. Institutions and reforms
- ch. 16. The North-West and Western provinces
- ch. 17. The army
- ch. 18. Railways.
