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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1999] (516/1262)
The record is made up of 1 volume (1165 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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1999
through the ecclesiastical authorities, those exhibitions of Shi'ah fanati
cism which in Iran are associated with the month of Muharram. In the
matter of foreign relations he was equally * uncompromising, it being
• jjjg ambition to reclaim Persia from her attitude of humiliating depen
dence on the good pleasure of Russia, Britain, and Turkey. He refused,
, a g we have already seen, proffers of foreign intervention between the
Shah and the Mashad rebels; and he turned an equally deaf ear to
British suggestions that the Asaf-ud-Dauleh's family should be restored
fco power in Khurasan and to Russian demands that Bahman Mirza, an
ancle of the Shah who had fled from his post and taken refuge in Russian
territory, should be replaced in the Governor-Generalship of Azarbaijan,
His strict observance of his engagements was as remarkable as his un
willingness to enter into any ; and his simplicity and inaccessibility to
flattery were no less striking. By honesty, industry, energy, and courage,
the Amir Nizam succeeded in imparting relative prosperity to the fiscal
resources of the State and to private trade, as well as a certain degree of
efficiency to the army ; but hardly had affairs begun to mend when he
suddenly incurred the distrust of the Shah.
The Amir Nizam had the defects of his qualities; he bore himself
with a hauteur and self-sufficiency that cannot but have been disagreeable
to his royal master; and it was even whispered that he had spoken
slightingly of the Shah as " that young fellow/' It may have been falsely
represented to Nasir-ud-Din Shah that the Minister cherished designs
upon the throne itself; and, if so, the devotion with which the army now
regarded him may have seemed to lend probability to the charge. On the
night of the 13th November 1851, the Shah, after taking extraordinary
precautions for his own safety, sent to inform the Amir Nizam that he
was relieved of all but his military functions,—an order to which the
Minister respectfully bowed.
Ite: were ma(ie 011 Mirza Taqi Khan's behalf by the British
audi a nd resulted in his being offered the Government of Kashan;
diil ^ ^ es itated to accept any provincial government, believing that his
Me would be in danger immediately that he was cut off from direct com.
munication with the Shah. The Russian Minister then interposed on his
Ift: behalf, but so tactlessly as to become in the end the cause of his destruc
tion. An attempt by Prince Dolgoruki to place him openly under Russian
protection at Tehran having provoked alarm and indignation on the part
^J^h ah and his new advise rs, the Amir Nizam was sent as a political
Amh-, t0 journal of Two Years' Travels, vol. II, page 237) the
discard F m S 0We< ^ ^ linreasona hly strong anti-foreign bias, persuading the Shah to
factured TTT* £l0m ^ SerViCe, and eVen P 1 ' 0 ? 08 ^ to exclude a11 foreign manu-
goods from the country by way of encouraging native industries.
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This volume is Volume I, Part II (Historical) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood.
Part II contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914, 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (pags v-viii), and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (ix-cxxx). These are also found in Volume I, Part IA of the Gazetteer (IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1).
Part II consists of three chapters:
- 'Chapter X. History of ’Arabistān' (pages 1625-1775);
- 'Chapter XI. History of the Persian Coast and Islands' (pages 1776-2149);
- 'Chapter XII. History of Persian Makrān' (pages 2150-2203).
The chapters are followed by nineteen appendices:
- 'Appendix A: Meteorology and Health in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2205-2211);
- 'Appendix B: Geology of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2212-2219);
- 'Appendix C: The Pearl and Mother-of-Pearl Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2220-2293);
- 'Appendix D: Date Production and the Date Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2294-2307);
- 'Appendix E: Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2308-2318);
- 'Appendix F: Sailing Craft of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2319-2332);
- 'Appendix G: Transport Animals and Livestock of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2333-2348);
- 'Appendix H: Religions and Sects of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2349-2385);
- 'Appendix I: Western Christianity and Missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2386-2399);
- 'Appendix J: The Telegraphs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in their relation to the Telegraph Systems of Persia and Turkey' (pages 2400-2438);
- 'Appendix K: Mail Communications and the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2439-2474);
- 'Appendix L: The Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2475-2516);
- 'Appendix M: Epidemics and Sanitary Organization in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2517-2555);
- 'Appendix N: The Arms and Ammunition Traffic in the Gulfs of Persia and ’Omān' (pages 2556-2593);
- 'Appendix O: The Imperial Persian Customs' (pages 2594-2625);
- 'Appendix P: Cruise of His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. [1903]' (pages 2626-2662);
- 'Appendix Q: British and Foreign Diplomatic Political; and Consular Representation in the Countries Bordering on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2663-2699);
- 'Appendix R: Book References' (pages 2700-2736)
- 'Appendix S: Explanation of the System of Transliteration' (pages 2737-2741).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (1165 pages)
- Arrangement
Volume I, Part II is arranged into chapters that are sub-divided into numbered periods covering, for example, the reign of a ruler or regime of a Viceroy, or are arbitrarily based on outstanding land-marks in the history of the region. Each period has been sub-divided into subject headings, each of which has been lettered. The appendices are sub-divided into lettered subject headings and also contain numbered annexures, as well as charts. Both the chapters and appendices have further subject headings that appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally througout the volume at the bottom of the page which provide further details and references. A 'Detailed Table of Contents' for Part II and the Appendices is on pages cii-cxxx.
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The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 879, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 1503.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:130, 1625:2742, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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