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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2203] (720/1262)

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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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Vice -Consulate at Bampur for the protection of British subjects in Bam,
Persian Makran, but that^ in consequence of the opposition of
the Persian Government, the idea was abandoned and a Vice-Consulate
at Bam substituted, by means of which, though not so directly or fully,
it was hoped that the same objects might be attained, besides others.
The first nominee to Bam was an Indian Muhammadan, Khan Bahadur
Asgtar ; Ali, originally of the Survey Department, who joined his post
in 1905, but unfortunately died in it in October of the same year from
pleurisy or pneumonia.
It will be recalled that a British military guard of Indian infantry British mili
tary guards
had been maintained at Jashk, for the protection of the Telegraph at Jashk, and
Station, from 1878 to 1887 ; but that it was removed in the latter year v X898^1905
in deference to the wishes of the Shah.
In January 1898, in consequence of the murder of Mr. Graves and
the generally Unsettled state of the country, 150 rifles of the Bombay
Marine Battalion under two British officers, of whom 100 were to be
located at Chahbar and 50 at Jashk, were despatched from India. No
objection was made by the Persian Government. In A^pril the Chahbar
detachment was reduced to fifty rifles under a Native Officer, and that at
Jashk was placed on the same footing. As the presence of these guards
had an excellent effect in giving confidence at both places^ they were not
withdrawn on the subsidence of the ttoubles which were the original
cause of there being instituted, and permanent barracks were provided at
Jashk and Chahbar.
Foreign relations other than British with Persian Makran,
1886—1905.
As explained elsewhere the only European power besides Britain that
showed an interest in Persian Makran duriug the period was Russia,
wbo had no established interests there. The chief evidences
of ber attention being turned to the country were the * arrival of a
Russian railway reconnaissance party at Chahbar in June 1900, and a
visit by M. Zaroudni, a Russian political agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. .
* Vide pages 331 and 1761 ante.

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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:

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1 volume (1165 pages)
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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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