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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2281] (798/1262)

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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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2281
aNNEXURB NO. 5.—TABLE OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES
OF PEARLS WITH THE MARKET RATES, PER BOMBAY
CHAU, IN BAHRAIN IN 1906.
Colour-
Name among Arab
pearl merchants.
Description.
Value per
Bombay Chau
in 1906.
Remaeks.
'•White"
Do.
Yakah Baidha
Yakah Nabati
Round and pure
white.
Round, but yello
wish.
Rs. 150 to
500.
Rs. 50 to
200.
By Persians this
class is called
Sufid-i-Shirin
Do.
Yakah Battan
w
^Jaj dio
The " button " pearl,
of hemispherical
shape.
Rs. 40 to
150.
The name is taken
from the English
and has no connec
tion with the term
Batn ..Jaj, which
denotes a size.
Do.
Nina Shirin
Not perfectly round.
Rs.25 to 50.
...
Do.
Badlah Baidha
LA JO A Jov J
Of the first quality,
but shape irregu
lar.
Rs. 15 to 30.
...
Do.
Sijni
A rather dull
variety with a
bluish tinge, round
or oval, but having
a projecting point
which is some
times sharp.
Rs. 10 to 3.
Do.
Qamsliahi
Of the second
quality, but shape
irregular.
Rs. 8 to 15.
v..
Do.
Maghz Abjadh
Of the third quality,
but shape irregu
lar.
Rs. 5 to 10.
w
Do.
Kambaiti
JbV
Of the fourth
quality, but shape
irregular.
Rs. 2 to 10.
Do,
Kalaki
Elongated and mis
shapen.
Rs. 5 and
upwards.
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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:

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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