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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2451] (968/1262)
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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2451
without reference to the TurVish demands; but the change, though
satisfactory to the British political and postal authorities, was unwelcome
to the native merchants of Basrah, who even presented a petition for its
restoration.
At Hasrah quarantine against India is now chronic, and, except when it
is temporarily suspended, the mail from India is taken to the Bureau
Sanitaire to be fumigated before being sent to the post office; the
Bureau is at a place about quarter of a mile from the British Yice-
Consulate.
The post office at Baghdad also owed its origin to Mr. Years;
it was opened experimentally on the same day as the office at
Basrah- the 1st of January 1868 and became permanent in June
1869. It was placed at first in charge of the senior clerk of the
residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
staff, and this arrangement lasted until 1879, when, in conse
quence of the heavy work entailed by postal insurance, then recently
introduced, and by the money order system which was to come into force
from the 1st of J anuary 1880, it was found necessary to appoint a
trained Postmaster from India ; but until 1884 one of the
residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
clerks continued to draw an allowance for assisting in postal work.
The introduction of postal insurance at Baghdad in 1877 and its
abolition in 1885 have already been noticed in the paragraph on the
general working of the offices of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
division.
With effect from the 1st of July 1904 the Baghdad office was
raised from the status of a sub-office to that of a head office, and from
the same date the accounts of the office began to be kept in Tm'kish
instead of in Indian currency*, the rate of exchange between Lirah
and rupee being altered, as necessary from time to time, by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
; one object of this arrangement was to defeat the
manoeuvres of Baghdad speculators, who were accustomed to make a
profit out of the post office by sending money orders m one direction
or the other according to the state of exchange; and another reason
was the prohibition by the Turkish Government of the importation of
foreign silver coin.t
Muhammareh remained for a long time without steamer com
munication or proper postal arrangements.
In 1889 the opening of a British post office at Muhammareh was
suggested by the British Yice-Consul at Basrah ; in 1890 Mu ammare
became a port of call for the steamers of the British India Company on
their return voyage to India; and, in October of the same year, as no
special restrictions were then imposed by
a visit to Muhammareh, a call upon
introduced.
Baghdad,
1868-1907.
the Turks m
the outward
of
consequence
voyage also was
* The logical order of^tR is the opposite of that given : Bjigbdad w.s made a
head office because its acconnts, being now in a diBerent currency, could no longer
be included in those of the Bushehr head office. ^
tin 1901 when Maior Melvill, tbe British Eesident at Baghdad, "^ported
65,000 in specie fr. in the Btish_phr Besidency Treasury, the Turks ol^ected, and
the money had to be returned to Bushehr.
«d4) a
Muham-
roareh, 1892-
1905,
i
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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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