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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1226] (1381/1782)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (1624 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. 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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Financial
relations of
the Turkish
Government
with the
East India
Company,
arising out
of the fourth
Anglo-Turk
ish expedition
against the
Ka'ab, 1766-
71.
1226
tubs ; but the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
, on coming to know of what hadjbeen
done, disapproved of the action of the Bombay Government; and on the
23rd of November 1766 Mr. Morley was recalled from Baghdad.
The course of the expedition against the Ka'ab tribe undertaken by
the Turks in 1766 in alliance with the East India Company is fully
described in the history of the 'Arabistan province, which was the scene
of the active operations; but the financial arrangements between the
allies may be noticed, more appropriately, in the present place. The
help of the Company was in the beginning gratuitous; but so tardy were
the preparations of the Turks for the joint campaign that the representa
tives of the Company, towards the end of May, found it necessary to insist
that, if the British naval and military forces were detained beyond the
end of June, their expenses should be defrayed by the Turkish authorities
and, this condition having been accepted by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, a
subsidy of 1,000 Tumans a month during the continuance of the
expedition was arranged. This allowance was evidently payable in
advance, for the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
s Kehiyah, Muhammad or Mahmud, on arriving
from Baghdad towards the end of June to take command of the Turkish
troops, immediately gave the British Agent an order for 600 Tumans,
on account, which was duly honoured at the Basrah custom house. The
Turkish instalments, however, soon ceased to be paid with regularity.
In August, 32(J Tumans in cash and an assignment of dates due to the
Turkish Government, for which a purchaser at 1,080 Tumans was found,
were obtained from the Kehiyah, but only by strong pressure; and on the
2nd of February 1768 the balance due to the Company was 11,718
Tumans, less the value of a quantity of dates made over to them by the
lurks, of which they had been able to dispose at the rate of three Tumans
per laige Kareh. Already the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
of Basrah had begun to hint
that enough had been paid to the British for the services of their fleet,
and the Agent in reply to threaten that he would send it away, leaving
Basrah unpiotected, an argument which seems to have prevailed over
the objections of the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, inasmuch as, by October 1768, the
liabilities of the Turkish Government had been reduced to 2,050 Tumans.
Difficulties, as we shall see hereafter, arose in 1769; and no further
reduction had been effected up to the end of August 1771. It appears
that a portion of the sum recovered was derived from the Turkish
customs of Basrah, of which half was at one time assigned to the British
for the purpose by Sulaiman Agha during his Deputy-Governorship.
The conduct of Sulaiman Agha, however, was not always
satisfactory; and in June 1769 Mr. Moore, the British Agent at Basrah
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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) 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 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .
Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:
- 'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);
- 'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);
- 'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);
- 'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);
- 'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);
- 'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);
- 'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);
- 'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);
- 'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).
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- 2 volumes (1624 pages)
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Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to 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 annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.
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Foliation: 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. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:
- Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.
- Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:130, 1:778, iv-r:iv-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, v-r:v-v, 779:1098, 1131:1146, 1099:1130, 1147:1484, 1489:1496, 1485:1488, 1497:1624, vi-r:vi-v, back-a-i
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