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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1585] (1740/1782)
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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upstream of it, which considerably impaired the amenity of its situation
When finished, it was the most imposing edifice in Baghdad.
Difficulties were at one time created by the local Turkish authorities
in connection with the retaining wall of the terrace on the river which
they asserted would interfere with the course of the stream ; but their
objections were frivolous, and by the intervention of His Britannic
Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople they were removed.
The question of the representation of British interests at Karbala
and Kadhimain during the greater part of the period now under consi
deration was very closely bound up with that of the administration of
the Oudh Bequest, as will be apparent on reference to a later section of
the present chaptej in which that subject is discussed. In 1877 the
affairs of the domiciled British Indian colony at Karbala, always a large
one, were superintended by Haidar 'Ali Khan, an Indian nobleman,
a native of Lucknow, and a connection it is understood of the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Iqbal-ud-Daulah, who was styled in correspondence the Honorary British
Agent; and a similar position was held at Kadhimain by Muhammad
Husain Khan, a son of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, of Arcot. Haidar 'Ali
Khan was succeeded at Karbala by Muhammad Taqi Khan, another
son of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, about 1884; and in 1888, on
the death of Muhammad Husain Khan, the Kad-himain appointment
was conferred on Agha Muhammad, the son of the deceased. Muhammad
Taqi Khan and Aga Muhammad were generally described as "Honorary
Agents 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.
; and so in a sense they were, for the British
Government paid them nothing; but, as is explained elsewhere, they
were allowed to pay themselves salaries out of the Oudh Bequest, under
which they were " Indian Distributors/' Their work was to represent
the Resident in all local matters and to supervise the legal business
disputes, etc., of resident British Indians; and a functionary for the
performance of these duties was undoubtedly necessary at Karbala; but
at Kadhimain, only a short distance from Baghdad, the need for one
—apart from the distributions under the Oudh Bequest carried on there
until 1902—was open to question.
Difficulties frequently arose from the unofficial character of the
Agencies and from their non-recognition by the Turkish authorities. In
1879 Colonel Miles, the Resident, after a tour to Karbala, advised
that Haidar 'Ali Khan, the Agent there, while remaining Honorary,
should be invested with consular status quo at Karbala and Najaf,
and provided with a small staff; but the proposal was negatived by
His Majesty's Government on the ground of expense. In 1885
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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).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (1624 pages)
- Arrangement
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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