'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1664] (181/1262)
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1664
of the Mo'ta-
mad-ud-
Dauleh in
Northern
Arabistan
and
Hawizeh,
1841.
Later pro
ceedings of
Shaikh
Thamir,
1841.
Dizful and of the surrounding districts, and out of such of the Arab
tribes as had not withdrawn in alarm to a distance. The following
account of his proceedings is given* by Sir A. H. Layard who was in the
province at the time :
With, this object the leading inhabitants of the towns, the £ Ket-Khudas ' of the
villages, and the Arab Shaikhs who had fallen into his hands had been imprisoned in
the castle and underwent almost daily tortures. The sticks were constantly in use, and
men of the highest character and the greatest repute in Khuzistan were ignominiously
subjected to the bastinado. The merciless and brutal eunuch had even devised new
tortures for those whom he accused of withholding or concealing their property, and
consequently of being in rebellion against the Shah. Some poor wretches, principally
petty Arab Shaikhs who had joined the Cha'b in resisting the Persian troops, or had
endeavoured to fly to avoid paying the money demanded of them, were, it was said,
bound up in wool soaked in naphtha, which was then set on fire. They were thus
left io suffer a lingering and horrible death.
Throughout the summer and part of the autumn he employed himself
in the congenial task of
f collecting the revenue and raising money from the province. With this object he
had imprisoned, bastinadoed, and otherwise tortured many of the principal inhabitants
of Shuster who were supposed to have property, and had reduced them to penury. The
houses and the bazars had been sacked by the Persian soldiers, who w^re allowed to do
so with impunity, as they were clamouring for their pay, of which they were many
months in arrear. Officers, with bodies of irregular horsemen, had been sent to collect
the taxes from the villages, which they did by cruelly ill-treating the inhabitants and
devast iting the country. The result had been that the population had for the most
part taken refuge with the Arabs, or had fled to the mountains, and a region naturally
of great richness and fertility had been almost reduced to a wilderness.
Sulaiman Khan ; the Persian military commander, even invaded the
plains to the west of the Diz river with a Persian force and fell upon the
Bani Lam, one of whose sections, it was said, lost 12,000 sheep^ a large
number of camels, horses and other animals, besides which many of their
women were captured and outraged by the Persian soldiery.
The only authority towards whom the Mohamad showed himself
complaisant was the Wali of Hawizeh, who had helped in the expedition
against Fallahiyeh; him he allowed to compound for his arrears of
revenue and ultimately appointed Governor of ^Arabistan.
On the departure of the MVtamad-ud-Dauleh from Fallahiyeh, Shaikh
Thamir entered into communication with the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad and
made a visit of inspection to Muhammareh, which, to the Turks, he
professed himself ready to hold as a vassal of the Sultan in return for
* Layard's Early Adventures, Vol. II, pages 145-146.
t Jjayard's Early Adventure St Vol. II, page 270.
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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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