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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1816] (333/1262)
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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1816
The Dutch
oettlement
8n Kharag
under
Mynheer
Buschman,
1768-65.
Protest by
the Dutch
Governor of
Kharag
against
British
Proceedings
at Bandar
'Ahbas, 1764.
The
Vakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
Karim Khan, early in his reign, several times called on the
Dutch to pay tribute on account of Kharag ; but so uncompromising
was the answer invariably returned that by 1765 he had ceased to refer
to the subject. During the prolonged attack made by British and Bushelir
vessels on Mir Mahanna at Khargu, in the early summer of 1765,
Mynheer Buschman observed strict neutrality and kept the port of
Kharag open to both sides. This was the period of the celebrated
Niebuhr^s visit to Kharag, where he remained as the guest of the Dutch
from the 31st of May to the 31st July 1765 ; and an interesting account
of the place as it then was, with its fort and garden, warehouses, cara-
vansarai, bazaar, and town of stone-built houses and mat huts, as well
as of its Dutch, Armenian, Hindu, Persian and Arab inhabitants and
their mode of life, is given in his writings. The residences of the Dutcli
were provided with Sardabs, or cool cellars for summer use, which in some
cases were fitted with Badgirs or ventilators; but there was no proper Euro
pean church, either Protestant or Catholic, and the only minister of religion
that ever visited Kharag was a Carmelite priest from Bushehr. Outside
the town the Armenians had a pretty little church with a bell,—a rare
feature in those countries.
A belated protest was made by the Dutch Governor of Kharag,
in August 1764, against a part of the proceedings of the British in their
retirement from Bandar 'Abbas in the previous year. It was addressed to
the British A gent at Basrah and was couched in the following terms
You will not take amiss by this present my giving yon a detail of the irregul ai '
conduct and of the violence committed by the English gentlemen at Bunder Abassy
against cur
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, under pretence of driving out the Persians who had retired there.
You surely, Sir, are not ignorant that they did not fear breaking open the doors with
hatchets, also the windows, as well as burning the platforms on which were formerly
cannon ; in a word their committing all manner of hostilities in the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, not even
sparing the effects of the Inspector of said
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, J. Jacob Christanus, and by which
means he was depriv'd of all he possess'd, and the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
render'd entirely defenceless
and that to the scandal of our Company. I come, therefore, Sir, by this present to protest
to you, a Chief of the English Company in the Persian Gulph, and my (? me )
representing the Dutch Company, against all those attempts and violences committed
by your nation against the goods and honour of our Company, and pretend to an entii 10
indemnity ior all the wastes and losses our Company and the Inspector of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
have suffer'd on the occasion ;
Caeback
29t/i August 1764.
Sign'd without compliment,
W. BUSCHMAN.
To this letter the British Agent replied that he had no personal
knowledge of the facts, and he returned the document^ advising
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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