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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1860] (377/1262)

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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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1860
Early period.
1797—18] 3.
97-98.
accustomed to move, and her external politics became more complicated
than they had hitherto been. As it is impossible to separate the history
of Persia in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. from the history of Persia at large, we
may here review the latter in some of its principal aspects.
Internal history ot Persia, 179 7 —1834.
The internal history of Persia during the reign of Fat-h 'Ali Shall
is roughly divided into periods by two wars with .Russia, to be noticed
hereafter, which ended respectively with the treaty of Gulistan in 1813
and the Treaty of Turkmanchai in 1828.
In spite of various precautions which Agha Muhammad Khan had
taken for securing the succession of his nephew and heir, Fat-h 'Ali
Shah was engaged for some time after he ascended the throne in con
tests with pretenders to the crown and other rebels against his authority,
During the lifetime of Agha Muhammad Khan he had been generally
spoken of as Baba Khan or Baba 'Ali Khan; but, after his coronation
on the 21st of March 1798, the earlier appellation was dropped for that
of Fatrh 'Ali Shah, by which he is known to history.
Almost the first act of the new sovereign was to blind his uncle ; Ali
Quli Khan, a brother of Agha Muhammad Khan not before mentioned by
name, who had unduly delayed to testify his respect by waiting on him;
and immediately afterwards he marched in person against Sadiq Khan,
a military commander who had been implicated in the murder of Agha
Muhammad Khan, and who now clearly aspired on his own account
to the supreme power. Sadiq Khan was defeated in the neighbourhood
of Qazvm; but he made his peace with the Shah by delivering up the |
crown* jewels of Persia, of which he had possessed himself at the death i
of the late ruler, and was then pardoned and even invested with a
Appendix II, contains the text of two French Treaties with Persia. Aitchison 's
vVol. XII, 4th edition) contains the Anglo-Persian engagements of tb
period. The chief sources of information in regard to the local affairs of the Persian
Coast are Mr. J. A. Sal^anha's SeUctions from State Papers, Bombay, regard^
the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , with a Summary of
hvents WC-mO, printed in 1905, and ^ Precis of Correspondence regarm
the Afair* of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 1801-1853, printed in 1906 A few additional facts
are contained in E. S Waring^ lour to Sheeraz, 1807 ; Bombay Selections, XXll
1856 ; and lieutenant C. R. Low's History of the Indian Navy 1877
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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:

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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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