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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2113] (630/1262)
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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thereafter from time to time, the last occasion being in 1888, still
remained iu force, the course of Persian affairs during the period under
consideration was dominated by antagonism between Britain and
Russia in most questions of importance, whether general or local. On
certain phases of this international conflict of interests it is now neces^
sary to enter, and we may examine first those which were general to the
whole of Persia.
In 1891 it was calculated that there was a surplus of public revenue
over public expenditure in Persia amounting to about £100,000 annually
and the country had then no debt. The economies of Nasir-ud-Din
Shah, whose administration in the financial as in every other department
was personal and autocratic, at one time aggregated, it was believed,
about £4,000,000, but before the end of his reign this reserve fund had
been greatly depleted, and at his death its amount probably did not
exceed 30,000,000 francs. Liabilities, meanwhile, had begun to accu
mulate. In 189^ a Persian loan had been floated in London through
the (British) Imperial Bank of Persia for the purpose of paying an in
demnity of £500,000 due to the (British) Imperial Tobacco Corporation
on account of cancellation of their concession ; and in the course of the
next few years £Z00,U00 had been borrowed by the Persian Government
from the Imperial Bank of Persia. By 1898 the public debt of Persia,
including an unpaid balance of the British loan of 1892, had risen to
about £1,000,000, yet the pay of the army and the salaries of civil
officials were in arrear. Early in 1898 British financiers were willing to
lend £1,250,000 to Persia at 5 per cent., the loan to be issued at 82-, on
the security of the customs of Pars and the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, subject to a
proviso that their agents should be placed in charge of the customs
houses of which the revenues were assigned to them. Their proposals
were accepted in principle by the Amm-ud-Dauleh, the Persian Prime
Minister of the day ; an advance of £50,000 was paid in March 1898 ;
and the customs houses of Bushehr and Kirmanshah were handed over
to the management of the Imperial Bank of Persia. Opposition to the
ransfer of the customs houses arose, however, with the result that it was
abandoned; and, on the supersession of the Amm-ud-Dauleh by the
Mushir-ud-Dauleh, it was discovered that the financial requirements of
Persian Government were about double what had been supposed.
hereupon the negotiations with the British group fell through.
l ^ 10 P osa is for a joint Anglo-Russian loan to Persia were then made
y ie British to the Russian Government and appeared to be favourably
Pertained ; but in January 1900 it was suddenly announced that an
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State of the
Persian
finances
and British
loans to
Persia,
1898.
Russian
loan to
Persia,
1900.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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'
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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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