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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2439] (956/1262)
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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2439
A PPENIHX 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.
.
Tlie
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
line as an overland route between India and
Europe*
The purely commercial factories of the Hon'ble East India Company
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were dependent, for communication with the outer
world, upon visits of the Company's ships from India and the semi-
political Eesidencies and Agencies by which they were succeeded,
inherited, generally, their position in this respect. From an early period
in the 18th century, however, Basrah enjoyed the exceptional advantage
of direct though irregular communication with Europe by way of
Aleppo j and when, towards the end of the century, fortnightly inter
course between Bombay and Basrah was established by means of the
Company^ cruisers, a line of camel post in connection therewith was
organised under the supervision of the Company's representative at
Basrah between that place and Aleppo, and was prolonged by a line of
horse post to Constantinople. The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
route was at this time
the most rapid between Europe and India, and it was freely used by the
British Government during the Napoleonic wars. With other thril
ling intelligence of that period the news of the battle of the Nile was
received through Basrah by the British authorities in India; and in
1801 Mr. Samuel Manesty, Resident at Basrah, received the thanks
of the Governor-General of India for his ^ exertions in facilitating the
communication between this Government and the British army serving
in Egypt."
During the first quarter of the I9th century the East Indian
official mail, or so much of it as was not conveyed by sea round the
Cape of Good Hope, continued to follow the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
line; but
not long afterwards that line was abandoned for the Bed Sea (C over
land 3i route, upon which was inaugurated a service of the Company's
• The only complete authority on this subject is a Memorandum on the British
Indian Post Offices in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, 1888, by Mr. F. B.
O'Sbea (revised edition by Mr. F. Whymper, 1905); and from that work, and from
the political records generally of the Government of India, the present Appendix
has been compiled. A History of the British Indian Overland Mail by
M. Loeper, PostaliDirector of Markirch, appeared in the international postal journal
L'Union Fostale in 1883, and a translation is in the Library of the Foreign Depart
ment, Simla. Capper's Observations, 1785, contain some interesting information
regarding the mail route in his day between Europe and Basrah. The
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
is
indebted for numerous corrections and amplifications of the draft to His Britannic
Majesty's Legation at Tehran ; to Major J. Eamsay,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Baghdad ;
to Major P. Z. Cox, Political Eesident at Busbehr; and to Mr. F. E* CroW, His
Britannic Majesty's Consul at Basrah. Information in regard to specific points was
kindly supplied by Mr. C. H. Harrison, I.C.S., Deputy Director-General of the
Post Office of India, through the courtesy of Sir A. Fanshawe, Director-General,
and alio by Mr. W. Maxwell, I .C.S., Officiating Director-General.
Predomi
nance of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
route at the
end of
the 18th
century*
Supersessioti
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
route by the
Ked Sea
overland
route, 1833.
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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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- 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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