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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2441] (958/1262)

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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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period in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region. The beginnings were modest. The
establishment " for postal purposes of^a line of steamers to run between
Bombay and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and to call at Karachi on the way, was
sanctioned by the Secretary of State forjudia in 1862 ; but the number
of annual trips was at first limited to eight. The contract was under
taken by the British India Steam Navigation Company; and in the
same year the Secretary State for India accepted an offer by the
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company to run, in considera
tion of a subsidy of £2,400 a year, a monthly or six-weekly steamer
between Basrah and Baghdad, connecting at Basrah with the new ocean
service from Bombay.
pf.
Mail steamer service in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1862-1907.
Since its establishment in 1862, the mail service in the Persian
Gulf has been repeatedly improved. In 1868 it became fortnightly
and finally, in 1874, weekly communication was established.*
The most recent improvement in steamer communications and postal
arrangements in the Gulf was effected by an indenture, made on the 10th
of November 1903, between the British India Steam Navigation
Company and the Secretary of State j it consisted in the establishment
of a double mail service under the names of " Line No. 11 and " Line
No. 12^. Line No. 11 provided weekly communication between Karachi
and Basrah via the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports, and back by the same^ route, at
an average speed of 8 knots an hour j and line No, 12 supplied weekly
communication between Karachi and Basrah via the principal Persian
Gulf ports, and back by the same route, at an average speed of 13 knots.
A right was reserved to the Company to make the communication by
Line No. 11 fortnightly, at times when they did not themselves require
a weekly cargo service in addition to the fast weekly mail ^ service (Line
No. 12)- but it was at the same time arranged that, in the weeks in
which communication by Line No. 11 was omitted, the ports which were
due to be served by the steamers of that line should be visited by the
steamers of Line No. 12, except in so far as they could he served by
Line No. Urn the alternative weeks, the intention being that the
number of due calls should not be reduced. The Company were also
excused from running the steamers of Line No. Ix beyond Bushehr,
subject however to a proviso that the steamers of Line No. 12 should
not be delayed for cargo considerations.
The ports of call fixed for the slow cargo line (No. 11) were
Karachi, Pasni, Gwadar, Masqat, Jashk, Bandar Abbas, Lingeh,
Bahrain, Bushehr, Kuwait, Fao, Muhammareh and Basrah. Of these
Pasni, Gwadar and Jashk were to be ports of call on each alternative
voyage and return voyage while Lingeh and Bahrain were to be visited on
every outward and every alternate mward trip and only every alternate
Progressive
acceleration,
1866-1878.
Latest mail
contract,
1904.
Ports of
call under
the contract.
# A table of the contracts preceding that of 1904, which is described m the next
paragraph, will be found in Annexure No. 1 to this Appendix.

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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:

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' [‎2441] (958/1262), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514764.0x00009c> [accessed 31 January 2025]

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