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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2479] (996/1262)
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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abroad into the Sultanas territories was absolutely interdicted; vessels
engaged in carrying slaves were declared to be liable to confiscation by
British officers and courts ; the closure of all public markets for slaves
in his dominions was promised by the Sultan ; the Sultan undertook to
protect all liberated slaves to the utmost of his power; and Her Britannic
Majesty engaged that natives of Indian States under British
protection should be prohibited at once from acquiring fresh slaves and,
after a date to be fixed, from possessing any. But the most remarkable
provision of the Treaty was one to the effect that all persons thereafter
entering the Sultan's dominions and dependencies should be free. The
Sultan of Zanzibar also gave way, though not till after the departure of
Sir B. Frere from Zanzibar, and signed a Treaty for the complete aboli
tion of the Slave Trade on the 5th June 1873.
AgreemeDts with the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman, 1820-1907. *
The first t agreement of all in restraint of the slave trade in the General
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
was one embodied in the General Treaty of i 820 which Treaty of
followed the British operations against the
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
in 1819-1820; 1820.
it was laid down by the 9th Article of that Treaty that the carrying off of
slaves from the coasts of Africa or elsewhere and the transporting of
them in vessels was plunder and piracy, and that the subjects of the
signatories should do nothing of such a nature. This article appears to
have been inserted in the Treaty at the instance of Captain J. P.
Thompson of His Majesty's 17th Light Dragoons, who was Interpreter
to Sir W. Grant Keir, the General commanding the expedition, and
afterwards distinguished himself as a slavery abolitionist; and it was
specially reported, at the time, that "no persuasion was necessary to
induce the acceptance of this stipulation'".
In 1837-38 it was decided, as already noted in the paragraph on Decision not
'Oman Sultanate agreements, not to put pressure on the Trueial to press for
Shaikhs or on the Saiyid of Masqat to abolish the slave trade in their ^ 0 f ^
dominions entirely. The reasons for this resolve were partly financial j ra (5 C) 1838.
and partly political.
In 1837 there were complaints of slave raids by
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
on the Agrasment
East African and Somali coasts : and a Qasimi agent, who happened to 0l: i8d! '-
be at Bushehr at the time, though he denied the more serious allegations
of the principal informant, a certain ^Abdullah-bin-'Iwa^, admitted that
the
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
had bought as slaves a number of prisoners of war taken
from one another in Somaliland by two hostile tribes. On the 17th of
April 1838, in consequence of these revelations, an Agreement was
* The agreements, etc., mentioned in this paragraph are given in Aitcbison's
Treaties.
t With one trifling exception 11812) mentioned in the paraajaph on agreements
^Ith Turkey.
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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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- 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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