'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908' [‎205] (228/2084)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (1952 pages). It was created in 1908. 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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BAGHDAD OITY 205
almanac stows that there are two arsenals and two arms depots. A
- military hospital, known as the Majidtyah is situated outside the
' town on the river bank just above the QaPah, and a military bakery
^ ' exists.
' * " Baghdad is a municipality, and as such its affairs are supposed to be
11 regulated by a Municipal Council working nnder the supervision of the
* rs 4: civil authorities. In point of fact the committee can do little beyond
. pwolil offering suggestions to the Wali j they cannot of themselves expend any
sum larger than 200 gold piastres and in the circumstances it is not extra-
10 11 ordinary that few signs of their activity should be observable. They main-
U|1 * tain a hospital just outside the Bab-al-Mu'adhdham which is known as
"aWi the Ghuraba Khastahkhanahsi ^ ii'<L iwL sjy: and is resorted to by the
fmi ' u very poor. There were formerly 3 separate municipalities in the town,
' C coiib but now they have been combined into one by order of the local Govern-
airat-as-Si ment.
im of i foreign consular buildings, etc. —The question of foreign interests
and their representation at Baghdad is sufficiently dealt with in the article
on Turkish 'Iraq ; here it only remains to mention the tangible evidences
f tie SP 0f 4116 Same W ^ cl1 e3 " st * n tlle slla I )e of buildings.
K The former Poetical Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and Consulate-General, a hired
building given up in 1905, stands on the left bank of the river about
tkt« ' a mile bel0W ^ 1)ri(lg ' e of boats ; rambling old building in the
11 * native style of architecture with some remarkable interior decorations and
a garden on the side towards the river, and it has now been converted into
® ffl ' a hotel. The new British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , which is the property of the Indian
Government, is on the same bank but at twice the distance below the
bridge of boats; along with its dependencies (which include a separate
,n X house for the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon, a dispensary, a post office and lines
16 ki for the native infantry guard) it is situated not far from the south-
arcoite eastern end of the town and was originally one of the last buildings in
or fci this direction, but already a number of houses have sprung up between
by an ^ and the open country. The>w British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. and edifices con
tains^ nected with ^ al-e certainly the largest, finest and most commodious build
ings in Baghdad. The English Club is about 100 yards to the east of
cits : ^ ormer British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. .
eV : , ^ 0St 0f the f0reign eonsular buildings are situated on or near the
, , ^ k 0f the river bel0W the bl ' id " e of boa ts. The Russian Con-
'life#- ^^'General, a good house, is about | of a mile below the bridge of
rfdii ; rieXt bel0W ltistlle rrench Austrian Consulate, a very old

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This volume is Volume II 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: 1908) compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The volume is a geographical dictionary with a series of alphabetically arranged articles relating to the physical and political conditions of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and its surrounding areas.

Pages i-iv are an 'Introduction' to the volume written by John Gordon Lorimer at Strathmartine, Dundee, on 24 December 1908. Details are given within the introduction concerning the content and arrangement of principal and subordinate articles and explanations of estimates of distance and time and other statistical information.

Lorimer's introduction identifies the principal articles as:

'’Omān Sultanate' (pages 1382-1425);
'’Omān (Trucial)' [ Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ] (pages 1425-1451);
'Qatar' (pages 1505-1535);
'Bahrain Principality' (pages 233-253);
'Hasa Sanjāq' (pages 657-679);
'Kuwait Principality' (pages 1058-1077);
'Najd' (pages 1313-1351), supplemented by articles on 'Najd (Southern)' (pages 1351-1359), 'Qasīm' (pages 1485-1503) and 'Shammar (Jabal)' (pages 1732-1748);
'’Irāq (Turkish)' (pages 759-882);
'’Arabistān' (pages 115-151), suppplemented by articles on '’Arabistān (Northern)' (pages 151-157) and '’Arabistān (Southern)' (pages 157-165);
'Persian Coast' (pages 1455-1468);
'Makrān (Coast of Persian)' (pages 1130-1155).

All articles have a similar form. The English and Arabic place or tribe name appears in the right or left margin, followed by the text of the article split into sub-sections and with topographical information arranged in tables. Arabic words are given in the text next to their equivalent transliterated into Latin script, with the transliteration system employed appearing in 'Appendix S' in Volume I, Part II (IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2, pages 2737-2741).

Topics of information contained within the articles include: boundaries and sub-divisions; physical character and main features (for example, mountains and rivers); climate and seasons; natural products (vegetable, animal and mineral); agriculture and crops; livestock, including transport animals; inhabitants, with reference to racial and tribal distinctions, religious differences, mode of life, character, language, customs, dress and arms, and estimates of populations; trade (internal and external), with notice to currency, weights and measures, shipping, manufactures and industries, and miscellaneous occupations; communications by land and water, with descriptions of routes and estimates of transport; administration and government, especially police, justice, military resources, taxation and finance, and political constitution; and, international position and foreign interests, especially British and their representation in the country. Lorimer refers readers to the Appendices of Volume I, Part II (IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2, pages 2205-2741) for fuller details concerning: meteorology, health, date cultivation, transport animals and livestock, religions and sects, trade, sailing vessels, fisheries, pearl fisheries, and postal and telegraphic communications.

There are fifty-six folios lacking page numbers that contain illustrations. The images are labelled as follows:

'Wādi Bani Habīb in Jabal Akhdar'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'A Creek near Basrah from the Shatt=al=’Arab'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Bridge of Boats, Baghdād'. Photographer: Major G Arbuthnot;
'The Hanaini well, Bahrain Island'. Photographer: John Calcott Gaskin;
'Ancient Tumuli, Bahrain Island'. Photographer: John Calcott Gaskin;
'Village of Qatārah Baraimi Oasis'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'The ’Ashshār creek in Basrah Town'. Photographer: Mr Albert Charles Wratislaw;
'The British Consulate. Basrah, from the Shatt=al=’Arab. (Consulate building on the right of picture)'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Parade of British and Persian troops at Rīshehr, 1905';
'Part of the town of Būshehr';
'The Sea Front, Būshehr Town';
'The British Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , Būshehr';
'Bridge at Buziyeh'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'The Fort [Qasr al-Ḥuṣn] of the Shaikh at Abu Dhabi'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The Shaikh of Sharjah's Fort at Dhaid, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. '. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Dizfūl Town'. Photographer: Major G Arbuthnot;
'Dohah in Qatar'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'A Canal in the Fallāhiyeh District'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'A Creek at Fāo'. Photographer: Mr W D Cumming;
'Muti at the head of Wādi Halfain'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Near the village of Qārah in the Hasa Oasis'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The village of Qārah in the Hasa Oasis'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'Desert bewteen the Hasa Oasis and Qatar'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The Imāmzādeh of Haidar Karār at the place of formation of the Hindiyān River'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'The Hindyān River near Zaidān'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'General View of Hofūf'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The Na’āthil Quarter, Hofūf'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'Hormuz - View from the old Fort'. Photographer: Raja King Deen Dayal & Sons;
'Crowd at Rās=al-Khaimah'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Rās=al-Khaimah, looking towards Ruūs=al=Jibāl'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Kumzār'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The foreshore Kuwait, showing boat harbour'. Photographer: John Calcott Gaskin;
'Camel riders of the Shaikh of Kuwait'. Photographer: Raja King Deen Dayal & Sons;
'Lingeh';
'The Tīs Valley in Persian Makrān'. Photographer: Mr R H New;
'Country between the Bīr and Kair Rivers in Persian Makrān'. Photographer: Mr R H New;
'Mouth of the Tīs valley looking seawards'. Photographer: Mr R H New;
'The British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Manāmah, Bahrain'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'An Arab of the Manāsīr tribe'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'The Cemetery, Maqlab. (From A Photograph in the Possession of H Gabler, Esq, I E T D)';
'Eastern end of Masqat Town, British Consulate on the left, Sultan's palace on the right'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'West end of Masqat Town from Sultan's Palace. & Fort Mīrāni'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Centre and Western end of Masqat Town with part of the Harbour'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'View of Wādi Mi’aidin from Sharaijah'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'River Scene Muhammareh'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Two Views of Muhammareh Town'. Photographer: John Calcott Gaskin;
'Persian Battery at Muhammareh'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'View at Haz’=Dhabi, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. '. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'’Oqair Port'. Photographer: Herr Hermann Burchardt;
'Salt Rocks on Qishm Island near Namakdān'. Photographer: Raja King Deen Dayal & Sons;
'The "Earl Canning" lying in Elphinstone inlet, Ruus=al=Jibal 1868. [Head of Inlet.] From A Photograph in the Possession of H Gabler, Esq, I E T D)';
' Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail near Hisn Samail'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Eastern Face of Jabal=ash=Sham';
'The port of Sur'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'Bilād=as=Sur'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox;
'The Fort of Wakrah, Qatar'. Photographer: Major Percy Zachariah Cox.

Extent and format

1 volume (1952 pages)

Arrangement

Following the title pages and 'Introduction', entries are arranged in alphabetical order from '’Abādilah' to 'Zubair Town'.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: 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 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 1034. It should be noted that f. 192 is followed by f. 192A.

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Title: 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908'
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