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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [252] (395/1782)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (1624 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. 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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252
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in 1871 to make a survey of Bahrain and Qatar waters,
apparently under the auspices of the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
; and in
1872-78 operations were in progress in those seas.
British policy and official matters in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1862-73-
The period was one of great economic and commercial expansion in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, due chiefly to the introduction of steam communication,
posts and telegraphs ; and the growth of British interests of every sort
was on a corresponding scale.
As the Political Residentship of Colonel Pelly in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
covered almost the whole of the period, it w ill not be amiss to illustrate
here, by means of somewhat copious extracts from his official despatches^
the views upon general questions of that able officer and incisive
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.
.
In 1863, he propounded a remarkable scheme for the consolidation of
British influence in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It can best be described by repro
ducing the ipsissima verba in which he recommended it to the (Tovern-
ment of Bombay—
MetnorandutH. enclosed in letter no. 1-A., dated 12th January 1863.
The question of the development of the Persian Gulfjline of Steam and Telegraphic
communication is under the consideration of Government, and I beg respectfully to
submit the following remarks bearing on that question in its relations to the Political
Residentship^for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. In order to avoid occupying the time of Govern
ment longer than may be absolutely necessary, I offer what I have to say in the
form of results of thought. It will be easy for Government, map in hand, to trace the
steps which led to these results.
1. The principal objects in establishing a 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were the suppression of piracy, the suppression of the slave trade, and the development
of trade.
2. Piracy on a large scale is now checked, but the maritime Arab chiefs require to be
constantly watched, and their disputes at sea to be promptly and justly arbitrated:
otherwise they would at once resume their old habits.
3. The slave trade still obtains.
4* Trade, which was in the first instance contemplated on a comparatively limited
■calej may now be expected on an ever-increasing and extended scale. This trade is, and
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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) 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 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .
Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:
- 'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);
- 'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);
- 'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);
- 'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);
- 'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);
- 'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);
- 'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);
- 'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);
- 'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (1624 pages)
- Arrangement
Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to 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 annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.
- 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. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:
- Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.
- Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
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- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:130, 1:778, iv-r:iv-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, v-r:v-v, 779:1098, 1131:1146, 1099:1130, 1147:1484, 1489:1496, 1485:1488, 1497:1624, vi-r:vi-v, back-a-i
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