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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [743] (886/1782)
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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tions made by the Shaikh of Sharjah against the hoisting of a British Hag
over the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Sharjah.
A remarkable development of commerce, within the narrow limits Commercial
imposed by poverty of natural resources and sparseness of population, relat,ons -
characterised the period between 1892 and 1907 in Trucial 'Oman; it
was accelerated after 1902 by the decline of the Persian port of Lingeh.
Before 1902 not more than four or five steamers had called at Dibai
annually; but in the year mentioned no less than 21 steam vessels,
mostly belonging to the Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Company,
entered the port; and early in 190i the British India Steam Navigation
Company included Dibai in their regular time-table.
In 1902 the question of urging the Trucial Shaikhs to limit the
rate of customs duty leviable by themselves to 5 per cent, ad valorem
was discussed ; but, as the rates actually in force were found to be
everywhere lower than 5 per cent., it was decided to postpone action.
A little later, however, a lessee of the export duty on mother-of-pearl
shells at Dibai was found to be collecting the tax at a rate higher than
5 per cent., and a reference was made to the Shaikh, who at once pro
mised to reduce it.
Relations of Trucial 'Oman with Persia, 1892-1907.
In 1899 a question arose between the Government of Persia and the Difficuitie»
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Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman through the expulsion by the Persians or tne ^ p erg0 .
hereditary Arab Shaikh of Lingeh, and later the meddlesome activity
of the recently instituted Imperial Persian Customs occasioned trouble, ] 899-1900.
in both cases the task of controlling the Arabs and of repre^nting Aiab
interests devolved on the British power.
In October 1899 the Persian Government, alarmed by a report that
the expelled Shaikh of Lingeh and his supporters had found an asylum
in Trucial 'Oman, appealed to the British Government to prevent their
collecting a force for the recovery of Lingeh; and suitable warnings
were accordingly addressed to the Trucial Shaikhs by the British
authorities. Again in January 1900 the Persian Government ccon-
plained that Muhammad-bin-Khalifah, the ex-Shaikh of Lingeh, was
harboured by the Shaikh of Ras -al-Khaimah ; they asked that the British
Government should prevent a descent by him upon Lingeh, which was
apprehended ; and they added a mighty threat that they would
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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).
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- 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.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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- 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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