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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [888] (1043/1782)
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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888
Persian and
Turkish
protection si
multaneously
invited by
the Shaikh
of Bahrain,
1859.
Discussion of
the policy to
be adopted
by Britain in
regard to
these events,
1860 -61.
Towards the end of the year 1859, probably in connection with this
crisis, Shaikh Muhammad made simultaneous applications for protec
tion to the Persian Governor of Fars and to the Turkish Wali of
Baghdad. The response of the Turks was delayed by the absence of
the Wali from his headquarters; but a Persian agent in the person of
one Mirza Mehdi Khan, a well-known Anglophobe, almost immediately
arrived in Bahrain, the Persian flag was hoisted, and Persian sovereignty
was proclaimed. Scarcely, however, had these ceremonies been per
formed, when Muhammad Baig, the emissary of Mustafa Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
appeared; the Persian flag was again lowered ; and the Turkish flag
was raised in its place. To complete the absurdity of the situation the
Persian agent refused to leave Bahrain or to surrender his imaginary
authority in the Shaikhdom.
Sir H. Rawlinson, the British Minister at Tehran, who differed from
Captain Jones, the Resident, in regarding these matters as of slight
account, contented himself with obtaining from the Shah's ministers an
assurance that no military occupation of Bahrain should be undertaken
by Peisia until the question of title had been settled by diplomatic
discussion; and he advised Captain Jones that, while hostilities against
Bahrain from any quarter were to be repelled by force of British arms,
the voluntary tender by the Shaikh of allegiance to any other power
might, so long as it was not followed by a military occupation, be
ignored as of no practical importance. On consideration of the
correspondence 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.
instructed the Resident at
Bushehr not to interfere with the occupation of Bahrain, whether by
Persia or by Turkey, otherwise than by protest and by an intimation that
the matter had been reported to Her Majesty's Government; but at the
same time the agents of both powers were to be distinctly warned that
aggression by Bahrain, or in the name of Bahrain, upon neighbouring
tnbes wouldnot be allowed by the British authorities, and would eve^
the^lc^t "f ^ 01Ce ^ " eCeSSary - In refer ri»g the general question to
lq^^ Bombay observed that the
fi t n .i t* • • ' 1 been so long preserved by
shouuTerl 1 , ntlSl ; Govemmeut 'to demand that Bahrain
should be regarded a S suhjeet neither to the Sublime Porte nor to Persia ■
and they recommended that tbp i i j » ^ >
be recognised nnrf tl t n ^dependence of the principality should
be recognised, and that those engagements which in the interests of
commerce, humanity and public seenritv b.„l v , . . luteresti ot
and the British rv,, y ee " concluded between it
a tne Jii,t ls h Government should be maintained This '
appiove y ler Majesty's Government in February 1861.
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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)
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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'
- 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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