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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [896] (1051/1782)
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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fn&hraif Wa6 cl!umed tobe " the P^P 61 ^ of Pereia," waf addressed bv the
and reply Shah's miuisters to Mr. Alison, the British Minister at Tehran •
Majesty 's another , of similar purport, was sent to Colonel Pellj by the Karguzar at
GovcrcQient, Shiraz; and a third, with which were enclosed two letters from the depcsed
Shaikh of Bahrain, was lodged at the Foreign Office on the 13th of
April 1869 by the Persian Minister in London. A principal ground of
complaint was that no previous notice had been given to Persia of the
British intention to proceed against Bahrain.
In a reply, sent on the 29th of April 1S69 after consultation between
the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, and the Earl of
Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the P.-rsian .Minister
was reminded that the Shaikhs of Bahrain had, at different ^riods in
the past, entered into direct engagements with the British Government
he was further assured that the sole objects of the British Government in
o ng the Shaikhs to those engagements were the prevention of piracy
and of the slave trade and the maintenance of the police of the Gulf-
dut.es of which Great Britain would gladly, if it were possible, divest
herself m favour of Persia. In conclusion a promise was given that,
should punitive measures against the Shaikh of Bahrain again become
necessary. Her Majesty's Government would, if practicable, cause the
ent * he .beforehand, and that in eases in which
h C^VrT COn ^ UenCe 0f the dcla - T a ref ^ce to
he Court of Tehran would mvolve. a full communication on the subiect
would be made to the Persian Government. The object of this Llv wl
to avoid causing .rntation at Tehran; but it is not clear that any decided
'ALI-BIN-KHALlF^ H.
1868-69.
of thf ^ Sh i aikh All ' ljin " Klialifah » inaugurated bv his Agreement
the 6th September 1868 with the British f'n ' ' ~ anient
t^gie; it lasted less than one year was short and
Intrigues of the ex-Shaikh Muhammad, 1869.
In January 1869, at the earnest request of Shaikh 'Ali, who believed
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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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