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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [901] (1056/1782)
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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901
against their officers; and, in view of the attitude of Her Majesty's
Government towards the question of Persia and Bahrain, they dwelt at
length on the evils that were likely to arise from a renunciation by the
British Government of their beneficent supervision of the peace of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, as also on the inconveniences of any policy by which it
might be attempted to associate the Persian Government with the British
in that task. They pointed out that Persia, having no navy whatever,
was incapable of assisting Great Britain to maintain the peace at sea
and even more so of taking Great Britain's place, should that place be
relinquished ; had the case been otherwise, even, and had Persia
possessed some power at sea, her intervention would merely have
embroiled her with the Sultanate of 'Oman, with the Arab principalities,
with the Wahhabi power and with Turkey, to all of which she was
antagonistic ; indeed the assertion by Persia of claims to Bahrain
had already caused the revival of similar obsolete pretensions on the part
of Turkey and other powers. By their treaty engagements with Arab
Shaikhs the British Government were themselves pledged to maintain
the peace and to obtain reparation for maritime aggressions ; and, in the
opinion of the Government of India, the British protectorate in the Gulf
should be regarded as a matter of obligation rather than of right. In the
later of their two despatches the Government of India observed: " If
e( we are no longer prepared to continue the performance of the tasks we
" have undertaken, we must withdraw altogether ; but the consequences of
" such a step would be so disastrous, not only to our national honour, but
" to the peace of the Gulf, to the prosperity of the tribes inhabiting the
" littoral, and to the lives and property of our subjects, who, during the
" peace of the last fifty years, have settled on the shores and embarked
" enormous capital in the pearl fisheries and the trade with the mainland,
" that we cannot contemplate this course as one of which Her Majesty^s
" Government could for a moment entertain." This conclusion does not
appear to have been contested by the British Government.
Protest by tlie Porte against the action of the British Government
in Bahrain.
A protest was also entered by the Turkish Minister in London against
the recent proceedings of the British authorities in Bahrain, which were
represented as acts of British sovereignty over " a portion of Turkish
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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.
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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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