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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [978] (1133/1782)
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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978
Opinion of
Her Majesty's
Government.
Action by
British
vessels on the
Hasa coast
suspended
May 1879.
Negotiations
with Tnrkey.
that pirates should eontintie to he pursued by British vessels into Turkish
waters, and even upon the Turkish coast within the range of naval fire,
but that otherwise operations upon the mainland should devolve upon the
Turkish authorities ; that pirates captured by British ships under these
conditions should be dealt with by the British Resident in the Persian
Gulf j and that the Turkish administration should be held responsible
for obtaining redress in the case of all piracies committed from Turkish
jurisdiction.
The
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.
were at first disposed to concur in the recommenda
tions of the Government of India ; but the Foreign Office considered that
the acceptance of the scheme by the Porte, involving, as it did, the aban
donment of considerable territorial pretensions on the part of Turkey and
the admission of foreign interference in waters admittedly Turkish, was
not to be expected. The establishment of a declared protectorate over
the Arab principalities concerned was likely, in Lord Salisbury's opinion,
to cjive rise to inconveniences even more serious than those which it was
sought to avoid. The Foreign Office inclined to the view that British
naval interference in Turkish waters should only be exercised in special
circumstances, when the consent of the local Turkish authorities had
been obtained.
Meanwhile the question of the employment of British ships of war
against pirates in Turkish waters or on the Turkish coast, authorised by
the Government of India in March 1879, had been referred by the Naval
Commander-in-Chief in India to the Admiralty, and by the Admiralty to
the Foreign Office. In May 187 9 a suspension of the operations in
question was directed ; and later, as the Law Officers of the Crown held
them to bt internationally unjustifiable even in the peculiar circumstances
of the Hasa^oast, they were prohibited.
As time w«nt on, however, and insecurity in the Gulf showed no
signs of abating, !t became necessary to insist on attention being paid to
representations, from time to time addressed by the British Government
to the Porte, which had hitherto been met bv evasion and delay. Sir H,
Layard, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, was accordingly
instructed to suggest, an arrangement by which the Turkish Government
should permit action, when indispensable for the suppression of piracy,
oy British vessels within the tVee-mile limit to the north of 'Odaid; and
it was intended that certain stipulations for Turkish co -operation when
a\ailable, for the transfer of prizes to^he Turkish authorities, and generally
foi the maintenance of the dignity of Turkey in her own waters should
foirn pait of the understanding. Negotiations on this basis continued at
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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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