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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [995] (1150/1782)
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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at Qatif. About 1880 Ganga Ram Tikam Das & Company, one of
the leading Hindu firms in Bahrain, made an effort to improve their
position by establishing a strong
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in charge of Hindus at Qatif ;
and their example was followed by another Indian house.
Ultimately, however, in consequence of the exactions of the customs
contractors and of obstacles thrown in their way by the port officials at
the instigation of local merchants, the trade of the Hindus began to
decline. Merchandise exported to India was liable to a duty of 1 per
cent, only ; but the duty was collected at the time of shipment at a rate
of 8 per cent., the amount leviable on goods exported to Persia, and in
practice the rebate of 7 per cent,, legally recoverable on proof of arrival of
the consignments in India, was seldom or never obtained from the con
tractors. The excess duty thus recovered from the Indian traders in three
seasons was estimated, at the end of 1894, at Ks. 19,500 ; but the refund
obtained in consequence of representations by the British Government
amounted to Rs. 5,012 only. The other principal difficulties from which the
Hindus suffered were intentional delays in weighment of their goods by
the customs authorities, detention of their vessels for unreasonable periods
in quarantine, executive orders which made it impossible for them to obtain
animals for transport, and failure of the Turkish authorities to assist them
in the recovery of debts. Political disorders and lawlessness eventually
increased the difficulties of the situation; and, after the serious outrage
committed in 1895 on one of the agents of Messrs. Ganga Ram Tikam
Das & Co., the Hindus gradually withdrew from Qatif altogether.
Their business, by 1897, had fallen to a half or even one-third of its
former amount; and what remained was conducted on disadvantageous
terms through local Muhammad an agents.
With characteristic pertinacity, however, the British Indian traders
of Bahrain clung to the idea of re-establishing their position at Qatif ;
and in 1901 they offered to contribute Hs. 1,200 a year for 5 years
towards the pay of a British consular representative at Qatif, should one
be appointed. In November 1903, on the occasion of Lord Curzon's
visit to Bahrain, they renewed their request for consular protection in
Hasa j and they subsequently offered to guarantee a contribution cf
Rs. 2,000 a year. The necessity for some action was clear, inasmuch as
the sum wrongly recovered as customs duty at Qatif from British Indian
merchants amounted, in the year 1903 alone, to not less than Rs. 2-5,000.
Representations were accordingly made to the Turkish Government on
the subject of these exactions, and a promise was obtained from the Wall
of Basrah that they should be discontinued, and that items already levied
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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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- 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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