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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1180] (1335/1782)
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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Baghdad in
1180
Relations with Persia, 1603—17.
The war with Persia continued, under the new sovereign, to the increas
ing disadvantage of Turkey. In 1604 'Ali Vardi Khan, a Persian
general, advanced into the neighbourhood of Baghdad; but after a series
of skirmishes, in which he captured about 300 prisoners, he suddenly and
somewhat unaccountably withdrew. In 1605 a Persian force began an
investment of Baghdad, but it was recalled by the Shah, who had now
resolved to crush the Ottomans in the field and who, by dint of immense
preparations, was afterwards completely successful in so doing. The war,
however, was carried on, without any very notable incident, during the
whole reign of Ahmad 1. About 1614 a fleet of 100 "frigates" and
galleys was said to be maintained by the Persians at llishehr, in order to
prevent communication between the Turkish port of Basrah and the Por
tuguese port of Hormuz, both of which the Persians regarded as hostile.
^internal history, 1603 -17.
The Portuguese traveller Pedro Teixeira, who visited 'Iraq in 1604,
has left an interesting description of the province as it was in that vear;
and his account is specially instructive in regard to the indirect results,
in PereiT" 11 ^' ^ dlSaStl ' 0US warwbich ^e Tn-ks were then waging
Baghdad, at this time the second government in the Turkish Kmpire and
mfenor in importance to Egypt onlv, was governed in 1604 hv Ytaf
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
a Circassian eunuch, who had very recently been appointed to the
s aiq. e powei o this official was absolute in most matters,
whether m peace or war ; but, in dealing with merchants and foreio-ners he
had to reckon with an official protector of those classes who resided'at
Baghdad on the part of the Sultan of Turkey. As Baghdad had recently
been threatened by the Persians, the extent of the military resources of
the local government was one of the most important questions at the
time of Teixeira s visit; and the traveller obse-ved that the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had
at command, in addition to a personal g«ard of ] 500 to 2 nnn
force of 4,000 or 5,000 t.ops in Baghd./itself, of Z* lut ^
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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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