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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1185] (1340/1782)
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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than 200 Sabians, carrying arquebuses and other weapons like the rest,
but unwarlike in their appearance. On the 28r(i authentic intelligence
reached Basrah that the Persians had hastily abandoned their camp and
marched away towards their own country, leaving their supplies and even
their cooked provisions behind, and the cause of the movement was conjec
tured to be an order of recall, for no loss had as yet been inflicted on
them by the troops of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Basrah. On the 31st of March the
two Portuguese ships despatched on the 16th returned to Basrah, having
failed in their principal object. Three Persian Taradahs, however, had
been captured, all the Muhammadans on board of which, including
children, the Portuguese according to their barbarous custom put to death,
except one rich man whom they kept alive in hope of a large ransom!
On the 7th of April, the Persians being now at a safe distance, the
P<isha re-entered Basrah in triumph with all his troops.
After these events matters remained in statu quo for a number of Affairs from
years. The Turks, it would appear, occasionally endeavoured, but without to 1638 '
avaH, to dislodge the Persians from Baghdad ; two of their assaults
were repulsed with success towards the end of the period by Safi Quli
Khan, an Armenian by race, who then governed Baghdad in the name of
the Shah. In 1625 the influence of the Persians extended so far down the
Euphrates as ^Arjah, a place on the left bank occupying approximately the
position of the modern Nasiriyah ; and the chief of 'Arjah, one Hasan
Agha, a refugee Kurd who had established a strong influence over the
surrounding Arabs, was believed to be at heart devoted to the Persian
interest, though openly he still professed obedience to the Porte.
In 1638 the Turkish Sultan, Murad IV, who in 1635 had
wrested Erivan from the Persians, marched in person with a law
force to recover Baghdad; his host set forth from Scutari on
the 8th of May ; and on the 15th of November, after 110 days of actual
marching interspersed with halts, it arrived before Baghdad. The city
was found garrisoned by about 30,000 men, of whom 1,200 were trained
musketeers. By the 22nd December 1638 the defences of Baghdad
along a front of 800 yards had been so completely levelled with the
ground that, in the words of an Ottoman
Writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
, <f a blind man might
have galloped over them with loose bridle without his horse stumbling/'
The attempts made by the Turks to storm the breach on that and the
following day were repulsed, but on the 2'ith of December it
was carried with the loss of Taiyar Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Sultan 's
Grand Vazir, who was shot dead in leading the attack. Quarter
was at first granted to the garrison; but later, whether treacherouslv
84
Recovery o £
Baghdad by
the Turks,
1638.
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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)
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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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