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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1189] (1344/1782)

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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arrived there on the Slst of May and obtained a license from the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to land their goods ; but the market had been recently glutted by
the arrival of a Portuguese trading fleet from Masqat^ and they only
realised lis. 30,000 by their sales. Political disturbances in 'Iraq in 1641
seem to have delayed further action; but by 1643 an English Factory An East India Company trading post. had
come into existence at Basrah on a provisional footing, and the returns
were so satisfactory that it was decided to make it permanent. Dutch
competition had not as yet penetrated to Basrah; and there it was
found possible to exchange English luxuries, which were appreciated by
the wealthier natives, for goods saleable in England.
In June 1645 the property of the East India Company at Bandar 1645—'
'Abbas was temporarily transferred to Basrah during a crisis between
the Persians and the Dutch, but the Dutch had now found their way
into the Basrah market. In 1645-46 the representatives of the Company
at Basrah were Thomas Cogan and William Weale. The trade of the
English in 'Iraq was temporarily ruined in 1645 by the arrival of a
Dutch fleet at Basrah ; and in 1647-48 the Company's business between
India and Basrah continued unprofitable owing to the keen rivalry of
the Dutch.
MUHAMMAD IV.
1648—87.
Ibrahim was followed in the Sultanate of Turkey by Muhammad IV,
who reigned from 1648 to 1687,
Internal affairs, 1648—87.
Almost all that we know of the internal state of 'Iraq during the reign Baghdad
of Muhammad IV we owe to the traveller Tavernier, who visited
Baghdad and journeyed down the Tigris to Basrah in the year 1642.
Tavernier found Baghdad under the government of a Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ; and its
importance was at this time still largely military. The city wall was
oi brick, and on the bastions were mounted about 60 guns, none of
which, however, could throw a shot of more than five or six pounds
weight; the moat was wide and five or six fathoms deep ; and the
citadel, mounting 150 guns, mostly without carriages, occupied the

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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.

Physical characteristics

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' [‎1189] (1344/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575947.0x000091> [accessed 23 March 2025]

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