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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1194] (1349/1782)
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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Malad minis
tration at
Basrah about
1721.
Muhatuiuad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
appointed
to Basrah,
1727.
affairs that he was permitted to retain Baghdad, Basrah and Mardin
as a single charge.
It seems probable, from the maladministration which prevailed at
the time of Captain Hamilton's acquaintance with Basrah, viz., about
1721, that the place had then only recently come under the strontj
rule of Hasan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
through his son Ahmad. Large Janissary forces
were maintained at Qurnah and at Basrah, the garrison of the former
being much stronger than that of the latter place; and 8 or 10 armed
galleys were maintained at Qurnah, as against only 5 at Basrah.
The officers of the galleys, under a " Captain
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
" or Commodore
of their own, were at this time independent of the ordinary civil
authorities; and in 1721, in a rebellion of the civil population against
the governor of Basrah, by whose exactions they were being ruined,
the Mufti of Basrah and the Turkish naval officers ranged themselves
on the side of the rebels and formed a camp on the Shatt-
al-'Arab, apparently at or near Manawi ; and eventually the civil
governor, though no fighting took place, was obliged to come
to terms with them and to put to death one of his own minions, a
notorious blackmailer and extortioner. Official robbery was now the rule;
the native merchants looked back with regret to the days of the Persian
occupation; and e\en Europeans were not exempt from annoyance, for in
I 721, Captain Hamilton himself was compelled by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to part with
a quantity of pepper, which he had brought for sale, at a price below that
which had been offered him by merchants. Troubles between the Turks
and the Arabs, due to the rigorous collection of taxes by the former, appear
to have been not infrequent. Captain Hamilton gives minute details
of a case m which a party of Janissaries, sent to exact revenue, were
destroyed to the last man by the Arabs whom they had ? one to
coerce; he describes the affair as having occurred at Qubban ; but, from
his account, 'Abbadan Island seems more likely to have been the scene
of the tragedy.*
At the end of 1727 one Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
w r as appointed, presum*
* hy Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, to the Government of Basrah.
English relations, 1687—1730.
t)uriug the first part of the half century with which we are now
concerned, the English trade with Basrah must have been carried on from
RU PP 0 ^ 0n n0 | f re e from difficulties, created perhaps bv some
change in the course of the«hatt -al-'Arab. it.
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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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- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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