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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1195] (1350/1782)

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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i^urat or Bandar ^Abbas, for the East ludia Company's records, thougk
they contain numerous references to " Bassorah ships,do not mention
any Basrah Factory An East India Company trading post. . Captain Hamilton's dealings in pepper and the
ill-treatment which he received at Basrah in 1721 have already been
noticed above.
About 17"28, or perhaps earlier, a permanent Factory An East India Company trading post. was evidently
established at Basrah. In April 1724*, the President and Council
at Bombay held a consultation on the state of the Company's affairs
at Basrah, and it was remarked that u there is nothing 1 yet done for
" Ibe advantage of our hon'ble employers, more than a promise obtained
" from the Bashaw An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that we shall pay but three per cent, duties* on the
u broadcloth, none of which being disposed of at the time Mr. Houssay
" despatched those advices ; the prospect he gives us of selling it seems
" rather an amusement than any real application to serve his emplovers,
" while he continues so much involved in private trade." As the said
Mr. Houssay had carried with him to Basrah the greater part of
the effects of a deceased Factor at Bandar 'Abbas and had given
no account of the same, and as it was rumoured that he intended to depart
thence direct to Europe without either being granted leave or returning
to head-quarters as required by the Company's rules, it was decided to
recall him to Bandar 'Abbas; but, in order that Basrah might not be left
unoccupied, the Agent in Persia was directed to proceed thither himself,
or, if he could not go, to send a Mr. E. Edlyne in his stead. At the same
meeting a notification was drawn up, to be published at Basrah, " requir-
" ing all the subjects of Great Britain trading under the Honourable Com-
" pany's protection to be conformable to the rules of the factory An East India Company trading post. , and
" positively forbidding them to treat with the Government in any matters
" relating to their trade but through the factory An East India Company trading post. ."
In 1727-28, Mr. French being then the Company's representative at
Basrah, several difficulties with the local government arose; but they were
all, in the end, satisfactorily adjusted. In 1727 the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. suddenly
demanded a poll tax of five Qurush per head on account of the Persian
servants employed by Europeans at Basrah. The Dutch evaded the
requisition by discharging their servants; but Mr. French positively
# This, as we have seen, was the maximum fixed by the Capitulations, but it is
probable that at this time the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Basrah did not readily acquiesce in any
limitations imposed on him by the Government at Constantinople j moreover, as
will appear further on, neither the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. himself nor the Company's representative
at Basrah had a copy of the Capitulations. In 1702, when Sir N. Waite of the
Englih or New East India Company ;ent agents to Basrah to make enquiries, they
reported that customs would be payable at the rate of eight per cent*
Establish
ment of a
permane nt
Factory An East India Company trading post. at
Basrah,
about 1723.
Difficulties
with the local
government
at Basrah
1727-28.
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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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