'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1213] (1368/1782)
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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history of Turkish ■'Iraq and to rise eventually to the governorship of the
Pashaliq. Sulaiman, during his first term of office at Basrah^ ruled with
moderation and distinguished himself by his freedom from rapacity ; but he
incurred the jealousy of Isma'il, the Kehiyah of the Baghdad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
; and,
notwithstanding a protest by the British Agent at Basrah; he was removed,
early in 1768, for his negligence in not sending enough money to Baghdad,
and for failing to meet some large bills drawn by his master the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
against the public revenues of Basrah.
"Abdur Rahman Baig, who, by paying a considerable bribe at Baghdad
and promising to make Basrah a financially more productive province,
had secured his own nomination to the Mutasallimate, did not retain his
position long. In October 1768 the post was again vacant, the holder
having died suddenly, not without suspicion of poison.
Thereupon Sulaiman Agha was immediately reinstated in the Deputy-
Governorship ; but his conduct towards the British and Christians in
general was unsatisfactory during this, his second period of rule; and in
1769 he was actually removed by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the representations of
the East India Company's Agent.
The attitude of Y usuf Agha, the new
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, towards the foreign
community was friendly; but in August 1771, to their great regret, he was
displaced in favour of Sulaiman Agha, whom the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had now re-
appointed. This Yusuf Agha may have been identical with one Haji
^usuf who had charge of the town of Basrah in October 1763. ■
Sulaiman Agha seems after this,—with a short interval, ending in
1773, during which he was again replaced by Yusuf Agha,—to have
retained the Mutasallimate until the capture of Basrah by the Persians
in 1 < ? 6, after the close of the period with which we are now concerned.
His creditable conduct in the defence of the town will be noticed in its
proper place.
'Abdur
Rahman
Baig, 1768.
Sulaiman
Agha, 1768-
69.
Yusuf Agha,
1769-71.
Sulaiman
Agha, 1771
—76.
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Administrative head-quarters in Turkish 'Iraq in 1758 and 1765.
Interesting and minute accounts of Baghdad and Basrah, then as now
the two mam seats of government in Turkish 'Iraq, have been left by the
travellers Ives and Niebuhr, who visited them in 1758 and 1765-66
respectively.
The form of government at Baghdad was the same, in miniature, ps that
at Constantinople. Most official appointments within the limits of his
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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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- 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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