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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1214] (1369/1782)
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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charge were in the personal gift of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
; but he was obliged to
submit all matters of great importance to his Council or Divvan, of which
not only the Agha or commander of the Janissaries, the chief Qadhi, and
the Naqib of the shrine of 'Abdul Qadir, but also every ex-official of high
rank resident at Basrah and various ecclesiastical authorities were mem
bers. The chief Qadhiship, it may be mentioned, was held every year by
a new incumbent, appointed from Constantinople. The executive func
tionary next in rank and power to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
himself was his Kehiyah or
Minister, who had charge under him of all matters, whether civil or
military ; and other officials, some of whom possessed a public character
while some belonged rather to the household of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, were numerous.
The troops under the direct orders of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, including his
personal guards, amounted to 6,000 or 7,000 men; and in addition to
these there were at headquarters a strong force ot artillery and variotis
corps of Janissaries, the latter variously estimated at i 0,000 to 40,000 men ;
but over the artillery in question and over the Janissaries, who were imperial
troops and received their orders from Constantinople, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had no
control. A number of the Janissaries were civilians in different ranks of
life, who enlisted merely for the sake of the protection and privileges
to which they became entitled as members of the corps j and sometimes
even the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad found it expedient to enrol himself as a
Janissary, lo meet a demand for extra troops to serve against the
Kurds or 4,he Arab tribes, it was not uncommon at Baghdad to grant
contracts to individuals, who themselves acted as officers of the untrained
rabble which they collected.
ihe defences oi the main town of Baghdad consisted at this time of
a wall with a parapet, loopholed throughout its length, and of nine
bastions, each mounting six to eight brass guns of miscellaneous calibres.
Outside the wall there was a good ditch, and beyond the ditch an
indifferent glacis; and the height from the bottom of the ditch to the
top of the wall was about 40 feet. The number of guns at Baghdad
was about 150 of all sizes, mounted and unmounted.
At Basrah, on the phenomenal filthiness of which both travellers
comment, the principal official was the
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.
^ who had his residence
in an open square of the native town, on the south bank of the 'Ashar
cieek, fai fiom the Shatt-al-'Arab. In the days preceding the abolition
of the Basrah Pashaliq, before 1720, net only the Deputy-Governor
but also a f ' Kapitan (Captain)
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
" or naval commandant was appoint
ed by the Porte, and the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was a personage of high dignity
and independent powers; but, on the incorporation of Basrah in 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.
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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'
- 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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