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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1223] (1378/1782)
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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at Bandar ■'Abbas, was lield to be disqualified by his previous connection
with the case, Mr. William Andrew Price was temporarily deputed from
Bombay to carry out the delicate duty, and at the same time to estab
lish the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. Before his arrival in the Gulf towards the end of
March 1763, Mr. Douglas, as related in another place, had already
withdrawn the Company's establishment at Bandar 'Abbas, sending
most of the commercial stock to Basrah; consequently Mr. Price, apart
from a halt which he made at Bushehr for the purpose of establishing
a
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
there, as also directed by the Bombay Government, was
able without delay to proceed on his mission to Basrah. He arrived
there on the 13th of May, to find that a 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.
, who bore " the
character of an haughty, imperious man, and a mortal' enemy to
Christians," had arrived from Baghdad only three days previously to take
charge of the Government; and he at first had some difficulty in
arranging for his suitable reception on shore ; but eventually, on the
18th of Ma}, the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Mufti and the Shah Bandar
having been sent to meet him, he landed, and the new
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
was
established.
It is unnecessary to refer again, in this place, to the intervention of
Mr. Price in 1763, as described in an earlier paragraph, in the difficulties
betw een the Basrah Government and the Ka'ab tribe.
In August 1764, a " Consulary Birat/' or * order of the Porte recognise
ing the East India Company's Agent at Basrah as British Consul there,
was obtained by Mr. Grenville, the British Ambassador at
Constantinople, and was forwarded " together with the Grand
Siguier's commandment attending it, as likewise the Consulary patent
or commission'' from the British Ambassador himself, to Mr. Wrench,
who at this time occupied the position of Agent at Basrah. Mr.
Grenville, with whom the idea of applying for the Baraat probably
originated, and who certainly over-estimated its practical value, encountered
considerable opposition on the part of the Turkish Government before he
carried his point, and he was proportionately elated by his success, in
announcing which to the Agent he wrote :
It is the surest and most efficacious means that we know of, in this part of the
world, for protecting the Company's commerce, their property, and just rights : it
secures to them for ever, and more firmly than anything else can, a permanent and
* The "Consulary Birat" of J764, or rather a translation of the same supplied a
number of years afterwards by the Kesident at Basrah, will be found in Aitcbison's
Treaties, Volume XIII, pages 7—9, 4th edition. A reference to that translation will
show that the contents were substantially the same as those of the Baraat obtained for
the Baghdad
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in 1802 which is summarised at page 1301 post.
The " Con
sular/
Birat," 1761.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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