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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1225] (1380/1782)
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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sliall have occasion to remark hereafter under another head, appear from
the sequel.
The arrangement under which the East India CompanyResident Temporary
or A gent in Turkish 'Iraq was located at the port of Basrah, while the ^ st,, ^ li | h "
Turkish Governor of the whole province had his residence at 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.
presented obvious inconveniences, to neutralise which various measures ^ Baghdad,
1765-od.
were taken at different times. In 1737, 1738 and 1758 an assistant to
the Resident, and in 1736, 1745, 1756 and 1759 the Resident himself,
visited Baghdad; Mr. Shaw, while he was in charge of Basrah, was
ordinarily represented at the capital by Khojah Raphael, an Armenian
merchant from Persia; and, at the point which we have now reached,
the Agent and Council seem to have become convinced of the necessity of
maintaining a European representative at the Court of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
I he immediate cause of their first deputing a gentleman to Baghdad 1765.
was a difficulty which they experienced, from not having as yet formally
congratulated Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on his accession or made him the custo-
mary present, in recovering a large debt that was due to their employers
from a certain Haji Yusuf at Basrah; and they thought that the oppor
tunity was also a good one for securing recognition by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of the
consular powers conferred on the British Agent, which, as mentioned
in the preceding paragraph, he seemed inclined to ignore; but it was
not originally intended that Mr. Robert Garden, on whom their choice
fell—partly because he had already visited Baghdad in 1758, partly
because he knew Turkish, and partly because he was next in standing
to the Agent himself,—should remain permanently, and the expenses of
his trip were estimated at only Rs. 1,200. Mr. Garden, however, v/ho
left Basrah for Baghdad on the 38th March 1765J seems to have stayed
there for some time; and, on his being recalled to India, Mr. Lyster was
sent to take his place.
In 1766, the establishment of 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.
at Baghdad having mean- 1766
while been sanctioned by the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
on the
recommendation of the Agent and Council at Basrah, Mr. James Morley
was sent from India to take charge of the new appointment and arrived
on the 2nd of May at Baghdad, where he relieved Mr. Lyster.
It should be noticed, however, that the succession of the gentlemen
mentioned to one another cannot have been continuous, for in January
and February of 1766, when Niebuhr was at Baghdad, there was no
British representative at that place. The presence of a European servant
at Baghdad in 1765 and 1766 was no doubt useful in connection with the
joint action of the British and the Turks in those years against the Ka'ab
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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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- '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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