'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1228] (1383/1782)
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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Refusal of
the British
to assist the
Turks
against the
Muntafik,
1769.
Withdrawal
of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
staff
i : roin Basrah,
23rd April
1773.
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ted at the Turkish custom house, and not at the Company's premises as
had been hoped by the Agent and Council in 1765.
The behaviour of Sulaiman Agha, notwithstanding his acceptance of
Mr. Moore's terms, must have continued unsatisfactory; for on the Sht
of October 1769, on news being received that Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had
marched from Baghdad against the Muntafik tribe, Mr. Moore and
Mr. Green embarked on the Expedition " cruiser and proceeded up the
Euphrates, accompanied by the bomb-vessel "Fancy," to Umm Labas on
the south side of the river half way from Qurnah to Samawah, where
they found the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
encamped. They arrived there on the 6th of
November, to discover that 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.
had anticipated them by some
days and obtained the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's ear; but on the 12th, after the Mutasal
lim s departure for Basrah, the Agent had a private interview with the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, which resulted a few days later in the despatch of the Kehiyah,
who was also the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's brother, to remove Sulaiman Agha from his
Government and to install in his place Yusuf Agha, who was generally
reported to be an honest and humane man.
In August 1769, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad earnestly begged the British
Agent at Basrah to lend him the assistance of the Company 's vessels for
suppressing the revolt of the Muntafik under Shaikh 'Abdullah, already
mentioned; but Mr. Moore, to whom the disastrous consequences of the
Company's intervention in the war between the Turks and the Ka'ah
were well known, whose relations with the rebellious Shaikh 'Abdullah
had always been friendly, and who at the time—as we have already
seen—had unredressed grievances against 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.
of Basrah,
evaded the request on the ground that large European ships would be
unable to act in the Euphrates. In the opinion of the Agent there was
even at one t ime a possibility of the town of Basrah being captured by
the Muntafik, and this he regarded as a strong additional reason for
observing neutrality.
In the spring of 177b an outbreak of plague occurred at Basrah,
resulting in heavy mortality and general panic. At the beginning of
« (^■ 1 - Moore) and some of his establishment retired to
Bel voir," where also the Company's vessels "Drake" and Tyger"
were sent to lie, while the other members of the staff shut themselves up
e actoi} building in the town of Basrah ; and communication with
the outer world was after that rigorously avoided. On the 7th of April
e wa ow, ' sloop-of-war, arrived at Basrah with 65 bales of piece-
goo s rom Surat; and as Sir John Gierke, the commander, would not
a ow any Joats from the shore to approach his vessel lest they should
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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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