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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1230] (1385/1782)
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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1230
Bombay/-' The subsequent experiences of Messrs. Beaumont and Green
and the employment of the " Tyger " by the Persians are described in the
chapter on the history of the Persian Coast. The passeng-ers who reached
Bombay in the " Drake " were apparently Messrs. Moore, Lewis and
Latouche ; it is not clear whether Mr. Reilly, the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon, ever
left Basrah, and he was certainly there again at the middle of October
1773, more than two months before the return of the Agent and other
members of the staff.
No reference has been made in this section to a case which formed
the subject of much correspondence between the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
ind the Turkish
Government from 1765 to 1768, as it arose out of the conduct of two
of the Company's servants (Messrs. Shaw and Garden) ind is discussed,
for that reason, in a later paragraph.
Trade of the East India Company in Turkish 'Iraq, 1757—73,
The trade of the East India Company at Basrah ^as considerable
during this period ; but their representatives seem to ha\e obtained but
little business at Baghdad, even during the existence 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
that place.
The chief article of import, here as in Persia, was voollen cloth of
various sorts ; and Mr, Shaw, on his visit to Baghdad in 1759, besides
arranging—as he believed—for the future transit of the Company's goods
to that place free of inland duties, actually disposed on the spot of 100
bales of coarse cloth at 7'4 Mahmudis per gaz and of 30 bales of fine
cloth at 17 Mahmudis per gaz. He found that there was still a con-
siderable importation of cloth from Aleppo to Baghdad ; but this trade he
hoped, by means of improved arrangements, entirely to " oversetIn
February 1768 there were " heavy remains 11 at Basrah; but 100 bales of
broad cloth worth Rs. 30,569, consisting partly of coarse cloth and partly
of coloured, had been consigned from Bombay and were expected to
facilitate the disposal of the unsold stock. In 1771, there was a great
accumulation of woollens, intended for sale in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, both at
Basrah and Bombay ; and the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
, as a special measure,
sanctioned their exchange for Gilan raw silk, and less than | of the
price of the silk to be paid in woollens, after which the purchase of silk
was to be discontinued. From 1763 to 1773, however, the average
annual number of bales of Indian piece-goods imported at Basrah was
3,000 to 3,500. These were mostly the property of merchants settled in
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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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- '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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