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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1233] (1388/1782)
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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MutaBallim, wliich was about the middle of the native town ; but there
was also a country-house or branch of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at (< Belvoir " on the
Shatt-al-^Arab, 4 miles from Basrah, a place possibly identical with the
modern Kut-al-Farangi.
It seems that the Company's employes at Basrah, when they were
on good terms with one another, lived in a sort of mess; for in 176 3,
on the occasion of Mr. Price's deputation to report on personal matters
there, it was specially enjoined on him by the Bombay Government
"that at Basrah everybody live in one house (if it can be done), eat at
" one table, and in every respect keep up a perfect harmony/'
Europeans residing- in the country were obliged, out of consideration
for their dignity, to maintain some state; and Mr. Garden in 1758 would
not allow English visitors at Baghdad to appear on foot in the streets and
restricted them to riding magnificently caparisoned horses. European
residents generally adopted Turkish costume, of which two complete
suits, in good style, cost nearly £100.
Complaints of ill-health are not many during this period ; but in
October 1770 Mr. Garden was obliged by illness to return to India, only a
few months after he had arrived to take up the appointment of Second at
Basrah ; in the summer o 1771 an "almost general sickness" prevailed
among the staff; and in 1773, as we have seen above, there was a severe
outbreak of plague, to which, however, none of the staff fell victims.
We must now briefly notice a case, arising out of the conduct of two Case of
of the Company's servants in the Gulf, which caused a great official ant Garden W
turmoil in its earlier stages, and which, in its later developments, was 1861—68.
productive of much trouble with the Turkish Government.
Mr. Shaw, who held the office of Resident at Basrah from 1753 to 1759 —61.
1761, was a liberal and hospitable gentleman, his name was well known
and apparently respected throughout the country, and he maintained
fripndly relations with a number of Turkish officials in various places;
but his conduct, though he had at one time been designated for the
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 Shd, as a mark of the Company's approbation, in case he
preferred it to Ba&rah, had grown by degrees less and less satisfactory to
his employers. Tie necessity for his journey to Baghdad in 1759 appears
to have been called in question ; complaints were made in 1760, by 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 to the inefficient manner in which the overland mail
service to Europe was being managed by him ; and, early in 1761, the
Bombay Government found it necessary to call on the Agent at Bandar
'Abbas to insist that the expenses of the Basrah
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.
should be kept
within moderate bounds, particularly " the article of presents, which
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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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