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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1234] (1389/1782)
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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« we observed was become very large." At length in February 1761
much inconvenience having been caused in India by Mr. Shaw's deten
tion of the " Drake " and u Swallow" at Basrah contrary to express
orders, the Bombay Government appointed a Committee to report on his
conduct and decided, in accordance with its recommendations, to remove
him and to send a Mr. Stuart to Basrah in his place; but, as a letter
had also been received from the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
ordering the removal
of Mr. Shaw incase he were unable to justify his conduct in the matter of
the overland mails, they thought it well that Mr. Douglas, their Agent
at Bandar 'Abbas, should visit Basrah and investigate that point for the
satisfaction of the Court.
Messrs. Douglas and Stuart arrived at Basrah on the Uth May
1761, and the case suddenly took another turn. It was now discovered
that Messrs, Shaw and Garden, the Joint Residents, were responsible to
the Company for a shortage of 12,317 Tumans (or about Rs. 61,585) in
the cash of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, which they were unable to make good; and
Mr. Garden was accordingly suspended from his employment by
Mr. Douglas, Mr. Shaw being, it would seem, already under suspension.
Mr. Douglas remained at Basrah until the 17th October 1761, when he
returned to Bandar 'Abbas, leaving Mr. Stuart in charge of the Resi
dency. Mr. Shaw then complained to the Bombay Government of having
been unfairly treated by Mr. Douglas, who had hopelessly compromised
his credit with the Turkish officials, encouraged his native debtors to
dispute their liabilities, and finally departed just when a few days' delay
might have enabled him to adjust the whole account; and he begged that
means might be devised for enabling him to wind up his affairs at
Basrah and also to vindicate his character.
On the 21st of July 1762 Mr. Stuart, the new Resident, died
suddenly at Basrah; and Mr. Douglas, as a temporarr measure, sent
Mr. Lyster from Bandar 'Abb&s to take charge of 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.
.
The Bombay Government, whom Mr. Douglas's report seems to
have left in doubt whether Mr, Shaw had embezzled the Companys
funds or had merely been guilty—as admitted by himself—of a breach
of standing orders in supplying woollen goods on credit to a native
merchant named Haji Yusuf, decided, on learning of the vacancy, to
send an impartial person to the spot to clear up and settle the case; and
they selected for this duty Mr. W. A. Price, whom, at the beginning of
1763, they invested with the rank of " Provisional Agent of Persia .
Orders had already been issued to Mr. Douglas for the transfer of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
from Bandar 'Abbas to Basrah, and it was intended
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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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