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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1239] (1394/1782)
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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that he wrote to the French Resident at Basrah^ condemning the
order in regard to first visits which that officer had taken upon
himself to issue ; and that he " also addressed a letter to Mr. Shaw,
expressing his concern at the Frenchman's impudence/' Mr. Shaw's
visit to Baghdad later in the year perhaps bore some reference to this
affair ; at least he reported that the ill-behaviour of the French Resident
at Baghdad had been " in some respect the original cause" of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's invitation to himself. The dispute lingered on, after the con
clusion of the war, until 1765, when Sulaiman Agha, on his appoint
ment to the Mutasallimate of Basrah, finally decided it in favour of the
British Resident by " giving him the preference to the French Resident
" in regard to the first visit to the Serai, and gave orders to his guards
" that, if he attempted to come there till after the English had had
" their audience, to stop him; so that point of contest is at last
" determined in our favour/ ;
In 1765-66, the year in which Niebubr visited Turkish 'Iraq, the 'fj ie
French were represented at Basrah by a Resident who did not engage
in trade, and who made the most of an official salary by no means regularly
paid; and the offices of French Consul at Baghdad and Latin Bishop of
Babylon were still combined in the person of Mgr. Baillet, who even
tually died of plague at Baghdad in 1773. The French
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at
Basrah was located in 1765 in the native town, on the south side of the
'Ashar creek, somewhat higher up than the residence of the Muta-
sallim.
Other European nations in Turkish 'Iraq, 1757—73.
■ in ia sfe-
The Portuguese seem by this time to have disappeared entirely from Portuguese.
Turkish 'Iraq.
The Dutch, after their removal from Basrah in or about 1752, never Dutch,
again established themselves in the country; but from ] 754) to 1765
they maintained a settlement on the neighbouring island of Kharag,
from which all the spices and drugs in the Basrah market were imported
by native merchants.
There were now several Italian merchants at Basrah who carried on Italians,
a considerable trade with Venice and Leghorn by way of Aleppo. One
of the richest of these, in 1765, was a M. Leoni, who was very efficiently
represented at Baghdad by a young "Venetian agent,
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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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