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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1241] (1396/1782)
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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1241
Epidemic of plague in Turkisli Iraq, 1773.
The epidemic of plague that occasioned the withdrawal of the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
from Turkish Iraq in April 1773,, as before described, began in
March at Baghdad, that place having received infection by a caravan
from Erzeroum; but it extended almost immediately to Basrah. At
Baghdad, where it had been unknown during more than 60 years, the fell
disease continued until the middle of May, and at Basrah it did not
cease until September. Mgr. Baillet, the Latin Bishop of Babylon, was
among the more notable victims at Baghdad: while the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and his
suite sought and found immunity by isolating themselves in a country
palace, surrounded by gardens, at distance of about three miles from the
city. The mortality from plague was heavy throughout the country, and
there was stagnation of trade snd general depression; but the total
number of deaths, which there was no means of estimating, has probably
been* exaggerated by contemporary writers.
Affairs in Turkisli ^Iraq, from the epidemic of plague to the siege
of Basrah, 1773—75.
alidf
Mr. Moore, the British Agent at Basrah, and a part of his staff,
who arrived in Bombay harbour from Basrah on the 14th of May 1773,
remained in quarantine on Butcher's Island until the 17th of June
following, when they were allowed to land in Bombay. Under the
orders of Government they left again for Basrah on the 28th October
1773, taking with them two new ketches of 14 guns each, the " Tigris"
and " Euphrates, " which had been built at Bombay expressly to the
order of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad. The party remained at Masqat from
* Turkish officials in 1774 succeeded in persuading Mr. PatBonB that at Baghdad,
out of about 500,000 inhabitants, more than 300,000 had died of plague in a little
over four months and had been properly interred by the survivors, every burial being
registered by the authorities. At Basrah, Mr. Parsons was led to believe that more than
200,030 people had perished out of 300,000. Another estimate, officially reported by the
British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, showed a mortality of 200,000 in Basrah and its environs, and one
of 2,000,000 in the entire province : the latter number probably exceeds the whole
population of the country at the present day. Recent experience in India has shown
that in large places, even when plague is most severe, the process of depopulation is
not so rapid as this.
Return of
the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to
Basrah,
January
1774
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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)
- 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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- 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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