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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1246] (1401/1782)
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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because of the danger of a revival of plague and partly because of the
risk of a sudden onslaught by the Persians, to furnish trading vessels
bound from Masqat to Basrah, as had been requested by the Turkish
authorities, with a convoy to protect them against Persian attack. On
the 20th February 1 7 74), acting upon his own view of the situation,
the Agent caused the " Revenge" and Drake " to be provisioned for
three months and prepared for receiving the stock of woollens then in
the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
; but the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, Sulaiman Agha, deprecated the
removal of the goods, which would, he said, alarm the town, cause many
of the inhabitants to take flight, bring trade to a stand-still, and play into
the hands of Karim Khan, whose object it was by destroying the
commerce of Basrah to compel the British to re-open their settlement at
Bushehr. Eventually, on the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
's assuring the Agent that he
had made arrangements for obtaining prompt information of the move
ments of the Persian army and that there was a prospect of detaching
from the Persian cause the Ka'ab tribe, without the aid of whose fleet
nothing could be effected by the enemy, and on his further giving a
guarantee on behalf of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and the Sultan, in which the Daftardar
and Shaikh Darwish—the latter probably the Basrah Naqib of the
day— associated themselves with him, that the East India Company
should be indemnified for any loss which they might sustain through
their goods remaining for the present on shore, Mr. Moore agreed to
delay action for a few days longer. He also undertook that the Ka'ab of
'Arabistan, against whom the East India Company had claims, should
not be attacked by the British squadron if they brought their vessels to
Basrah to help in the defence of the town ) but, to a suggestion that the
British should themselves intervene on the side of the Turks, Mr. Moore
replied with decision that his nation were only merchants at Basrah, and
that they would observe strict neutrality, retiring on board ship with so
much of the Company's property as they could remove on the approach
of the Persian army, but not finally quitting the place so long as it
lemaiued in possession of the Turks. The Agent, probably in March,
informed the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad of what had passed between himself and
the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
and again urged that Basrah should be placed in a state
of defence; but before the end of April, authentic information was
received from Shiraz that no preparations had as yet been made by the
Persians for a campaign against Basrah,—a truth which had already
been reported by the Ka'ab Shaikh to the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
,— and it began to
be believed that Karim Khan had, for the time at least, laid aside his
original aggressive intentions. r l he
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, in the meanwhile, had
done his best to pacify the \ akil by promising to assist him with the
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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)
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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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