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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1254] (1409/1782)
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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walls was made by a body of about 300 Persian horse, but they were
careful to remain beyond range of the Turkish guns.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the " Eagle " and "Success" with
the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's two ketches, slipped their cables and set off down stream
under full press of canvas to attack a Bushehr fleet of 16 vessels which
had been observed working up the river in the morning, and which Lad
now arrived within about a league of the town; but the Persians turned
back on seeing them and escaped, the possession of oars in addition to
sails giving them an advantage in speed over their pursuers. The
Bushehr fleet included the East India Company's brig " Tvger " which
had been taken by the Ka'ab in the Shatt-al-'Arab two years previously,
and it consisted for the rest of five Cfallivats of 10 guns each and ten
G alii vats of 6 to 8 guns. The movement of the British squadron against
it look place at the suggestion of Lieutenants Robinson and Tbietleton,
who were in command, and who received the permission of the A^ent to
act as they thought best for preventing a junction between it and the
Ka'ab fleet.
At 4 o'clock Mr. Moore, accompanied by all the members of the
British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
and by Mr. Parsons, rode round the walls, going as far
as the mouth of the J Ashar creek. On their way they met 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.
upon his rounds, who promised to hold the town by land if the Agent
would keep it by water ; find they observed that the Turks and Arabs all
<>pptared cheerful and confident, but that no townsman was any longer
allowed to absent himself from his place at the wall, either by day or
night.
About 2 o'clock on the morning of the 9th of April, the sky being
perfectly dark, without either moon or stars, the Persians tried to scale
the walls at several places between the Baghdad and Zubair gates; and
a hand-to-hand struggle with the defenders ensued, which lasted for
more than two hours. In the midst of the din and confusion of this
conflict the Biitish hastily quitted the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
and made their way to
the mouth of the Ashar creek, which they reached in safetv notwith
standing the thick darkness; Mr. Parsons and another gentleman, who
were the last to lea\e, took an hour on the way and narrowly escaped
being killed by atones and tiles which Arab women, imagining them to
b„ Peisians, flung down at them from the tops of houses. The entrance
of the creek vas found to be well defended by bodies of two to three
hundred armed Arabs, under the Kapitan Pesha, drawn up on either
side of it; and the party from the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
embarked safely on the
" Eagle/' J
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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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- 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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