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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1261] (1416/1782)
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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a y0U Wl]1 bft P erfectI y convinced on maturely weighing the several
circumstances both a before andjsince our departure from Basrah
The irresolute conduct of Mr. Vfoore himself was certainly less worthy
o^ praise than that of 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.
. That, after he had rashly
abandoned his original policy of non-intervention and actively
associated himself with the defence of Basrah, he ought to have remained
t ere to assist the Turks was not doubted at any rate by Mr. Parsons
who concludes the relevant portion of his narrative with the words :*
I Tlle poor Busso i'ians are deserted by those whose duty and interest
it was to assist them to the utmost of their power : had they been
80 a ® sisted not the whole power of Persia would be able to take the
city ; and Mr. Garden was evidently of opinion that Mr. Moore
had been guilty of a distinct breach of faith towards 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 that it would be dangerous for him to return to Basrah even in
the event of an accommodation taking place between the Persians and
the Turks.
Basrah held out, largely on aceonnt of the determination which Surreader of
Snlaiman Agha was able by his personality to infnse into the defence ^ by the
tor more than a year from the date of its first being investod,-a cir- Ip'Smf
cnmstance from which we may perhaps infer, in view of the large
number of the mhabitants, that the blockade by the Persians cannot
have been very stringent.
At last on the evening of the 15th April 1776, by which time the
rc/ff" 8 R iT redllCe ' 3 dire straits and no hope remained of
.chef from Baghdad.t the leading Arab notables of Basrah and its
neighbonrhwd visited Sadiq Khan in his camp to arrange for the
surrender of the town ; and on the morning of the next day the transfer
of Basrah to the Persians was duly accomplished. The terms of capi-
"datiou were merely "that the inhabitants of Basrah should not be
molested w.th respect to their persons or families," 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.
Shir "o-J - "j, 1 . 6 treated as priso ' >ers } 'J the victor, who scut them to
ra Z , Sadiq Khan, immediately upon the town being handed over
o im, caused it to be occupied by about 6,000 Persian troops under
the Vnt-Tr 3 ^ read " 8 to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of
Br t h u ° 0 r emraent ' ^ ">at in Mr. Pa re on,' the
nt,8h onght to have continued at Basrah (see page 180 of his book).
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stanUnol p T" 11 " 6 0n Ba « 1 " M ^ ^ Co.'
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Basrah g ho professed to be satisfied, did not abandon the sie S e of
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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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