'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1278] (1433/1782)
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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1782-84.
Eelations of
the British
with influen
tial natives of
the countrv,
1779—89.'
1278
among the most influential personages there, including- the Sultan's
mother, the Vazir, and numerous high officials ; and the desired result
was attained. An item in the account afterwards furnished to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, however, showing that about #2,00C had been paid "to a person
whose name it was not proper to mention/' attracted his attention; and
to the end of his life he was accustomed to insinuate, whenever anything
had put him in ill-humour with the British, that this sum had been
appropriated by their Ambassador.
During the years 1782 and 1783 Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was supplied, on
payment of the eost price and the expenses of carriage only, with 1,300
■saiu o arms and a quantity of gunpowder and camion shot from
Bombay; and about the same lime, in compliance with a request from
urn w neb the Turkish Government at Constantinople snbseqnentlv
supported, six armed Gallivats were built at Bombay and delivered to
him at Basrah. One object of Mr. Latouehe in travelling to Europe
by way of Baghdad at the end of 1784, ^ already mentioned in another
^connection, was " to take leave of Sniaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, whom he had been
very instrumental in placing in that Pachalik, and with whom he
' nad large accounts to settle/'
In 1787 when it was generally stated that the leader of the local
lehelhon which occurred m that year had been chosen by the Porte to
supplant Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in the Paahaliq, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who himself
believed the report, " sent for Coja Marcar, the Hon'ble Company's
" t "p- \t ag , ad ' and m h,s presence ordered a letter to be written
^ t, His Majesty s Ambassador at the Porte, in which he in the
warmest terms entreated his friendly support and good offices at the
7 ;T r. aS he supposed had been given to
JUdjee Sohman Beg, and acknowledged his many serious obligations
c Inglish In the same year Mr. Mancsty, the British J>gent
asiah stated it as his opinion that Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, although his
th ft .r tl t T rlr' 76001,98 ''"e been expected after
th favoms hat he had received at the hands of the Prithh, was
a y partia o them, and that by considerate treatment he had
g ven the merchants more encouragement than any of his predecessors.
f h / e Um esK]entat Basrah and the members of his staff seem
ave maintained, apart from their dealings with the Turkish officials,
friendly intereourse with the Arab chiefs and other notables of the
country, 1 he motive of Mr. latcucbe's visit to Thuwaini in 1784 was
to deliver a present to the Muntafik chief, apparently in recognition of
h. S good conduct with reference to the British Desert Mail, the working
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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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