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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1280] (1435/1782)
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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—uuuujijil
New ordsrs
in regard to
consukge,
1784.
1280
transact business with the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on behalf of the East India Company
to forward packets to Basrah, and to obtain information. The first
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
selected was Khojah Marcar, who had been performino- the
duties of the new appointment gratuitously since July 1781 ; and be
was authorised by (Government, no doubt as a reward and as a token of
their approbation, to draw his salary in arrear for the whole of that
period.
In 17S4<, under new orders, half of the 2 per cent, consulage at
Basrah, hitherto equally divided between the Resident at Basrah and the
Governor of Bombay, began to be credited to the East India Company
themselves.
The French in Turkish 'Iraq, 1779—89.
From 1782 to 1794 the duties of Bishop of Babylon, and probably
of French Consul at Baghdad as well, were discharged by the Abbe de
Beauchamp, as deputy of his uncle M. Mirodot du Bourg. This Abbe
was a savant, and in his capacity as such he afterwards accompanied
Bonaparte to Egypt.
SALIM III.
1789—1807.
The successor of 'Abdul Ilamid I in the Sultanate of Turkey was bis
nephew Salmi III, a son of Mustafa III, who ascended the throne on
the 7th April 1789 and was deposed on the 29th May 1807. The
Ottoman Empire consisted in his day of 26 Ayalats or Governments;
and among these was Baghdad, w T liich included Basrah, but not Musal.
The period was an important and even critical one in western Turkey
where the Sultan endeavoured to restore the authority of the central
Government long fallen into abeyance, and perished in the attempt,
icsisted by the Ulama and the Janissaries; but the most remote of
the Asiatic Ottoman provinces, that with which we are concerned, lay
almost beyond the range of the international convulsions of the Napo
leonic era, and perhaps entirely so beyond that of the reforms,
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- '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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