'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1285] (1440/1782)
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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* ^ n,
1285
many hours to live. The end came on the 7th of August before the
hour of mid-day prayer.
Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's Government, once firm, had been qualified not long-
before his death by the British Resident at Baghdad as fr imbecile in the
extreme " while he himself was spoken of as having outlived his honour
and his reputation ; but he deserves to be remembered as he was in the
days of his vigour, when his appearance and character answered to the
following description by Sir H. J. Brydges, to whom he was well
known :—
part
[ismctbaij
■esidentat M
Suleiman was, perhaps, as 6ne a specimen of a Turkish
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as ever existed.
Born a Georgian, he was possesed of great manly beauty—his stature and form were
such as to give the greatest effect to the magnificence of the Turkish dress—his
countenance had a strong exprwsion of reflection and humanity—he was as expert
in all military and field exercises and sports as those who made them their employ
ment and profession—sincereand warm in the exercise and belief of his own religion,
he was as tolerant as a lurk cjuM be towards those whom an article of his own faith
bound him to consider as infidels—exact and economical in his expenses, he was
accused of avarice, but when he considered his country to be in danger, he freely
and readily parted with that which he had amassed slowly and by degrees. I can
vouch (fcr it passed through mine and the Jew Abdullah's hands) to his having sent,
first and last, to the assistance of Easoof Pacha, the Grand Vizier, during his
campaiga in Egypt against the French, half a million of pounds sterling in money.
His corrfc was splendid, and the establishment of his household was on the scale of
that of x great sovereign. I n the early part of his life he had received many favours
and great assistance from the English, and to the very last moment he acknowledged
these, and any favour asked for by an English gentleman travelling through his
I achdlik was sure to be gracefully and cheerfully granted.
Sulaiman tad, also, according to the same authority, a strong sense
of humour.
The trade of the Pashaliq during the period 1789—1802 continued
to be of much the same character as between 17 79 and 1789. In 1800
the average annual value of Indian imports at Basrah was estimated at 30
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
External relations of Turkish Iraq, 1789—1802.
Trade frotii
1789 to
1802.
is i'
Disquiet upon the western frontier, occasioned by the irreconcileable
differences between the Turks and the Wahhabis, was the most salient
feature of the external history of Turkish 'Iraq under the later rule of
Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
. The Wahhabis were in general the active and aggressive
party, and a detailed account of the struggle will be found in the chapter
Invasions
by and
expeditions
against the
Wahhabis,
1789—1802.
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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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