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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1288] (1443/1782)
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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—the'Omani ruler in July 1798 prepared to operate by sea against
Hasrah and, as a preliminary to doing so, opened negotiations with his
enemy the Qasimi Shaikh of Ras-al-Khaimah for a peace, and even for
an alliance. Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who was by this time aware of the
French invasion of Egypt and who was now about to launch his first
expedition against the Wahhabis, feeling that any addition to his perplexi
ties would be inconvenient, sent on the 20th August 1798 for Mr. Reinaud,
an agent whom the British Resident at Basrah had deputed to Baghdad
on business, and requested through him the good offices of the Relidenl
in dissuading the Saiyid of 'Oman and the Qasimi Shaikh fron
violent action. To this proposal Mr. Manesty, the Resident, very
readily assented, but he found on enquiry that 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.
of
Basrah was already in correspondence with both of the other parties.
Direct negotiations followed between 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 Mulla Ibrahim
'Ah, the commander of the annual Masqat coffee fleet, then lying at
Bushehr ; and in the end the dispute was adjusted, for the time being,
and the 'Omani ships paid their accustomed friendly visit to Basrah.
British political relations with Turkish 'Iraq, 1789-1802.
It remains to notice the relations of Britain, as represented by the
East India Company and their agents, with Turkish Iraq during the
later years of Sulaimau
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's administration.
In March or April 1791 Mr. Manesty, the British Resident at Basrah,
intervened in proceedings before 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.
against a Christian in
habitant of Basrah named R is ha, not apparently a British subject el
even a European, who was taxed with the murder of a Jew. The
ground of the Resident's interference seems to have been that parte
evidence only had been taken in the case, and that the prisoner had
not been allowed a fair trial ; and, though he was unable to withhold
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.
from finding the accused guilty and sentencing him to
death, he succeeded in preventing the infliction of the extreme penalty.
eanw i e thi eats of lesorting to personal violence against the British
Resident and of cutting down the East India Company's flagstaff had
eenuse y members of the Jewish community at Basrah, among
w om the case had caused great excitement ; but they were compelled to
apo ogise o . r. Manesty, in the presence 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.
and other
Turkish officials, for what they had said; and Mr. Manesty at first
accep e eir apology. Subsequently, however, on learning from a
private source that the head of the local Jewish colony had written 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)
- 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.
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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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- 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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