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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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him in disparaging terms to the Kehiyah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at Baghdad, Mr. Manesty
demanded that the whole case should be reopened, that " the principal
Jew " should be expelled from Basrah, and that ten other Jews who had
taken part in the agitation should be fined or otherwise punished j
but 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, on the ground that the Jews had
already expiated their offence by an apology, refused to take action ; and
the Resident then referred the question to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at Baghdad. The
matter dragged on till about two years later, when the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , wishing
to end it, summoned a the principal Jew " to Baghdad and caused the
others to be admonished, or offered to have them admonished. How the
prisoner Risha was finally disposed of is not stated.
The settlement thus attempted by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was rejected, however,
by Mr. Manesty ; and on the 30th of April 1793, accompanied by
Mr. Harford Jones, who had been " Joint Factor" with him at Basrah
since November 17^8, he withdrew by w r ay of protest from Basrah to
Kuwait, taking the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. with him. The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. then wrote to the
Governor of Bombay, complaining of Mr. Manesty's conduct and request
ing that he might le recalled to India and another Resident sent in his
place. The queston raised by these events was referred by the
Government of Bonbay to the Governor-General of India, and by the
Governor-General tothe Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company
in London.
The incidents of ihe sojourn of the Basrah Kesidency at Kuwait from
1793 to 1795 are described in the history of that principality. The
Resident, while he wac at Kuwait, received more than one invitation
from the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to return to Basrah j but he declined them all because
a condition which he considered most essential,—the punishment, namely
of ten of the Jews,—was not accepted ; and finally he seems to have
made an appeal to ' 4 His Majesty's Ministers,^ perhaps through the
British Ambassador at Constantinople, for support.
The Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. passed no orders in the case until April 1 795.
They then censured the conduct of Messrs. Manesty and Jones, whom
they considered to have shown great want of judgment in reviving the
dispute about tne Jews after it had been practically settled; directed
that those two gentlemen should be removed from their appointments in
the Basrah Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; and ordered that the officials sent to relieve
them should, on arrival at Kuwait, intimate to the Vasha that the East
India Company would not press for the punishment of the ten Jews,
and that, if an honourable reception were guaranteed, the Factory An East India Company trading post. would be
ret ran sf erred to Basrah. On the 15th of September 1795, on receipt of
these instructions, the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. appointed Messrs. N. Crow
Orders of
the Court of
Directors,
April 1795. 1

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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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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
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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