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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1300] (1455/1782)
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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Internal history of Turkish 'Iraq under 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, 1802-07.
Ah
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Kehijah, when he had gained the upper hand, caused
Application
of'Ali PSsba .. . „ , . ^ -rr v ^ udcu
p - f i- a ! ; tl011 for h,s 0W1, appointment to the Pashaliq to be signed by the
his appoint-
principal inhabitants of Baghdad and sent to Constantinople. " The
ment, 1802. petition was supported by a remittance of rather less than £60 000
;;and this was all that the Porte got of Suleiman Pacha's tre^
^ except some pieces of jewellery, shawls, furs, house- furniture, and rich
"India goods;" for much had already been spent in fighting the
v\ ahhabis, in contributing to the Turkish operations in Egypt, and in
placating the indignant sovereigns of both Turkey and Persia^ after the
disgraceful Karbala affair. Asad Baig, the thirteen-year-old son of the
late Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, did not figure in the transactions which followed
his father's death ; and, perhaps for this reason, a portion of his father's
wealth was allowed to become his by inheritance. The douceur trans
mitted by 'Ah
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, though small, was accepted by the Porte as suffi
cient ; and formal intimation of his appointment to the Pashaliq, accom
panied by a mantle of investiture, arrived at Baghdad on the 6th of
January 1803.
All
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, notwithstanding the resolution of character that he had
shown in destroying his early rival Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and in asserting his
t ° the '^cession on the death of Snlaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, did not prove a
snecessfnl rnler.H In 1806 the whole country was in a tnrmoil. War
a broken out between various Arab tribes in alliance and the Jarbah
branch of the Shammar, and the Vasha had ordered a military levy in
urkish Kurdistan for the purpose of attacking the confederacy and
relieving the Jarbah, w ho were hard pressed. This led to a second
rmsfoitunc. On their way from Baghdad to Kurdistan, whither both
ad been sent to eollect troops, 'Abdur Rahman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the principal
urdish chief under Turkish influence, decoyed Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the
second m importance, to his tent, where he murdered him ; and subse-
quenty he entered on a course of contumacy and rebellion against the
ag i a overnmenf. At this inauspicious moment 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
found
'il'ir'nT' 1 ; ^ lmpi ' Isoa hls own Kehiyah, who was acting disloyally, and
"" >- - ^
Condition of
affairs, 1805,
membfred^ 111 " ^ * mihtar7 comirian <ler against the Wahhabis in 1798 will be re-
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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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