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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1304] (1459/1782)

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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Quarrel
between Mr.
Jones and
Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
1804-05, and
enforced
r etirement of
the former
from
Baghdad,
January
1806.
Visit of Mr.
Jones to
Constantino
ple, May to
October 1806.
Political
position in
IrSq after
the rupture
in Europe
between
Britain and
Turkey,
1807.
1304
December 180o a new table, free from this objection, was adopted for use
under an -igreement between Britain and Turkey.
Id IS04 a dispute arose at Baghdad between Mr, Jones and 'Ali
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the cause being the uncivil treatment by the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of the Linguist
of the British 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. . Mr. Jones demanded reparation, which the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. refused, and official relations between them ceased. In November
1805 the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. wrote to the British Ambassador at Constantinople, and
also to the Sultan of Turkey, asking that arrangements might be made
for the removal of Mr. Jones from Baghdad; and, as the Porte strongly
supported this request,—not because they were convinced of its justice,
but because the} were afraid to offend a far-off and semi -independent
Governor,—and as they declined to be responsible for Mr. Jones's
personal safety if he should remain any longer, Mr. Charles Arbuthnot,
knowing well that His Majesty's Ministers at home would not press'
the case on account ol the alliance then existing between Britain and
Turkey, advised Mr. Jones to quit Baghdad. The latter accordingly
made orer charge of his duties to Dr. Hine, the Civil Surgeon, and left
Baghdal early in January 1806 ; in February he was at Musal; and on
the 21si of May he reached Constantinople.
Mr. Jones was fortunate enough to win the good opinion of the
British Ambassador there, who invited him to remain for a time and to
lend his services, in the event of an expected Persian Embassy to France
passing through the Turkish capital, in obtaining information with
regard to its objects. On the 13th October 1806 the Sultan of Turkey
made it clear, by investing him with the Order of the Crescent of the
Second Class, that he entertained no personal objections against Mr.
Jones; and six days later that gentleman left Constantinople for
England, charged with important despatches from the Ambassadoi, In
August 1807 Mr. Jones, either in recognition of his political work during
eight years at Baghdad, which had been commended by the Ambassador,
or in preparation for a Mission on which he was shortly afterwards sent
to the Court of Persia, received a baronetcy*.
If proof were needed of the practical independence of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of
Baghdad at this time in his dealing with foreign powers, it would be
sufficient to cite the conduct of 'Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in 1807, when war broke out
in Europe between Great Britain and Turkey. The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at first
informed the British Residents at Baghdad and Basrah that they must
withdraw from their charges; but on second thoughts he pressed them
to remain, promising them full protection in their public and private
* Heat tirst called himself Sir Harford Jones ; but later, perhaps after his retire
ment. assumed the surname of Brydges.

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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.

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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