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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1310] (1465/1782)

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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overpowered his small escort and killed him. His head was cut off,
stuck on a pole, and carried to the Turkish Commissioner, who at once
caused it to be " carefully packed up, sealed, and sent as a trophy to
Constantin ople."
Snlaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. showed undeniable courage in the closing scenes of
his life; and his death was much regretted by Mr. Rich, the British
Resident at Baghdad, who described him as " a man of warm affection and
actual good principles, " adding: " His faults were such as proceed from
extreme youth, and would have been corrected by age'and experience/' His
age at his death was only twenty-four years.
The choice of the people of Baghdad, in nominating Sulaiman Paslia ; s
successor, fell upon Asad Baig, the eighteen-year old son of the Sulaitnan
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. who had ruled the province from 1779 to 1802. The youth at
first agreed to accept the charge, if conferred upon him; but, on
learning the miserable fate of his predecessor, he burst into tears and
refused upon any consideratinn to enter public life. Apparently in the
month of December 1810, one 'Abdullah was appointed by the Porte
to the Baghdad Pashaliq. This may have been the same ; Abdullah,
formerly 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, who was living in temporary exile
at Bushehr in 1808 at the time of Sir Harford Jones's mission to the
Persian Court; and in that case the new Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was a man t of unusual
intelligence and character, and particularly well disposed towards the
British. One of his first acts was to substitute Ibrahim Agha for Ahmad
Baig in the Mutasallimate of Basrah.
The most important task imposed on ' Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. by the
Turkish Government was the reduction of 'Abdur Rahman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
Kurd, who for his own ends had helped the Commissioner of the Porte
to remove Sulaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. from power, but who, having formed a close
connection with Persia, was no longer inclined to admit his dependence
on the Porte. In June 1812 'Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. entered Kurdistan; and
on the 18th of that month he achieved " a most signal and unexpected
victory" over 'Abdur Rahman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , giving hope of "the entire
" subjection of the Courdistan to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Bagdad, by which that
" Pachalic would acquire a strength and respectability it had not
" possessed for the last ten years, and would in reality become the most
* See page 1300 ante.
f See Mr. Saldanha's Precis of Turkish Arabian Affairs, 1801-1905, page 32; also
Brydges' Mission-
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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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