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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1319] (1474/1782)

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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"suddenly extinguished."' The actual revenue of the Baghdad Pashaliq
proper, i.e., of the district dependent on the towns of Baghdad and
Basrah^ wag estimated at £17^030 per annum by Mr. Fraser, who
thought that under an efficient administration it might yield not less than
£1,380,337 a year. The actual value of the European imports brought
to Baghdad from Aleppo and Damascus, by such caravans as were able
to make their way through, he placed at a quarter of a million pounds
sterling annually.
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Relations of Turkish 'Iraq with Persia, 1807-39.
Two wars with Persia which occurred upon the Kurdish frontier are
described, from the Persian point of view, in the chapter on the history
of the Persian Coast. According to another authority, not followed in
that place, the treatment of Persian pilgrims in Turkish territory was the
cause of the war of 1821-1823, and it came to an end, in consequence
of a cholera epidemic, without any decided success having been gained by
the Persians. The Turko-Persian frontier was adjusted after this second
war by the First Treaty of Erzeroum (28th July!823) ; it re-established
the boundary agreed on in 1639 and at the same time decided a number
of contentious questions relating to pilgrims and trade.
In 1837, incited by the loss which the rising free port of Muhmmareh
was inflicting on Basrah and tempted, doubtless, by the opposition which
existed between the Muhaisin Shaikh of Muhammareh and his overlord
the Ka ab Shaikh of Fallahiyah, the Governor of Baghdad, then* All
Kiza Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. launched an expedition against Muhammareh. It is * said
t hat the town was taken by assault ; that the merchandise stored in its
warehouses was plundered ; and that the walls were levelled and the guns
of the place removed. It is added that J Ali Riza Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. made a demonstra
tion against Fallahiyah which resulted in the flight of the Ka'ab Shaikh to
Kuwait ; that he placed two joint Shaikhs in charge of the Ka'ab as
vassals of Turkey ; and that the former Shaikh of the Ka'ab himself,
having leturned and ejected these substitutes, signed c 'a convention with
* The chief authority for these statements is Sir H. Rawlinson in his Memorandum
on the Ka ab tribe and Mohammerah, 1844 ; but from internal evidence it would
appear that he relied, perhaps to an unwarranted extent, upon Turkish sources of
information. There is, of course, no doubt that Mubammareh was in some soil taken
by the Turks in 1837.
Wars with
Persia, 1806
and 1821-23.
Capture and
evacuation of
Muhanmiareh
by the Turks,
1837.

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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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