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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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taiued by Mr. Rich,* the British Resident^ and Mrs. Rich. During the
halt of the mission at Baghdad an employe of 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. was attacked
in the neighbourhood by a gang of Arab marauders and robbed of 500
Qurush belonging to Government; but General Malcolm^ with his suite
and escort, went in pursuit of the thieves and captured four or five
of them, with their horses, firearms, and a part of the stolen property,
after a hard gallop of about ten miles. General Malcolm remained at
Baghdad for a few days to afford the protection of his escort to 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. during the conflict, then proceeding, which ended in
the displacement and death of Sulaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . On the 5th October,
while the final act in the struggle was Staking place, the Mission camp
was made secure with every military precaution j and the same evening
it afforded refuge to the Diwan Effendi, an adherent of the defeated
Governor. Sulaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had urged Mr. Rich to obtain for him
the support of the troops of General Malcolm's escort; but the request
was one which it was not, of course, in the power of the Resident to
entertain.
On the 25th October General Malcolm and his party reached Basrah.
There he was entertained by Mr. Manesty, formerly Resident, but lately
suspended from his functions ; and on the 29th he embarked on the
East India Company's cruiser "Ternate" for Biishehr and India.
The relations of the British with 'Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. during his brief
tenure of power at Baghdad seem to have been particularly cordial. The
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. himself, immediately on his appointment to the Pashaliq, expressed
a desire for the establishment of a close mutual friendship, and
Mr. Governor Duncan of Bombay replied in fitting terms.
In May or Juuel bl2 Mr. Rich, Resident at Baghdad, was successful
m oWarning from tie Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. two valuable decrees in the form of orders
addressed to the Muoasallim of Basrah. The first required 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.
to surrender to the xgent at Basrah of the British Resident, Baghdad,
all snilors and workmen who might desert from British vessels in the
port and place, or attempt to place, themselves under the protection of
* Mr. Claudins James Rich was a member of the Bombay Civil Sevvioe, of very
scboliu-lj tastes *nd extraordinary linguistic attainments. His wife was a daughter
of Sir Jas. Mackintosh of Borobaj. Mr. Rich's marriage and his appointment to
Baghdad both took place in 1808, when his age was less than 24 years. He was a
pioneer of archseulcgy and an indefatigable traveller. He twice visited and studied the
ruins of Babylon. He had travelled much in the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. before bis arrival in India ;
in 1813-14 he re-visited Constantinople and returned to Baghdad by land ; and in
1820 he made a great journey into Kurdistan and Persia and visited the Niniveh site
at Mosal.
Amicable
relations
with 'Abdul*
lah Paaha,
1810-13.
Decrees by
'Abdullah
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. for the
surrender of
British
deserters and
against the
enslavement
of British
Indian sub
jects, 1812.
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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.

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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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