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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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Early
relations
with Dawud
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
1817-19.
Attitude of
the Assistant
Political
Agent at
Basrah with
reference to
the outrages
committed
there by
Najdis in
1820.
1324
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. himself or of the Kapitan Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . The second referred
to kidnapped Indians, subjects of the British Government, whether
male or female, who might be brouorht to Basrah for disposal as slaves by
local or Masqat vessels, and ordered that they should be transferred to
the Resident s agent. J he abuses at which these two edicts were aimed
no doubt prevailed at the time to some considerable extent.
Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , on being appointed to the Pashaliq of Baghdad, at once
informed Mr. Rich, the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , of the fact and invited
his congratulations; but Mr. Rich, as the success of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in enforc
ing his authority appeared problematical, at first abstained from answer
ing his letter. When Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. at length prevailed over his rival,
however, the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. wrote him a suitable letter, referring in it to
• i prua 1 ; and sincere friendship which had always subsisted between
them; and an exchange of complimentary letters then took place between
the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Sir Evan Xepean, Governor of Bombay. By the middle
of 1819 a cloud had come over the former good understanding between
Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and Mr. Rich; and the latter had to complain of an attack,
committed amidst the disorders which now began to prevail, upon a
mounted messenger of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , through which a number of
despatches from the East India Company's Agent at Constantinople
were lost
In 1820, when, as we have already seen, various cutrages were com
mitted by Arabs of Najd at Basrah at the instigation of some resident
Najdi merchants, Captain Taylor, the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at
Basrah, was ordered by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. to observe complete
neutrality as between the Turkish authorities and the disturbers of the
peace, and not to comply with a demand made by the Mutasallirr. for
the surrender of some property belonging to Najdi merchants which was
on board of British ships in the river. Captain Tayfor was at the same
time cautioned not to afford his official protection to any persons o^her
than those strictly entitled to it as British subjects or is connected ^th
the Factory An East India Company trading post. ; but he was directed to use his good offices with either party,
should this be necessary in order ^to prevent those who had a claim to
British protection from suffering injustice"; and he was authorised,
in case in jury oi insult to the iactory should become imminent in conse
quence of the disturbances, to withdraw from Basrah to Bushehr, or to
the island of Qishm on which a British military station had lately been
cstablisiiLd. Ihese urderg, issued by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , were
confirmed by the Government of India.

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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)

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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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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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