'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1325] (1480/1782)
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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The differences between Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and Mr. Rich, the Political
Agent at Baghdad, had meanwhile become acute. The attempt to clear
even a single bale of British goods from the custom house or an application
for the recovery of the smallest debt owing to a British subject now in
variably led to a violent quarrel ; and matters culminated in an intimation
by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^s ministers, of which the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
himself was believed to
approve, " that no European rights were recognised at Baghdad/ - ' and
that in future the duties on European goods entering the Pashaliq would
be recovered at double the rates hitherto in force. In November 1820
Mr. Rich found himself obliged to direct his Assistant at Basrah, Captain
Taylor, in case the goods of Mr. Scooboda,* a European merchant trading
at Baghdad under British protection, were seized in the Turkish custom
house, to strike the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
flag; to suspend all communication with the
Basrah Government, at the same time; informing them of the reason ;
and to prohibit commercial and other intercourse between vessels under
British colours and the natives of the country. The goods of Mr. Scooboda
having been seized, as anticipated, Captain Taylor withdrew with his
staff from Basrah to Muhammareh, (C a small town in a secure situation,"
of which this is perhaps the earliest mention. It may be mentioned that
Mr. Rich had been absent from Baghdad on a tour in Kurdistan, Persia
and the Musal districts from 16th April 1820 to 12th March 1821, a
circumstance which cannot have conduced to the adjustment of difficult
ies with the Baghdad Government. Especially as he had just before
(in March-April 1820) made a journey to Qasr-i-Shirin. In fact
Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
complained, and perhaps believed, that Mr. Rich had
intrigued with the Kurds and Persians.
Not only were the remonstrances which the Resident now made
against the action of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ineffectual, but they even provoked fresh
insults ; and double duties began to be levied upon all British goods
passing through the Pashaliq. Finally Mr. Rich announced his intention
of withdrawing from Turkish 'Iraq and proceeding to India, while the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on his part declared that he would not allow him to leave Baghdad.
On the 25th March 1821 private information reached the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
that the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was about to send a body of troops to arrest Mr. Rich ; and
the building, with the assistance of somef gentlemen who happened to
* Perhaps " Svoboda." There is still a family named Syoboda at Baghdad, but
they are now under Austrian protection.
fThese were Captain J. Elliot, afterwards of H. M., 21at Dragoons, Mr. Taylor of
the Madras Cavalry, and Mr. Hoste, Assistant Surgeon of H. M., 17th Infantry,
besides whom Mr. Rich had an Assistant, by name Dr. Bell.
Disregard by
Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of European
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treaty rights
and his
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rupture with
Mr. Eich,
1820.
Demonstra
tion against
the Baghdad
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
by
the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's
troops, March
1821.
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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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- 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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