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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1327] (1482/1782)
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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next night. The troops nearest to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
were at length with
drawn ; but the little garrison, apprehensive of a surprise, remained
under arms all night; and the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
apparently thought it necessary
to observe similar precautions at his own palace, and to keep detachment
on duty in those quarters of the city where he distrusted the temper ol
the population.
On the 29th of March the Agent and his staff were still closely
confined to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. No objection had been made however, to
the departure of his British visitors ; and they apparently left Baghdad a
soon as it was clear that direct violence was no longer likely to be employed
by the Turks.
How much longer or under what conditions 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.
was
detained at Baghdad does not appear ; but the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, having been led to
suppose that Mr. Rich was * required in India to fill the Governorship of
Surat,—an idea of which it did not appear necessary to disabuse him,—at
length consented before the summer heats had fully set in, to let him
gc. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
then even handed Mr. Rich a letter, in which he extolled
his character and talents, for delivery to the Governor of Bombay ;
and on the 19th of May the Agent arrived in safety at Basrah with the
whole of his establishment, having " left Baghdad with the greatest eclat
and followed by the regrets and good wishes of almost the whole of the
inhabitants/^ and having brought away with him all those who from
their connection with the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
stood in the least danger of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^s
resentment. Mr. Rich was determined, however, to remain within reach
of Baghdad until satisfaction should have been obtained from Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
About a month later Mr. Rich, still accompanied by some native
members of the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
who had incurred the displeasure of
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
by their devotion to British interests, removed from Basrah to
Bushehr; but 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.
, Captain Taylor, who must in
the meantime have returned from Muhammareh to his usual post, seems
to have remained behind at Basrah. On the 5th of October 1821 Mr.
Rich was attacked by cholera at Shiraz whither he had gone in July
in search of a cooler climate, Mrs. Rich having first been sent to India
and died after a few hours illness.
On the first information received from Mr. Rich regarding his
critical situation at Baghdad, Mr. Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay,
wrote in strong terms to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, informing him that Mr. Rich had
* He had in fact been ofEered a post at the
Presidency
The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent.
and had accepted it. See
his Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, Volume II, page 158.
Withdrawal
of the
Agent, at
Baghdad to
Basrah, and
thence to
Bushehr,
May to Octo
ber 1821.
Proceedings
of the
Bombay
Govern nient
in regard to
the detention
of the
Political
1
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- 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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