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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1328] (1483/1782)
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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Agent
at Baghdad,
temporary
removal of
the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to Kuwait,
and final
settlement.
May 1821 to
September
1823.
1328
now been positively ordered to leave Baghdad and desiring that the
restraints imposed on him should at once be removed. The letter also
stated that negotiations for the re-establishment of amicable relations could
not be entered on until 3Ir. Rich should have reported his arrival at
a place beyond the bounds of the Pashaliq. On the same date, the
12th May, 1821, Mr. Elphinstone addressed the British Ambassador at
Constantinople, suggesting that immediate steps should be taken to
procure the release of Mr. Hieh, as well as public reparation for the insult
which had been offered through him to the national honour. The
question, in so far as it related to the freedom of the Resident, had
already been settled on the spot by the time that these communications
were despatched ; but it remained to obtain satisfaction for the indig
nity inflicted and a guarantee for the discontinuance by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of his late outrageous conduct in several respects. The Government
of Bombay, with the sanction of the Government of India, according^
called on Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to apologise to Mr. Rich both verbally through^
officer and in writing, and to themselves in writing only ; to reduce the
duties on British trade to the rates sanctioned by treaty; to refund all
suras which had been realised as duty in excess of the proper amounts ; to
make good the value of some merchandise, injured or destroyed during she
dispute, which belonged to Messrs. Scooboda and Sturmy, two merchants
trading at Baghdad under British protection ; to engage to treat the
representative of the British Government with becoming respect in future ;
and to protect and countenance all British travellers in the Pashaliq,
extorting from them no illegal payments and redressing all their just
complaints. It was added that, in event of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's reply being un
favourable, 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.
would be compelled to prohibit
commercial intercourse between British ports and those of Turkish'Iraq
and to enforce the prohibition by naval measures. Mr. Rich was instruct
ed to remove the Basrah
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, pending compliance by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's
Government with these demands, to some convenient place in the Persian
Gulf. Mr. Rich was dead before the orders, dated 2nd October 1821,
reached their destination ; but his substitute. Captain Taylor, carried
them into effect by withdrawing, on the 15th December 1821, to the
island of Kuwait, which term should possibly be understood to mean
the island of Failakah. At Constantinople the case had been
strongly taken up by the British Ambassadar, Lord Strangford, who
wrote m April 1821: « I have not ha(1 an opportunity of fullj inqllir .
cc \ ^ grounds of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's representations; but from the
" information which I have already collected, it is quite evident to me.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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