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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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be of 600 tone and carry 48 g-uns in two tiers ; and for 3,000 muskets
and sets of infantry equipment and 40U barrels of gunpowder. At the
same time he declared his readiness to defray the whole of the expense in-'
volved and to pay liberal allowances to the British oflicors and non-com
missioned officers while employed in the Turkish sftrvire. The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's
application, which may have been prompted by the well known connection
of Sir J. Malcolm with a former loan of British officers to the Persian
army, as well as by the proximity of Russian forces to the northern
frontier of the Pashaliq, was strongly supported by the Government of
Bombay, Mr. P. Warden, a Member of Council, alone dissenting on the
ground of the disputatious and unprofitable course in the past of the
British relations with Turkish -"Iraq. In May 1838, however, the
Government of India decided that a courteous negative should be returned
to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's request, one reason for this decision being a mistaken
impression on their part that war between Britain and Turkey was not-
improbable in the near future, while another was a notion that the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
might employ his new resources to rebel against his master the Sultan ;
but they authorised the purchase by an agent whom the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had
deputed to Bombay of whatever military stores the Baghdad Government
might require.
The action of the Government of India in this case was much re
gretted by the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , who considered that a chance had been
lost of establishing a valuable intelligence agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at an important point ;
and they directed that, if such an opportunity were to recur, it should be
immediately embraced. By way of enforcing their views they remarked :
" There is nothing comparatively so cheap as information. It gives to
ce the Government which possesses it over that which has it not the advan-
a tage of a knowledge of futurity. We wish you to bear this constantly
u in mind, not merely as regards the Pachalic of Baghdad, but as (regards)
" all the countries to the west of Sutlege/' The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's idea of creating a
naval force was, however, to be discouraged, as contributing neither to the
internal pacification of Turkish 'Iraq nor to its defence against invasion by
land. The ambitions of Russia had already at this time become an im
portant consideration in connection with British policy in Asia ; and the
Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company seem to have been con
cerned lest Europeans of other than British nationality should acquire a
footing in the Pashaliq as military instructors.
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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
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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