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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1341] (1496/1782)
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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November 1834 was appointed, with the rank of Colonel, to the direction
and command of the same.
On the SQth of December following, a Farman, authorising two Navigation
British steamers "to navigate the Euphrates by turns'" " for the
1834.
purpose of facilitating commerce," as long as their doing so should be
advantageous to both Turkey and Britain, was issued by the Turkish
Government. Colonel Chesney was required by the terms of his com
mission to cultivate good relations with all the representatives and
subjects of the Porte with whom he might be brought in contact; and
the local Turkish authorities, on their part, were instructed to afford
every kind of assistance in their power to the members of the British
expedition. It was expected that 'Ali Riza
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the ruler of Baghdad,
would co-operate willingly with the enterprise, for he had himself in 1833
recommended to the Porte the introduction of steam navigation on the
Euphrates. He did in fact issue stringent orders in February 1835 to
his subordinates on the Euphrates, directing them to protect, defend,
assist, and serve the members of the expedition.
Colonel Chesney left England in February 1835, accompanied by the
greater part of his staff except Lieutenant H. B. Lynch of the Indian
Navy, his principal assistant, who had preceded the expedition in order to
make necessary local arrangements. Syria was at this time in the
possession of Muhammad 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Egypt, and his son Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was at first inclined to deny the expedition access to the interior ;
but, this difficulty and others of a physical nature having been overcome,
the " Euphrates " and " Tigris/"' two river steamers specially constructed
at Liverpool, were conveyed * in pieces across the desert to " Port
William/' a point on the bank of the Upper Euphrates about miles
below Birejik.
On the 26th September 1835 the <l Euphrates/' of 50 horse-power, was
launched sidelong into the river from which she took her name, the height
of the banks at the slip being no less than 25 feet; and in the course of
the following spring the " Tigris/' of 20, horse power, was successfully
finished and floated. In April 1836 the two steamers commenced their
passage down stream in company, the officers of the party being
Preliminary
operations,
1835-36.
.1®
*The transporting of the larger parts of the Bteanoers from the Mediterranean
to the Euphrates was a work of great labour. The boiler of the " Tigris" was hauled,
on its journey, by 104 oxen under the charge of 52 natire driyers.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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- 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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