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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1343] (1498/1782)
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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complement, who were now entitled to and claimed their discharge, were
filled by volunteers from vessels of the East India Company. On the
25th July the " Euphrates 33 left Bushehr in tow of the " Elphinstone }>
for the Shatt-al- J Arab ; and she steamed up that river to Kut-al Farangi,
at this time the site of the Basrah Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, where Lieutenant
M urphy, a member of the expedition, had recently died after a severe
illness. With Colonel Chesney on board she then ascended the Tigris
to Baghdad, arriving there on the 30th August 1836, and left again for
Muhammareh on the 5th September. From Muhammareh she proceeded
up the Shatt-al-'Arab and Euphrates as far as Lamlum, carrying an Indian
overland mail for Europe. After this, a serious break-down having
occurred in her machinery, she returned with the current to Muhammareh
where the necessary repairs were executed with the help of the Indian
Government vessel " Hugh Lindsay,'"
Notice was now received by Colonel Chesney that funds for continuing
the expedition would cease to be available at the end of January
1837, and he accordingly made over the command to Major Estcourt and
proceeded to Bombay, arriving there on the 1st December. During his
absence in India Major Estcourt carried the "Euphrates^ up the
Karun River as far as Ahwaz, where further progress was barred by the
rapids, and then revisited Baghdad and ascended the Tigris to a point 20
miles above it, but an accident to the vessel's rudder compelled him to
return. It had now been arranged that the " Euphrates 33 should be
transferred by His Majesty's Government to the East India Company,
on payment by the latter of her value as assessed by a committee after a
survey, and she was accordingly placed in charge of a British merchant
at Baghdad. Most of her officers and men, the expedition under the orders
of the British Government being now at an end, were dispersed and
returned to their duties at home or in India. Coloned Chesney himself
left Bombay, charged with important despatches for the Board of
Control on the 28th April 1837 ; and on the 8tli August he reached
London, having travelled home from Basrah by way of Zubair and the
desert. In March 1838 the "Euphrates," under Commander Hawkins,
ascended the river of the same name as far as Hit, but had great diffi
culty in passing the marshes in its lower course.
Although the experiment in overland communication by the
Euphrates route was now discontinued, the idea of ultimately transmit
ting the Indo-European mails by way of Mesopotamia was still enter
tained. Lieutenant H. B. Lynch, whom the
Secret Committee
Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy.
of the East India Company's Court in April 1837 appointed to the com-
Close of the
expedition,
1837.
Continua
tion of the
river surrey
in Turkish
'Iraq by
Commander
H.B. Lynch
1837-39.
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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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