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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1345] (1500/1782)
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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1345
Trade in Turkish Iraq, 1807-39,
The private trade of the East India Company's servants in Turkish
Iraq as well as that of the Compaajr themselves having ceased during
this period, and there being at this time no very large or important trade
carried on by ordinary British subjects, commercial topics no longer
occupy a prominent place in official correspondence.
At the end of 1809 a table was compiled by Mr. Manesty, British Duties levied,:
Besident at Basrah, showing the duties levied by the Turkish authorities th t e . ^ ood8
on the goods of " native merchants/"' by which terms probably Ottoman merchants,
subjects and not Asiatic British subjects were meant, for the rates, as l809 '
will be observed, were far in excess of those authorised by the Capitula
tions in the case of the English merchants and all under their banner."
The import duties collected at Basrah ranged from 3| to 8| per cent,
and at Baghdad from 3 to 8^ per cent, ad valorem, and the export duties
at Basrah were uniformly 14 per cent. In the case of goods taxed at
Basrah, an additional charge per packet was made if they were after
wards forwarded to Baghdad. The most moderate duties were those on
Guzerat, Leree, Teffereck and Germasoot goods," the tariff on which
had been lowered to discourage smuggling ; but the best pieces of these
were often appropriated by the Customs Masters at valuations of their
own. Among the articles paying the heaviest duties were sandal-wood,
black-wood, iron, tin, lead, sugar, sugarcandy, coffee, spices, sticklac and
other ''gruff" articles, also cotton yarn of a kind known as "Shagyree";
and. the next most severely taxed were Bengal goods of all descriptions,
Surat, Gujarat and Sind piece-goods of various kinds, and Cambay goods.
Additional duties appear to have been levied on the arrival of merchan
dise at Aleppo, and again at Constantinople.
'ABDUL MAJID, 1839-61 *
Mahmud II, whose chief characteristics as a ruler were fortitude
in adversity and perseverance, was succeeded by his son 'Abdul Majid, a
* The principal authorities for local affairs during this period arc the Precis con-
taining Information in regard to the first Connection of the Eorihle East India
Company with
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, 1874, and Mr. J. A. Saldanha's Precis of Turkish
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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.
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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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