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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1347] (1502/1782)
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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Before these events, on r the 15th November 1839, certain administra
tive regulations, known as the Tanzimat, had been promulgated in
Turkey in the Sultan s name. They were of great significance in the
internal history of the Turkish Empire, for, although in the dominant
Muhammadan elements of the Turkish Empire they excited either ridicule
oi dismay, they placed the rights of the " subject nationalities," in other
words of the different Christian races under the Sultanas rule, upon a
i ecognised basis. 1 he import of the Tanzimat was, however, general ;
they not only proclaimed the equality of Ottoman subjects without regard
to creed or race, but they decreed the abolition of arbitrary executive power
everywhere and the establishment of principle and method in the civil
administration. The Government of the Empire had, it will be remem
bered, been centralised in a high degree at Constantinople since 1834.
The rupture with Russia which caused the Crimean War was the only
serious breach with a foreign power that occurred during the reign of
'Abdul Majid. By acting jointly with other powers in the Egyptian question
in 1841 Russia forfeited the predominance in Turkish politics which she
had enjoyed under the Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi ; and it was probably
dissatisfaction with the situation at Constantinople, thus altered, which
caused the Emperor Nicholas to revert to earlier schemes of his for a
dismemberment of the Turkish Empire. In 1844, while on a visit in
England, the Tsar proposed a partition of Turkey ; but the only result
of his overtures, which were declined by the British Government, was to
inspire British statesmen with distrust of Russian intentions. At St.
Petersburg, in January 1853, the Tsar renewed his proposals ; and it was
on this occasion that he made use, in conversation with the British
Ambassador, of the term " Sick Man " which has since been so frequent
ly applied to the Sultan and to Turkey. At this juncture Napoleon III
demanded of the Porte, in the interests of the Latin Church, redress of
certain encroachments said to have been made by the Orthodox Church on
rights and privileges at the Holy Places in Palestine. The Emperor
Nicholas, in opposition to this demand, required that the status quo at
the Holy Places should be maintained unaltered, and insisted in addition
that all Orthodox Christians in Turkey should be recognised as under
Russian protection. The question of the Holy Places was capable of adjust
ment ; but, in regard to the second demand of the Tsar, compromise was
found impossible. A Russian ultimatum, presented on the 5th May 1853,
having been rejected by Turkey with the approval of Britain and France
Russian troops entered the Danubian Principalities. In October 1853
Turkey declared war against Russia j and on the 27th March 1854, after
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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.
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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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- 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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