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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1355] (1510/1782)
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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1355
The general result of the operations was that the town of Karbala
was brought thoroughly under Turkish control. The Yaramaz chiefs
Mirza Salih and Muhammad 'Aii Khan were captured^ and the
Yaramaz leader Saiyid Ibrahim, Za J frani, gave himself up, as did also
the titular Governor Saiyid Wahhab : all of these were pardoned.* A few
tlays after the capture of the place Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was able to enter Karbala,
where, in true Turkish fashion, he took from the inhabitants a sealed
declaration to the effect that the loss of life had been trifling. From
Karbala he moved on to Najaf, another religious, recalcitrant, and
largely Persian town ; but there, naturally, no resistance was offered to
him and his authority was established without any sort of difficulty.
V ery exaggerated reports of the Karbala affair were c urrent at first. ReBponslbi-
It seems even to have been stated that 30,000 persons, most of them Turkish 116
Persians, had perished, and that the whole town had been sacked and authorities
destroyed. In parts of Persia the population were excited to frenzy by nationa? 1 ^
these and similar rumours ; and a rupture of Turko-Persian frontier negotia-
tions then going on at Erzeroum, or even a war between Turkey and
Persia, appeared not impossible. in these circumstances the i3ritish
Ambassador at Constantinople deputed Lieutenant-Colonel F. Farrant,
attached to the British Mission in Persia, whose services had been placed
at his disposal by the British Minister at Tehran and whom it had pre
viously been intended to employ at Erzeroum, to investigate the facts upon
the spot. Colonel Taylor, the British
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Baghdad, had
taken the extraordinary step of writing to congratulate the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the
success of his operations against Karbala and had omitted to inform the
Ambassador of his having done so. Apparently for this reason Sir Strat
ford Canning considered the appointment of a Special Commissioner
necessary; and he directed Colonel Farrant "to remain at Baghdad
" during the progress of the negotiations at Erzeroum and to retain in his
C( own hands the management of affairs relating to the frontier disputes
" between the Governments of Persia and Turkey." The Russian Envoy
at Constantinople^ M. de Bouteneff, officially requested that Colonel
Farrant should act on his behalf also; and that officer consequently repre
sented, in his proceedings, the Russian as well as the British Government.
The Porte consented, somewhat reluctantly, to send an Ottoman Commis
sioner to hold an enquiry on the spot ; and their choice, which in the
opinion of the British Ambassador could hardly have been more judicious
fell on tNamiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
* Some of them were pardoned at the intercession of Colonel Farrant, the British
Special Commissioner, mentioned in the next paragraph.
t Probably the Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
mentioned by Layard in his Early Adventures.
vol. II, pages 385— 38 6. '
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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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- '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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