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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1356] (1511/1782)
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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Colonel Far rant's report, from which most of the detailed information
given above is taken, was signed at Baghdad on the 15th May 1843. He
believed that not more than 5,000 persons had been killed, of whom about
3,000 met their death imside the town, and that many of these last were
Arabs. He seems to have had doubts whether even the reduced figures
which he mentioned might not themselves be exaggerated, for he remark
ed that it was difficult to find a Persian in Karbala who could say that a
relation or friend of his, or even a person whom he knew by sight, had
been killed—yet the proportion of Persians among the slain was undoubt
edly considerable. Thousands of Persians had fortunately escaped from
danger by leaving the town before, perhaps even during, the operations
against it; but the poor were unable to remove, and eventually carriage
became unprocurable even by the rich. No British subjects lost theil-
lives in the affair; but three Lucknowis from Oudh, then an independent
Indian Kingdom, were killed at the shrine of J Abbas. Some twenty or
thirty natives of the Panjab and Kashmir, at that time not British pos
sessions, were missing, and their fate remained unascertained. The
deaths of Kussian subjects, said to be numerous, could not be verified
except in one single case.
Dr Koss, the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon at Baghdad, visited Karbala
soon after the massacre, but unofficially, to attend to the injuries of some
Persians with whom he was privately acquainted.
The Turkish Commissioner, Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, estimated the casualties on
the rebel and popular side at only 150 Persians and rather more than 200
others. The total losses of the Turks were about 100 killed and 200
wounded, from which it is evident that they must have met with strong
resistance. Colonel Farrant was surprised to find the town and its
shrines very little damaged, land he discredited the assertion that whole
sale violation of women had taken place. The losses of property belon-
mg to the shrines were (insignificant, and the large claims raised bv
private individuals could not be verified.
In Golonel Farranfs opinion, it would seem, Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
could hardly
be held accountable for the disaster. From the first he had made no
secre of h 1S determination to reduce the place; on the 18th Novem-
French Cn 1 r Tl ^ 1>ersian Consul 'te British and
French Consuls-General at Baghdad in writing of his intentions; he had
L Wl ,r n i' e fr n pllgn,ns fr0m to tiie threatened town;
t7 V, 01154 ?^ ^ the rebels 50 1"* as there was any
prospect of a peaceful.settlement; he had continued the negotiations evea
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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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