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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1359] (1514/1782)
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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1359
after the reduction of Karbala, to have devoted his attention chiefly to disturbances,
. . 1845-46
the Pashaliq of Sulaimaniyah in the north, where the Knrdish family of
the Babanzadahs still held sway; but with his proceedings in that
quarter we are not concerned. Affairs in Kurdistan appear to have
engaged his personal attention in 181-5, in which year, on his return with
a military force from Kurdistan to Baghdad by the banks of the Tigris,
the ; Obaid tribe, apprehending an attack upon themselves, came down in
large numbers into the neighbourhood of Kadhimain, took up a position
there, and interrupted the communications of Baghdad with Musal and
Aleppo. At the same time Arab tribes from the Euphrates side, including
the "'Anizah, began to close in upon Baghdad from the west and south.
How the danger passed, which it seems to have done harmlessly, is not
apparent; but in May of the following year the 'Anizah were again in
insurrection and busy intercepting caravans, while the Northern Shammar
blocked the upper Tigris and the route to Musal. The 'Afaj near Diwa-
nlyah were in revolt, and the chief of the Muntafik continued to postpone
compliance with an invitation to visit Baghdad which had been sent him.
The forts of the 'Afaj were reduced, but the situation continued disturbed.
The dissatisfaction among the Arabs was due to efforts on the part
of Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to more than double the revenues of the province,—a pro
cess which necessitated very rigorous collection of the poll tax. Incidental
consequences were that the tribes generally, among whom the Zubaid,
Dilaim, Khaza'il and Muntafik had lately shown a tendency to ex
change the nomadic for a settled life, now seemed inclined to abandon such
cultivation as they possessed for brigandage, and that agricultural labour
had become difficult to procure.
Cholera prevailed at Baghdad in 184(1 and 1847. Tn the second of Cholera epi-
these years the disease was less virulent, but the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and the French demie, 184b-
Consul-General left the town, and 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.
went into
camp at Qararah. Business was partly suspended.
The following melancholy account of Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^s administration Najib
was penned at the end of 1848 by Major K-awlinson, the British Politi- administra-
cal Agent at Baghdad, who had in the beginning formed a favourable tion in . 848.
estimate of His Excellency^ policy and character :
Undoubtedly however of all the offences of which Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is justly chargeable,
the gravest, inasmuch as they compromise the character of the Sultan 's Government,
alienate the affections of His Majesty's subjects and threaten to convert into a desert
one of the finest provinces of the Empire, are the intolerable rigor of his financial
administration, and the reckless greediness and venality with which His Excellency's
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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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