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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1380] (1535/1782)
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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Affairs on
the Baghdad-
Kirmanshah
frontier,
1839-47.
1380
on all her cargo. Eventually, at the instance of the British Political
Agent at Baghdad, acting on a request from the British Minister at
Tehran, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
consented to withdraw the vessel to Basrah and
issued peremptory orders on the subject.
In the end, Muhammareh having been awarded to Persia by the
Second Treaty of Erzeroum, Shaikh Jabir made his peace with the
Persian Crovernment, returned to Muhammareh, and obtained official
recognition as ruler of that place; but the ex -Shaikh Thamir never
regained his position as chief of the Ka'ab.
Of the state of matters on the frontier more to the northward, at this
time, only fitful glimpses are obtainable. In May 1843 the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of
Baghdad ^ informed Colonel Farrant, then temporarily representing the
British Government as a Special Commissioner for frontier affairs at
Baghdad, that, in spite of precautions taken to prevent such occurrences,
a section of the great .laf tribe dependent on Sulaimamyah had made a
foray into Persia and plundered tribes there. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
wrote to the
Governor of Sulaimanfyab to take immediate punitive and remedial
action, and Colonel Farrant also sent letters through the Persian Consul
at Baghdad to the same local Governor and to the Persian Valiof Sinnah
desiring them to keep their Kurds in order; but the result is not
recorded. In December of the same year 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, having resumed the supervision of frontier relations after the
departure of the Special Commissioner, reported that a portion of the
Jaf who bad emigrated to Persia had voluntarily returned to Turkey, so
removing a grave inconvenience; for the Turkish Government hail
demanded their extradition, which the Persian Government were not
prepared to concede. Petty acts of depredation continued to be commit
ted by the Kurdish tribes on the frontier, but they did not necessarily
im o vt setlous consequences, as the local authorities on both sides of the
border were able, if they pleased, to afford mutual redress without
any sacrifice of dignity, or injury to the interests of their respective
CTOvernments.
h 184-7, however, the Second Treaty of Erzeroum being as
ye uns^d, the situation had grown much worse. The British
oi ica gent at Baghdad reported that the tribes on the Persian side,
c( ^ ^ an, f accommoc k l tion, have now fairly thrown aside all
espec oi authority and are doing themselves justice in their own
S . aS 0 PP 01 tunity offers. Outrages and wholesale plunder,
accompanied by loss of life, are matters of everyday occurrence, and
in can hardly be restored without extensive military
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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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