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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1381] (1536/1782)
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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1881
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U combinations.'''' Major Rawlinson succeeded, through the British
Legation at Tehran, in obtaining the despatch by the Governor of
Kirmanshah of a special Persian officer to the frontier; but the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of
Baghdad, when approached on the subject, declined to send anyone to
co-operate with the Persian Commissioner, alleging that previous
experience forbade him to put any faith in the Persians, and that he
could only take such a step if 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.
would
guarantee a satisfactory result. He wrote to Major Rawlinson on the
subject and asked that translations of his letter might be forwarded to
Constantinople and Tehran, but the letter was worded so offensively
to the Persian Government that transmission was refused.
The lot of Persian subjects in Turkish territory appears, during this
interval of suspense, to have been no enviable one. In 1846 it was
complained by the Persians that irregular internal duties were levied on
their trade j that the fees for interment in sacred soil at Karbala and
Najaf had been enhanced; that a harmful monopoly for the washing of
the dead had been granted at the Holy Cities; that a double toll wag
exacted from Persians crossing the Kufah ferry near Najaf; that duties
were now levied on burials even in the Khaitnahgah at Karbala, where
they had hitherto been free; that a tax was imposed on Persian pilgrims
to Makkah; that Persians, like Europeans, were required to be in
possession of passports; and that Persian pilgrims were not properly
protected, nor even compensated for their losses when the actual offenders
against them were caught. Some of these complaints were not
substantiated, and others were frivolous; but the fact remaias that
Persian subjects were regarded and treated with consistent hostility
by the local Turkish officials. The fault lay, in part at least, with the
Persian Government itself; and in March 1843, the British Political
Agent at Baghdad wrote : " Although upwards of three months have now
" elapsed since the death of the Persian Consul no measures have been
" taken to replace him, and not only have my efforts to protect Persian
' f interests at Baghdad during the interval been unacknowledged and un-
a supported at Tehran, but in some instances they have been actually
" thwarted for no motive that I can conceive but that of jealousy ; at the
" same time every case in which I advocate Persian claims injures my
" position with Nejib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, hampers one in asserting British rights, and
" risks collision with the Consul-General of France, so that I have been
" constrained of late to remain almost passive."
In 1848 a Commission was formed for the delimitation of the frontier
in accordance with the Second Treaty of Erzeroum ; it consisted of
Treatment
of Persian
subjects in
Tuikish
'Iraq, 1839-
47.
Attempted
delimitation
of the
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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)
- 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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- 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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