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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1384] (1539/1782)
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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Further
proceedings,
1384
An attempt to delimit the frontier in the district of Zohab between
Baghdad and Kirmanshah, where a preliminary survey had already been
made by Major Rawlinson, 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, and
Commander Felix Jones of the Indian Navy in 1844-, led to an leute
difference between Dervish
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and his colleagues; and at Mandali, on
the 19th January 1852, acting professedly under instructions from his
Government, he demanded the restoration of what he affected to consider
the status (iuo at Muhammareh and in Zohab,—including in the case of
Muhammareh the hauling down of the Persian flag there, the dismissal
of Ilaji Jabir, etc.,—and announced that in default of compliance he
would no longer act with the rest of the Commission. On his persisting
in this determination the other Commissioners decided to march south-
waids along the border and make a survey of the frontier region from
Mandali to Hawizeh,—a resolve which they did not fail to carry out in
spite of the strenuous opposition of Dervish
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who himself retired
to Baghdad.
An attempt was then made at Constantinople to obtain the substitu
tion of arbitration by Britain and llussia for their mediation, but it failed
owing to the non-acceptance of the proposal by the Porte; and the task
o the mediating Commissioners was confined, after the withdrawal of
the Turkish representative, to survey operations and the collection of
useful information. By the end of April 1852, about which time
Lieutenant Jackson, I.N., was attached to the British Co mm ission,
the \vhole frontiei had been mapped from the northern extremity of
Zohab to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and in May the Turkish Commissioner
ejoined his colleagues, but only to hamper their work by secret
intrigues tvith Persian tribes during the completion of the survey
northwards to Mount Ararat.
Eaily in 1853 Colonel Williams proceeded to England on leave; and
the outbreak of the Crimean War shortly afterwards put an end, for the
time being, to co-operation between Britain and Russia in the Turko-
Persian frontier question. In November 1857 the seat of the British
ommission was transferred from Constantinople to St. Petersburg,
ere work on the maps of the frontier continued for some time
longer.
It had been the intention of Colonel Williams to draw up a compre
hensive report embodying the views of himself and his Russian colleague
m regard to the position of the frontier at every point; but, by an
unfortunate accident, his materials were lost while in transit to
° 0 T ' ! eport would have explained the status quo of tribal
occupation as existing in 1849-52, which is not now discoverable.
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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'
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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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