'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1389] (1544/1782)
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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held by the last-mentioned authority " to be in a certain degree legitimised
a by long usage, by their application to the vessel rather than to the cargo,
" and by their forming a perquisite of the Arab Chiefs, for which, in event
" of their suppression, the Turkish Government would be bound to afford
" indemnification."
Major Eawlinson, 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, held that
the possibility of a British sea-going vessel reaching Baghdad proved
that place to be a " port and he argued very strongly in favour of the
right of British vessels to fly their own flag above Basrah, not only on
the ground that for 40 years Turkish boats possessed by Britisih owners
or owners under British protection had been permitted to navigate the
river under British colours, but also because he feared that to concede the
point of flying the flag might be to concede the right of British
commercial navigation on the rivers of Mesopotamia altogether. The
attitude of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad was uncompromising : he questioned the
right of the " Karbalai " to enter the Tigris at all, and said he would
refer it to Constantinople; he insisted, apparently under instructions
from the capital, that in any case she should not hoist the British flag
above Basrah; and he professed, with truth, his inability to prevent the
Arabs from attacking her if the usual dues of the riverain Shaikhs should
be refused.
The above threatened impediments to British navigation of the rivers Vizirial
of Mesopotamia were discussed by Sir Stratford Canning, the British ]g^Q er
Ambassador at Constantinople, with the Porte ; and in April 1846 a
Vizirial Letter to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at Baghdad was obtained through his
exertions, of which the concluding paragraph in the French text (or
translation) ran as follows : —
" En consequence, je vous eoris et vous envoie cette depeche afin que Voire Excellence
mette ses soins ace que Ton prenne des barques de commerce Anglaises qui, comme il
a ete dit plus haut, seraient desormais occupees a faire le commerce interieur sur les
denx fieuves susdits, des droits conformes a ceux que Ton prend des barques des sujets
Ottomans : et a ce que Ton ne prenne sur les cbargements des batiments Anglais qui
vienent de dehors, et qui vont dans an pays etranger, que les droits de douane etablis,
et qu'un droit d'ancrage consistant en cinq piastres. Votre Excellence aura soin de
ne rien faire prendre de plus. "
The sense in which the British Ambassador understood the settle
ment thus reached in the light of the discussions preceding it, was
explained by him in the following terms :—
British-owned vessels will continue to navigate the waters of Mesopotamia under
their national colours equally whether they are engaged in the foreign or in the
internal trade, and they will pay upon the merchandise which they convey the amount
of duties respectively applied in each case by the Convention of Baltlia-Liman,
In the event of their being employed above the usual ports of entry in the internal
traffic of the country, they will be liable to the anchorage duty which is always paid
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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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