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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1390] (1545/1782)
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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hero and which is sanctioned by the capitulations, but instead of pav
levied upon each vessel in the harbour of Constantinople, they will o!7 . I} - ,a8treS "
There is no question of any difference between steam boats and sail/n^ 0
With respect to vessels built in the country and owned by subjects of•
which cannot by our own regulations legally carry the national flag witho^ " T'
t,on under British authority, th.y will not pay higher duliea than thL r^iI'd fft"
most favoured class of natives engaged in the internal trade, but thev rm f K
to navigate like other vessels of the country. Though it is not imn ,^ b ' COntent
vessels as have hitherto abusively enjoyed the privilege of canylnrV f 8 ' 01 ;
colours may be tacitly allowed through favour to continue the same pr^tic,Twe^
not, I conceive, be proper for any British authority to support a claiir wl i V i ,
state of Turkish law what it wiU. U ra ani£estly at JZl ^hThe e^l 1 j
our own legislature. aamentb of
^ In 1850 the trade of Basrah was still inconsiderable, the only vessels
vtsitrng the port being some which belonged to British merchants at
Baghdad and an occasional cruiser of the East India Company
The only cause that could be assigned for this state of matters was
Turkish misgovernment.
^ British mercWs at ^gMid complained in writing to
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.
there of the losses and risks to which they
were exposed by the insecurity prevailing on the Tigris, communication
by which between Baghdad and Basrah was at the time almost suspended
m consequence of tribal disturbances, and requested him "kindly to take
^ such steps as he might consider likely to have a tendency tobrino. this
„ t at ! thlngS 10 a termiaation i " "id later they raised "the question
oi their right to require the intervention of the Hon'ble East India
Company^ armed steamer upon the Tigris for the protection of their
mercantile interests, now suffering much from the disorganisation of
■the country aud the inability of the Turkish Government to afford
redress."
Major Bawlinson was most unwilling to employ the Government
steamer upon a duty that might bring her into collision with the
tribes, to good relations with whom-for reasons which we shall examine
aer he attached the greatest importance; and he thought that the
difficulties experienced by the British merchants were largely of their own
creation because " they are continually protesting against the river dues,
u T 7 , K , 116 Chiefs depend for their support, they pursue their
„ f ■ " with rele nti^s severity (and) they exact compensation for
„ 0 h sses t t h 1 , ' ou S h the instrumentality of Turkish officials, which is of all
things the most distasteful to the independent Arabs "
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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