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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1391] (1546/1782)
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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The <e Nitocris " was in any case mfit, at the moment^ to perform the
services desired of her. Major Rewlinson accordingly suggested to
Colonel Rose, the British Charge d ; Af£aires at Constantinople, and also
direct to His Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
that a remonstrance with the Porte on the subject of Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^s
sustained misgovernment might be authorised. Whether this proposal
was adopted does not appear; but by 1854, if not earlier, Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had ceased to govern at Baghdad.
The beginnings of an Indian colony already existed in Mesopotamia,
though Indians were not, of course, so prominent in the province
as they have since become. So early as 1821 there * was a " Nuwaub "
at Baghdad, from whom Dawud
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
extorted Bs. 5,000 and in 1850 a
"
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
of Oude " t resided there.
On the occasion of the first revolt at Najaf, in August 1852, the
safety of the British Indian subjects there was a matter which caused
not a little anxiety 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.
at Baghdad. As the
town was crowded with Persian refugees and Indian pensioners, the
Turkish authorities pretended to look with some suspicion on the outbreak,
but Major llawlinson was satisfied that it was in reality quite indepen
dent of foreign influence or money. Under the Oudh Bequest, which
will be described further on, a sum of £5,000 a year was now disbursed
by the Government of India at Najaf; and this payment had attracted
many immigrants from India. A confidential agent was accordingly
sent to Najaf from the Baghdad Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to watch over the
interests of the Indians there and to advise them, in case of serious
danger, to retire to Karbala. On the day before the unfortunate incident
with which the revolt closed, this agent left for Baghdad as the bearer
of re-assuring letters for Major llawlinson from the Chief Mujtahid of
Najaf; but it does not appear that, in the fracas that occurred after his
departure, any harm befell the British Indian residents of Najaf, who
had at least been placed sufficiently on their guard.
In 1859 Messrs. Lynch & Co. of Baghdad, relying apparently on the
Vizirial Letter of 1846, proposed to place a trading steamer on the Tigris
and run it between Baghdad and Basrah. Sir H. Bulwer, the British
Ambassador at Constantinople, doubted whether the Company would be
warranted in venturing their capital on the strength of a mere Vizirial
Letter, which might be cancelled at any moment by another similar
document; but he expressed his expectation of being able to obtain from
* See Rich's Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, volume II, page 226.
f See Layard'a Nineveh and Babylon^ page 576.
Protection of
British
Indian
subjects at
Najaf, 1852.
Commence
ment of
British
comm ercial
steam
navigation
on the
Tigris,
1859-61.
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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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- '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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