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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1398] (1553/1782)
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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1398
Navigation
Farman or
Vizirial
Letter of
1841.
One of the steamers was fired at by Arabs, and struck, on her first
voyage to Baghdad ; she replied with discharges of grape-shot among the
Arabs herds of buffaloes, killing many.
The chief performance of the flotilla was an ascent of the Euphrates
by the Nitocris and u Nimrod " in 1841 under the command of
Lieutenant C. D. Campbell, LN., assisted by Lieutenant Felix Jones,
I.N., Commander Lynch being then on leave. After carefully examin-
nig the Euphrates from ^Anah to Hilla in a boat, besides surveying the
Tigris from Baghdad to Qurnah and exploring the Shatt-al-Gharaf and
Jahaglah, Lieutenant Campbell left Basrah on the 1st April 1841, passed
Anah on the 7th May, and reached Maskanah on the 31st May.
Lieutenants Campbell and Jones visited the Mediterranean from Mas
kanah and connected that sea chronometricallv with the upper Euphrates.
Commander Lynch having rejoined at Maskanah in August, the descent
began, on which a survey down the Euphrates was made and the
' Nimrod" was sunk by a snag, but was raised again. ; Anah was
reached on the 29th April 1842. The result of this remarkable voyage
was, unfortunately, to demonstrate the practical unnavigability of the
Euphrates by the steamers of the flotilla.
It is not stated that the existence or movements of the flotilla aroused
any distrust or opposition on the part of the Turkish authorities ; and in
,1841 a navigation Farman or Vizirial Letter, supplementary to that of
1834, was obtained at Constantinople. The object was stated to be the
protection* of " the Commandantt of the two steamers ^ in the execution
of his duties. The document referred to the Chesney Expedition;
it cited the Farman of 1834; and it concluded with this direction,
a ressed doubtless to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, or perhaps to Turkish
la s in geneial. \ ous aurez soin que les susdits bateaux fassent
comme par le pass6 le service de la riviere, a condition qu'il n ; y ait pomt
un inconvenient quelconque et Tentreprise soit favorable aux deux
parties.-"
pagM a'oO.SlO.) 18 ^ 6 " W0Uld traVel Witl1 greater de8 Patch." (Zand March, Volume 1,
season at Maskanah hfTvJ 6 1"' ^ 0 c st . eamers of the flotilla were detained for the
had to be made to prevent 0 l A ^ # PP0 Pa8b5li( l J ail d special arrangements
t TV.. i P 1 event the local Arabs from annoying them.
and if bis nawze"wrn 'r,r^ ari 1 ( ^ r AotiUa was at this time Lieutenant Lynch,
confusion that subseouPTiflv m barman, the circumstance may account for the
British Governm^t to n»ir;w r< f Se '+i? r ^ ^atcd, betweei the title of the
should be mentioned nvers and that of Me ^- Lynch & Co. It
July 1840 to An -mst' IsTl ^TT mil ? ander ^y 11 ^ was absent on sick leave from
among the archives nf H r IortuDate |y 110 copy of the Farman is forthcoming
0 aiClllves of the Government of India or the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
.
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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)
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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'
- 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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