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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1403] (1558/1782)
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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In the end Messrs. Lynch & Co. themselves became the owners of
Magil, and in 1858 they received Rs. 2,000 from the Government of
India as compensation for damage done to the quays in the Persian War,
when horses, mules and stores for the British forces were embarked
there. ' 6
These were days of great activity in the exploration and survey of
Tu-kish 'Iraq; the principal workers were the officers of the Indian Navy
employed with the flotilla and, later on, with the " Nitocris " and " Comet. >,
In 1841 a regular survey of the Euphrates valley was begun, the
upper portion of which was eventually connected by chronometric
observations with the basin of the Mediterranean. Commander Lynch and
Lieutenants J' elix Jones, Campbell, Selby, and Grounds, with the steamers
Nitocris'' and ee Nimrod,' J took part in the work.
Commander Felix Jones, after succeeding to the command of the
" Nitocris " in 1843, engaged with remarkable energy, and for the most part
single-handed, in the pursuit of topographical and general information.
The result of his labours from 1843 to 1855, in which latter year he was
appointed Political Hesident at Bushehr, forms an enduring monument of
intelligence, enterprise and industry; and the extent to which later *
Euiopean workers in Mesopotamia are indebted to him is not, perhaps,
generally realised.
In August and September 1844 he accompanied Major liawlinson, the
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.
, on his journey to Zohab, Kirmanshah and Sulaimaniyah
and made a valuable survey of the country traversed for the information of
the Frontier Commission at Erzeroum. In April 1846, in the "Nitocris/'' he
ascended the Tigris to a point above Dur and recorded useful observations,
but failed, as mentioned before, to reach Musal. In April 1848 he made
a survey and wrote an elaborate account of the remains of the ancient
Nahrwan Canal. Between April and September 1850 he examined and
surveyed the country on the west side of the Tigris between Baghdad and
the head of the Dujail. In 1852, under the orders of the Government of
India, who now granted him a special allowance of lis. 150 a month as
" Surveyor " together with an allowance for an "Assistant," he made a
trigonometrical survey of the country between the Tigris and the Persian
hills, irom Baghdad as far north as Musal, embracing the districts of Kifri
(Salahiyah), Kirkuk. Altun Koprii, Arbil and Musal. In 1853 was
in mem0randam 0,1 Mesopotamia are prmtrf
1858.
British
explorations
and surveys,
1839-61.
Commander
Hi B. Lynch.
Commander
Felix Jones.
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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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- 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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