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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1408] (1563/1782)
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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Mr. T. K. Lynch, and others. Lord Palmerston assured the deputation
that the Government were fully alive to the importance of the Euphrates
route, and that they had supported, and would continue to support, the
project of a Euphrates Valley Railway, without consulting- his colleagues
however, he was unable to say anything on the subject of a financial
guarantee by the British Government; and he therefore requested that the
proposals of the Company might be submitted to him in writing, promis
ing that they should receive full consideration, and that the Government
would assist the scheme in so far as they were able.
Evidently Her Majesty's Government arrived at the conclusion that
a financial guarantee could not properly by given ; and without a reliable
guarantee, the undertaking no doubt appeared unattractive to capitalists.
The concession granted by the Porte was in the end allowed to lapse
without having been utilised by the Company.
Grant by His From the period with which we are now concerned Indian interests
Nafi^Khan 11 be ^ in to bul k more a ' n( l more largely i n tlie wor k of the British Political
of Sind for
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Baghdad.
of 6 the CaraiU f r ' ^ e clearing from silt of the Husainiyah Canal, the 20 mile long
Husainiyah channel by which Karbala derives its water supply from the Euphrates, is
a periodically recurring difficulty which continues even at the present day
to exercise the Turkish local authorities. In 1836 His Highness Mir
Nasir Khan of Sind resolved to undertake the work of clearance £S a pious
duty and requested the good offices of the Governor of Bombay, to whom
he remitted Rs. 20,000 as a first instalment towards the cost. As his
agents for carrying out the operation he deputed to Karbala two indivi
duals named Saiyid Mehdi Shah and Haji Salih; and it was his desire
that the funds which they required should be advanced to them, from
time to time, by the British representative at Baghdad. The arrange
ments which he desired were authorised ; and in 1838 the Mir, having
been informed by his agents that the work would cost a
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
,
remitted a supplementary amount of Rs. 50,000 to the British Political
Agent at Baghdad, through the Agent, the Governor-General in Sind,
and 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.
. In 1839 Mir Nasir Khan asked for a
credit of an additional Rs. 50,000 at Baghdad, which was granted. In
1842 Colonel Taylor, after repeated references to him by the British
authorities in India, reported that he had advanced Rs. 1,09,999 in all to
His Highness s agents, viz., in October 1837, April and November 1840,
and June 1842 ; and the accounts were closed. A balance which remained
due by the Mir, in consequence of his procrastination in making good
the credit of Rs. 50,000 that had been allowed him, was in the end duly
recovered.
Canal, 1836-
42.
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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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- '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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