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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1410] (1565/1782)
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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Najaf benefactions. It is the fund thus provided for disbursement at the
Holy Cities which has since come to be known as the Oudh Bequest.
The clause of the Agreement relating to the Oudh Bequest was, in
the part sealed by the King of Oudh, fully, explicitly, and unambiguous
worded. There the passage ran :
miqd5r-i-baqi-i-mazbQr-ra dQ hissah kardah nisf ba-Najaf-i -Ashraf va nisf
ba-Karbala-i-M u'alla nizd-i-Mnjtahidan i-mujayir-i-An-Astan-i-malaik-pashan mi-
rasanidah bSshand ki mushar-;laihim az taraf-i-In-Janib binabar-i-kasb-i-sawSb ba-
arb5b-i-istihqaq taqsim mi-kardah bashand.
This may bo translated : they (i.e., the Honourable East India Company),
havir.g divided tho aforesaid remaining sum into two parts, shall continue to transmit
hnlf to Najaf the Noble and half to Karbala the Sublime, to the Mujtahids resident
at the angel-guarded Threshold, so that the said Mujiahids may continue to distribato
it to deserving persons on our behalf, for the acquirement of religious merit.
In the part of the Agreement signed by Mr. Ricketts the correspond
ing clause was worded thus :
va hamah mushaharah baqimand nisf ba-Najaf-i-Ashraf va nisf ba-Karbala-i-
MuS'lla nizd-i-Mujtahidan-i-mujavir-i-An-Ascan abad m muabbadan az taraf-i-Badghah-
i -zi -jah-i-mu'azzam-ilaihi rasanidah khahad shud ki masubBt-i-5n aid-i-hal-i.
farkhundah-fal-i-Janab-i-Badshah gardad.
This version may be rendered in English thus :
and^the whole remaining monthly allowance shall be transmitted, half to
Najaf the ^voble and half to Karbala Sublime, to the Mujtahids residing at the
Thieshold, eternally, on behalf of the glorious King aforesaid, in order that the
relig ous benefits thereof may accrue to the auspicious condition of His Majesty the
King.
In the bilingual document by means of which the Governor-General
ratified the Agreement, the Persian text was exactly as in the part of the
Agreement signed by Mr. Hicketts except that the omission of a stroke
over a Persian letter made the wording ungrammatical and left room
for a, doubt whether the proper payees were the " Mujtahidan-i-mujavir-i-
An-Astan that is " the Mujtahids residing at the Threshold " or
the " Mujtahidan (va) Mujaviran-i-Astanthat is "the Mujtahids
(and) Mujavirs of the Threshold
The term Mujtahid " } it may be explained, includes only Shi'ah
doctors of theology of the highest class ; while the word " Mujavir ^
would mean persons officially connected with the holy shrines, perhaps
even persons who had settled at or near them for religious reasons.
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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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- 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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