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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1411] (1566/1782)
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 second of the alternative readings was adopted in the some
what slipshod English version of the Agreement as ratified, which
proceeded :
remaining two-thirds is to bo divided into two equal parts ; one half
to be given to the Nujuf Ushruf, and the other half for Kerbulla to the* High Priest
and Mujawurs (or persons who have it's charge), on the part of the said King, that
His Majesty might thereby derive it's benefits.
It cannot be doubted that the part of the Agreement sealed by the
King of Oudh was that in which hi& intentions were most t correctly,
as well as most elaborately, expressed; that part, it will be noticed,
stated that the funds transmitted to the payees were to be distributed
by them to " deserving persons ^—a point on which the other documents
were silent. It is equally clear that there was no intention on the
King's part of including Mujavirs among the original payees, and
that Mujavirs would never have been mentioned at all in connection with
the Oudh Bequest, had it not been for a clerical error by a Persian
scribe which gave rise to an incorrect English version of the Agreement.
Sultan Maryam Begam and
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Mubarak Mahall both died in the
year 1849, King Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar having predeceased them in 1827,
and the clauses of the Agreement of 1825 constituting the Oudh Bequest
became operative. The question of how practical effect should be given
to them was considered by Lieutenant Kemball, the Acting Political
Agent at Baghdad, in the absence on leave of 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.
, Colonel
Rawlinson.
The magnitude of the Bequest and the political difficulties in which it
threatened to involve the British Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Baghdad seem to
have daunted, somewhat, the officiating British representative.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
1,668
a month from the allowance of Sultan Maryam Begam and Rs. 6,666 a
month from that of
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Mubarak Mahall had fallen in with effect
from the 6th April and the 30th June 1849, and large sums were rapidly
accumulating. Lieutenant Kemball accordingly addressed the Govern
ment of India and Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople,
True mean
ing of the
Agreement,
Coming into
operation of
the Oudh
Bequest
1849.
Orders of
Government
in regard to
the adminis
tration of the
1849-52.
*lhe arbitrary substitution of the singular for the plural will be observed. More
over ''High Priest" or even" Priest" is a misleading translation of the word
" Mujtahid," the duties of Mujtahids being professorial, judicial and notarial, but
not sacrificial.
tlhe Kmg of Oudh's part of the Agreement seems to have been lost sight of for
a long time ; but in 1911, having been rediscovered by Khan Bahadur Maula Bakhsh,
Attache in the Foreign Office, Simla, it was referred by the (government of India to the
Government of the United Provinces for examination and opinion. That Government
held that it was superior in authority to the other Agreement 1 papers, and the Govern
ment of India apparently concurred.
98 a
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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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