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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1415] (1570/1782)
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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My object, moreover, in forwarding these documentB is not only to satisfy His
Majesty the .King of Oudh that the benefactions which came originally from the
Lncknow Treasury have been duly administered, but to obtain also his Majesty's
approval of the general scheme of distribution ; for there is a certain fanatical party
at Karbala, headed by some of the junior Mujtahids, which repudiates all appropria
tion of the funds in question to charitable or secular purposes.
Colonel Sleeman, the Resident at Lucknw, replied expressing his
entire concurrence in the arrangements made which seemed to him " most
benevolent and judicious " and his willingness to submit the accounts to
the King of Oudh^ but pointing out that His Majesty^s approval of the
proceedings through it could readily be obtained^ was not in any sense
requisite.
Relations of other European powers with Turkish 'Iraq, 1839-61.
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Besides Britain the only European power which at this time main
tained a representative in Turkish 'Iraq seems to have been France.
There are frequent references in correspondence in the years follow- Repivsenta-
ing 1841 to a French Consul-General at Baghdad, whose attitude to the French
British representative, perhaps in consequence of the divergence of British interests at
and French policy in regard to Syria and the failure of a recent French a o 1 a '
mission to Persia, seems to have been unfriendly.
This official, though his country had no local interests except such
as were connected with the Catholic religious orders, seems to have con
cerned himself a good deal in internal affairs. We have seen that Najib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, before proceeding to the reduction of Karbala in 1842, thought it
necessary to inform the French as well as the British representative at
Baghdad of his intentions; and during the Karbala operations the French
Consul-General was visited by some Persians who " requested his advice
to know if they should proceed to Kerbella to help the Sheeahs, as it
was a religious war".
In 1843, as has been mentioned under the head of relations with
Persia, the British
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.
at Baghdad found that attempts on
his part to interpose between the Turkish authorities and Persian subjects
were regarded with jealousy by his French colleague; and in 1845, in the
debate regarding the necessity of retaining a British armed vessel in
Mesopotamia, Major Rawlinson, as we have already seen, made reference
to the ambitions of France in Asiatic Turkey.
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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)
- 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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