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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1419] (1574/1782)
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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1419
The Shah reached Baghdad early in the afernoon of the 22nd ultimo, and at once
proceeded to take up his residence in a new* kiosk, which had been built in a large
garden outside the city walls mid furnished in a sumptuous manner for his reception.
His Majesty arrived in state, escorted by the above mentioned officers and his own
attendant Ministers and others, and from a distance of, I suppose, upwards of two
miles from the city passed with his cortege along a road specially marked out and
cleared fur his use, which was thronged by the inhabitants of the city and lined by
the troops of the garrison, and by what was a newt feature in this country, the boys
of the different schools, all neatly dressed, some in a regular uniform.
He was proceeded by two detachments of Persian Infantry, each about 200 strong,
and then by his Casveen Regiment, 1,100 strong, headed by a large and excellent band
of music.
The most perfect order prevailed during His Majesty's passage, every precaution
having been taken by the Governor (General of the province to preserve the peace.
A cloud of dust almost completely hid the Shah and his cortege from the view of
spectators at a distance, and immediately on his passing, the crowd of nearly all
the inhabitants of the city broke up and returned quietly and orderly to their homes.
1 annex a list of the persons who have accompanied His Majesty, and which formed
the enclosure of a despatch from Her Majesty's Minister at Tehran to Earl Granville
of which the former has favoured me with a copy.
On the Shah's passing the camp of the Ottoman troops, who have been for sometime
past living under canvas about a mile from the town, a salute of 21 guns was fired from
the field artillery, and, on his alighting at Garden House, 101 guns were fired from
the citadel.
It his been remarked, and with a feeling of disappointment amon-,' a people who
regard courtesy as an essential sign of dignity, that the Shah returned the salute
of none, great or small.
Even on receiving the Governor General and high officers of Khanikeen, he failed
to return their salute by the smallest notice.
This is said to be the custom of the Persian Court.
He appears to be entirely occupied with himself, and is described by those who
accomiianied him from the frontier as travelling covered with ^ems and barbaric
ornaments, and as looking over himself and stroking his ornaments complacently,
and scarcely taking any notice of those around him, and then only addressing them
abrupt questions.
Oa the forenoon after his arrival he proceeded to visit the Sheeah JShrine, common
to all sects of Muslims, of Ma'azim.
Late in the afternoon he returned, and proceeded to the Turkish camp, where the
tioops had been under aims for some hours, awaiting his arrival.
The lateness of the hour of his coming obliged a curtailment of the review intended
for his honour, but after a few movements and the march past, His Majesty caused
* Ae building still a912) exists and is used as a hospital. It is on the left bank of
the Tigris imm ediately above the town.
t It is an invariable feature of public occasions at Baghdad at the present day (1912)
and appears to be a minor symptom of the militarism which threatens to destroy Turkey.
4,The place piobanly meant, the tomb of Abu Hanifah, is Sunni not Shi'ah. See
V olume 11 of this Gazetteer, page 1243, article " Mu'adhdham.' ,
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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)
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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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