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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1424] (1579/1782)
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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tanee from the border line and to refer the frontier question to a joirt
Commission at Constantinople, it seemed to grow progressively more
dangerous.
Copies of the identic British-Kussian map were communicated to the
Porte in October 1869 and to the Persian Government in Febraan
1870; and, in accordance with an agreement reached by Britain and
Russia in 1865, an expectation was at the same time expressed on the
part of the mediating powers that the line of boundary between the
respective dominions of the Sultan and the Shah would be found within
limits traced on the map, and that the Ottoman and Persian Govern
ments would themselves mark out that line, but that, in the event of
any difficulty arising between them in regard to any particular locality
the points in dispute should he referred to the Governments of Britain
and Eussia.
It was not until December 1874. that a Turkish and a Persian
Commissioner met at Constantinople to trace the frontier on the map
and in January 1875 their proceedings came to a deadlock. Anew
ommission was then formed, comprising representatives of the mediating
powers; the British Commissioner was Sir Arnold Kemball, formerlv
lirihsb
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, the Kussian was Colonel Zelenoi
As Ottoman Commissioner the Porte chose Dervish
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, whose atti
tude on the Delimitation Commission of I8i8— 52 will not have been
forgottei, The new Commission assembled at Constantinople in June
1S7», when the Turkish and Persian representatives were each invited
o tiaoe, on the identic map, the line of frontier claimed by his
(jrovernment.*
solitary survevs h* w ^ L , 0ntiei zone ' and w as based upon the
Commission. ^ f " >m hi8 on the forme,
n t0 COnsid . erstion kr the mJiTti^ Megate.'' 18 ^
which the frontier toTrtSV SThw'tT' " ^
ipso facto lavse iffhpCn • • ' 18 admission, it was added, would
i^iz;it comn " !siun ti,en sitti " gdidat ^ ^
down by the mediating Delegates. ' ^ ^ 3 any 1106 Wlthm the ZOne !aid
* Memorandum on the Turhr, T>„ ■
Alwjn Parker, 8th December 1906." ^ndary Question, 1833-1906, by Mr.
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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'
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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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