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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1427] (1582/1782)
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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J427
thonsed dues ; and (he local system of taxation was to be assimilated to
that of the Ottoman Empire at large. All suits, criminal and civil, were
to be decided in future by a Majlis or court composed of landowners,
meichants, and other notables upon the spot, whose appointment as
judges must be confirmed by tho
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad. As the instrument
for carrying out this policy, which they foresaw would be unpopular,
Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
appointed Mansur, one of the Muntafik Shaikhs, to be
the first Turkish Qaim-Maqam of the Muntafik country, with head
quarters at Suq-ash-Shuvukh. He associated with him, as Muhasibahji
or Accountant, one Sulaiman Bey, a Turkish officer who had been
Mudir of Khanaqin, and to whom he gave instructions to show produce
and leniency, at the outset, in his dealings with men of local influence.
Shaikh Mansur, who was secretly determined to thwart the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's
intended subversion of Muntafik autonomy, no sooner reached home
fiom Baghdad than he suppressed the notifications curtailing his exe
cutive authority, virtually imprisoned his colleague Sulaiman Bey by
surrounding him with guards on the pretext that his life was in danger,
and sent emissaries out in every direction to misrepresent the intentions
of the Government and to invite the headmen of clans to join with him
in making a stand for Arab rights, so that at least their semi-indepen-
dence as mere tributaries might be preserved. The small tribes dependent
on Shaikh Mansur complied to the extent of stopping the navigation of
the Euphrates and, apparently, of attacking Turkish steamers besides
plundering grain destined by the Government for exportation to
Jiddah j but they showed at this time no very decided preference for
the rule of their own Shaikhs over that of the Turks, and their attitude
seemed to be on the whole one of expectancy. The large Bani Lam,
A] Bu Muhammad, and (vhaza il tribes did not respond at all to over-
tuies which were made to them. Shaikh Mansur in the meantime also
wrote to Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, professing his own loyalty but declaring that
the chiefs under his authority were opposed to the new kind of govern
ment, that iiis brother * Nasir was stirring up the tribes against him,
and that he and Sulaiman Bey were in personal danger and powerless to
vindicate their authority unless aided by troops from Baghdad.
Is amiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, on receiving this missive, recalled Shaikh Mansur and '
Sulaiman i'eg to Baghdad, pretending sympathy with the former in his
difficult position; but at the same time, in January 1864, he sent troops
fiom Baghdad to Diwaniyah and Kut and despatched a steamer to
t an tnis have been the Nasir, Muntafik Shaikh, who afterwards became Wali of
Basrah ? See page 1447,
^ 99 i
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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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