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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1438] (1593/1782)
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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(xovemment, for he and his followers claimed all their booty for them,
selves; but, out of 2,000 camels captured, 142 were secured by some
1 urkish irregulars who had been aent to co-operate with the Shaikh, and
of these 82—very inferior animals—actually reached Baghdad. In the
end compensation to the extent of about one-fourth of the value of the
goods lost was obtained, whereupon Colonel Kemball remarked : "This
" issue, though, indeed, reflecting credit upon the management of Namiq
"
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as productive of a result more substantial than that which usually
" attends the ostensible efforts of the Turkish executive to save appear
ances, is an additional instance only of their powerlessness in such cases.
Nor does that result represent an unmixed gain, for the Sabaa and
"Fidaan offenders, angered at the co-operation of Shaikh Abdool Muhsen
against them, have resorted, or pretended to resort, to retaliation, and,
"while seeking to surprise his outlying adherents, have intercepted a
" caravan with money to the amount of 35,000 G. S. P., passing from
" Nejjeff to Kerbela, which they have carried off "
In Decembei the Anizah and Shammar began to return, according to
custom, to their more western and northern pastures in the Arabian desert.
In the autumn of 1866, as frequently occurs, there was a slight
epidemic of cholera at Baghdad, lasting about two months ; but the
number of deaths from the disease registered jier diem at no time
exceeded fifteen. In the summer of 1867 plague appeared, but not in a
severe form, in some of the Euphrates districts of the province, and it
lingered there for some time.
Towaids the end of 1866, as from time to time happens, serious
buiglaries, accompanied in some cases by murder, became common in
Baghdad City; and grave suspicion fell, as has been the case in very
lecent times also, upon the soldiers of the military garrison. 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.
, in reporting three quite recent cases in which life had
been taken, remarked :
In no case, however, can I recall the conviction of the burglars; the official
opinion being that the institution of the Tanzimat when not supplemented by the
machinery of police as organized in Europe forms an effectual bar to the detection of
malefactors. In one of the three instances above mentioned the office of a British
'This man lndi an merchant was forced and his watchman* killed ; but as on a former occasion
.as laid _ when the same office was robbed of £1,500 the perpetrators were discovered and lodged
hr^tdei jad, yet fected their escape under circumstances which implied the connivance of
erately cut 6 ^ ^ m i " 0n P ?<!Sent oc casioii anticipate no better result when the burglars
succeeded in putting out of the way the only witness of their act. Lest murder should
0 ow, peop e, conscious of the inefficiency of the police, though aware of the presence
ot thieves in their houses, abstain from giving the alarm.
Cholera and
plague,
1866-67.
Burglaries
at Baghdad,
1866.
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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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- '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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