'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1439] (1594/1782)
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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A
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Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, under whose government all the events related above
occurred, though his policy towards the Arab tribes was aggressive and
on tke whole unsuccessful, seems not to have been insensible to the claims
of public works. As happens in the case of most Turkish rulers at
Baghdad, however, the pacific and useful part of his administrative pro
gramme was early laid aside to make way for actions cVSclat, and was
never executed, W hen first he arrived at Baghdad it was one of his chief
ambitions to place " the* dyke of the Jezair " on a permanently satisfac
tory footing without " recourse to the former vicious system of contract
through the instrumentality of the Arab Shaikhs, with its attendant
evils of forced labor and arbitrary exactions. " He seems to have set
apart £40 ,000 or £50,000 for the proposed work, in case it should be
sanctioned by the Porte; and having been unable to obtain a competent
engineer from Egypt, he moved the Turkish Government " to engage
the services an experiencedt Dutch officer for this purpose, who should
be conversant with the execution of similar works.^ Nothing is heard
of the project afterwards, however, during the rule of Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
seems to have been succeeded by Taqi-ud-Din
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
probably the former Governor of Kirkuk, who was in power at Baghdad
in 1868.
Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the most energetic and best known ruler of Baghdad
in modern times, the first also to bear the hierarchic title of Wali or
Governor-General J instead of the more indefinite one of
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, assumed
charge of the province of Turkish 'Iraq in April 1869. His advent is
noteworthy as inaugurating in Mesopotamia the § present system of
Turkish civil administration ; and his subsequent doings are interesting
on account of the personality of the man himself, whose force of
character, whatever may be thought of his judgment and intelligence,
enabled him a few years later to play a leading part in affairs at
Constantinople and to determine in a great measure, as the event has
*It is not clear what dyke is meant, but it must have been a large and important
work. Some say that it was the dam at tbe head of the Saqlawiyat canal, and this is
probably correct: see page 1512 post. Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, as we shall see, was in the begin-
ning—and only in the beginning—attracted by the same scheme.
fA slight acquaintance with Turkey enables one to infer tbat somebody had told
bim Holland was a country of dykes
t Turks translate the word Wall, though the importance of a Wilayat often
hardly exceeds tbat of a Collectorship or Deputy Commissionership in India.
§ With regard to the civil reorganisation of the Turkish Empire in 1867, gee page
1416 ante, text and footnote.
Administra*
tion of
Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, 1863
— 1868.
Appointment
of Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to
Baghdad,
1869.
i
t.
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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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