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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1446] (1601/1782)
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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Some of the most influential men at Busrah,—Sheikh Suliman Zeheyr Kassim
Chelebi, the Nukeeb and his brother. Syed Mahomed Syed,-who are on bad term
with the Muteserif, Saeed Effendi, are accused of encouraging and protecting th,
robbers, with a view to obtaining the Muteserif's removal This I do not suppose to
be the case; but it is at the same time certain that were Sheikh Suliman and the
Nukecb so inclined, they could easily put a stop to the robberies.. I believe, indeed, that
they have offered to do so, if allowed to bring two hundred armed men from Zobeyr
but the Muteserif, being more afraid of them than of the robbers, has declined their
services.
Internal administrative arrangements in Turkish Iraq
1861—76
1 semi-independent Pashaliq of Basrah, of which the creation in
18o0 was obviously connected with the Turko-Persian frontier delimitation
proceedings of 1849—5^ seems not to have survived very long the cause
which brought it into existence. The date of its abolition is uncertain;
but by 1863 Basrah had been reduced to the status of a Qaim-Maqamliq,
that is, to a district forming the charge of a Qaim-Maqam or civil official
of the same grade as that of
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
under the older system of nomen
clature, which had now passed away. Munib
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Qaim-Maqam
of Basiah in 1863, was, as we have already seen, subject to the orders of
the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad. In the years immediately following 1863, as
has been related above, Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
endeavoured to extend the limits
of Basrah at the expense of the Muntafik Shaikhdom, but failed. One
of his designs in the same connection must have been realised, however,
not long after his departure; for by 1872 the Muntafik Shaikh of the
day, Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, had become Mutasarrif of Suq-ash-Shuyukh and to be
discharging the duties of a Turkish official.
In 1871, as described in the chapter on the historv of Hasa, that
distant and detached region in Eastern Arabia was occupied and annexed
to luikioh Iraq by Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and became a Mutasarriflik or civil
division.
In 1874, a rebellion broke out in Hasa, in the suppression of which
valuable services were rendered to the Porte by Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Muntafik
Shaikh and Turkish Mutasarrif of Suq-ash-Shuyukh, who seems to have
been, for an Arab chief, a man of unusual capacity and enlightenment,
asir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
s local influence being considered sufficient to make the
coipoiation of the Muntafik districts with Basrah a safe proceeding, if
only the conditions were acceptable to the Shaikh himself, advantage was
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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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