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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1447] (1602/1782)
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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takei) of his loyalty to combine them in 1875^ together with the existing
districts of Basrah and the new Masa division, into a Basrah Wilayat
of which Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was appointed the first Wali. It is said that he
paid £70,000 as the price of his nomination. Nasiriyah town, now
the capital of the Muntatik Mutasarriflik, was founded by Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
after whom it was named ; and under his rule the town of 'Amarah on the
Tigris,, which was included in his jurisdiction, began to rise into notice.
As might have been foreseen, the combination in one person of full
official powers and supreme local influence was found inconvenient ; Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
fell under suspicion of the Porte ; and after a short tenure of the
Basrah W ilayat, he was summoned to Constantinople and detained there,
nominally as a trusted adviser of Government, but really as a political
prisoner. He was succeeded as Wall of Basrah by 'Abdullah
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, a
Kurd, who retained office until 1879.
In mentioning the appointment of Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
as first " Wali >3 of
Baghdad, it has been indicated that part of his mission was to introduce civil
a new system of civil government : this was the ^symmetrical " Wilayat 33
system which then already existed in other parts of Turkey and which Turkish'Iraq,
now covers the greater part of the Ottoman dominions.
The following translation of a letter addressed by Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, soon
after his arrival, to the foreign Consulates at Baghdad, explains how the
system was intended to work in relation to foreign representatives :
Translation of a letter from His Excellency Mid hut
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Governor-General of
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
, to Her Britannic Majesty's
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 Turkish
Arabia, dated Baghdad, 5th Safer 1286, 5th Mais 1285, 17th May 1869.
As the Walayet system has been founded and enforced in all other provinces in
the Turkish dominions, the Baghdad Province is likewise now reformed on the same
system ; consequently, the mode of administration has been altered in order to facili
tate affairs that may occur. I deem it necessary to explain the mode of such adminis
tration. Baghdad Walayct is divided into nine different subordinate Governments
(Muteseriflik). The Baghdad Province (Sinjak) is counted as one of the Subordinate
Governments (Muteseriflik). This place being assigned at head-quarters of the
Walayet, therefore the * separate Offices of Secretariat (Maaoonlik) and
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
*See page 141(5 ante text and footnote. An account of the system, in its application
to Mesopotamia, will be found in Volume II of this Gazetteer, page 834, article
" Turkish 'Iraq." There have been some modifications of detail in the system since its
first introduction : e.g., there is now no longer a Mutasarrif of Baghdad distinct from
the Wali.
t The translation here is not very happy. The offices of Mu'awin and Mudir-al-Umur-
al-Ajnabiyah still exist. The former officer is what his title denotes, " Adjoint du Vali "
or Assistant Wali; the latter, the " Director of Foreign Affairs," is the Will's Foreign
Secretary. The Mu'awin is an executive officer occupying himself, under the Wali,
with internal affairs; the Mudir is the medium of communication with Foreign
Consuls and is (or ought to be) the expert of the Wilayat in questions o£ treaty rights,
privileges of aliens, etc. * I m i I mlmh U
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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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