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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1450] (1605/1782)
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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The Baghdad-
Basrah
Wilayat
Budget, 1874.
1450
procedure was more drastic, witness the following extract from a des-
patch written by Colonel Kemball at the end of 1866 : " The salaries of
"all Government servants (from the highest to the lowest employ^ il
"eluding the private soldier), which were sequestrated by the Porte for th.'
" In0nth of Au & us t. have aggregated-for the whole province * 4,436 purses'
which amount has already been forwarded to the capital in specie. The
" forced contribution demanded from the population, and aggregating
" 7,000 purses, is in course of collection."
Provincial indications were thus not wanting of the progress of the
central exchequer towards bankruptcy.
The revenue of the Baghdad-Basrah Wilayat for the rear JiDl
(corresponding roughly to 1874 A. D.) was £T. 648,435, while expendi
ture amounted to £T. 285,880, the former exclusive of eustoms house
receipts and the latter inclusive of military, marine and telegraph expen
diture. If these t figures are correct, there would seeem to have been
in the -ioiyears that have since elapsed a serious diminution of revenue
and a very large increase in expenditure.
General British interests in Turkish 'Iraq, 1861—76.
Se'rckl naW- lhe '"ligation of the Tigris by the British steamer "City of
h 0nd0n '" Which MeSSrS - Lynch & C0 ' sent out from EngUnd in 1861 or
862, was at first opposed or even prevented by the Turkish authorities
at Baghdad. This necessitated a fresh application to the Porte by Her
Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople, of which the out
come was another Vizirial letter, obtained in July 1862. Its purport
was identical with that of the letter of 1861, and it sufficed to put an
end for the moment, to the obstruction offered by the Baghdad local
authorities to the running of the u City of London."
In 1864, however, on its becoming known that Messrs. Lynch
proposed to place a second steamer, the " Dejleh," upon the Tigris, a serious
controversy arose. Colonel Kemball, 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.
at
Baghdad, learning that the Turks intended to oppose the employment of
the Dejleh," wrote to Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, referring to the freedom of
. y * ^ ie " P ur8e Was worth about £5.
-ihi.Gl e JZ y 'i r*t A f a ' ic " ,1 - l - P a « e 339 ' compaw vol. II »£
tins Gazetteer, article Turkish 'Iran " nacro azv n i . i
about the same in 1874 and 1903. reCelP W 6n " 7
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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
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- 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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