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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1453] (1608/1782)
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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" Your Excellency will be pleased to compel the individuals actually in
" custody to make good tlie balance still due to Agha Mahomed
" Hussain/^
Mr. Andrew, the sanguine and energetic originator of the Euphrates
Valley Railway scheme^ did not abandon hope when in 1857, as already
mentioned, the Company formed at his instance failed to secure a
financial guarantee for its enterprise from the British Government.
Though the concession obtained from the Porte had expired, Mr. Andrew
remained in communication with British and Turkish Ministers and other
influential persons on the subject of the scheme, and from 1866 to 18/0 he
pressed it with great earnestness. The Indian Mutiny and the completion
of the Suez Canal furnished fresh arguments in the case, and much
stress was now laid on the facilities which the line would afPord for *
relieving or reinforcing the British garrison in India by a route
alternative to, and more rapid than, that via the Red Sea.
In 1867 the advantages of a Euphrates \ alley Railway were
summarised by Mr. Andrew as follows
It would connect the Mediterranean with Bussorah, at the head of the Persian
Gulf, between which place and Kurrachee and Bombay regular oommunication is now
maintained by a line of steamers subsidised by ihe Indian Government.
Making Kurrachee the European port of India in place of Bombay, it would save
about 1 ,000 miles in the distance between England and India, and would reduce the
time occupied in the journey almost by one half.
it would save the Government large sums in sudden emergencies, by the facilities
it would afford for the transport of troops and stores.
It would enable troops from England to be landed at Kurracbee in about 14 days,
and in two or three days more, at Lahore, Peshawar, or Delhi, when the Indus Valley
railway system is complete.
It would render the invasion of India all but impossible.
It would subject an enemy adv ncing towards the North-Western Frontier of India
to easy attack in the flank and rear. ^ _
It would render the resources of England so promptly available mthe feast, that
Chatham and Portsmouth might be made the bases of operations as easily as Kurrachee
Proposed
British
Euphrates
Valley
Railway
from the
Mediterra
nean to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
1871-72.
» It argues extreme optimism on the part of the promoters of the Railway that they
should have expected Turkey willingly to consent, at least foi long, to the fiequent
passage of considerable bodies of foreign troops through remote districts where her
own military power was of the slightest. And insufficient thought seems to ha\e been
given to the false situation in which Turkey would have been placed, during a wai
between Britain and Russia, through the use by Britain foi militaiy puiposes o a
railway running through Turkish territory, the idea of moving foreign tioops acioss
Turkey from the Mediterranean to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
was not a new one ; see Dr. J. W.
Winchester's Note on the Practicability of advancing an Army from Europe into
Asia hy the Provinces of the Euphrates and Tigris in the transactions ot the
Boiftbay Geographical Society, Volume VI, September 1841 to May 1844.
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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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