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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1458] (1613/1782)
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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Piracy
committed
on the
British mail
steamer
" Cashmere "
at Basrah,
1872.
Committee's report the scheme for a British railway from the Medl-
terranean to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
disappeared finally from the public view,
The general lawlessness which prevailed at Basrah in 1872, as already
described, culminated in an outrage of a very unusual Ld daring
character against the mail steamer " Cashmere," the property of the
British India Steam Navigation Company, while lying at anchor in the
port under the protection of the Turkish Government.
In the small hours of the morning of the 13th June 1872 the vessel
was suddenly boarded, from three boats, by a gang of 28 pirates, the
foremost of whom obtained access to the deck by pretending to be
passengers. The " Cashmeres - rifles and ammunition were in different
parts of the ship and could not be got at once the pirates were in posses
sion of her, consequently there was no resistance. The robbers, after
inflicting enough personal injuries with cold steel to terrorise the crew,
nfled the vessel and disappeared with remarkable celerity. A native
fireman, Isma'il Khan, was killed in the attack, his head' being almost
severed from his body by a sword-cut as he emerged from the
stoke-hole, and a dozen other persons on board were wounded,
including five Europeans, among whom were the ship's Clerk
(Mr. Bradford), dangerously stabbed with a dagger, and the Chief
Engineer (Mr. Mackenzie), whose hand was crippled. Specie to the
amount of Rs. 42,050 and property belonging to the officers and crew to
the value of Us. 5,552 were carried off, making a total loss of Rs. 47,602.
It was subsequently ascertained that the gang which committed this
piracy was a composite one, comprising Hasawis from Hasa, Ka'ab from
Arabistan, Muntafik from the Euphrates, inhabitants of the Maqam
quarter of Basrah town, negroes, and others. The leader of the enterprise
Jasim bin-Khalaf, a native of Ilasa; among his lieutenants was
Muhammad-al-Haij, probably a Muntafik ; and 'Alwan, another Hasawi
chaiac tei well known at Basrah, became an accessory after the fact.
The presence of people from Maqam among the raiders explained the
excellence of the information possessed by the gang and their quickness in
getting at the treasure on board, for Maqamis were employed to a
considerable extent about British steamers visiting the port.
The plunder was divided by the pirates at Saraji; and on the night
o lowing, a boat from the Turkish corvette at Basrah fell in with a
spicious ciaft off Hamdan and endeavoured to stop her, but was beaten
with the loss of one man killed and five wounded.
Raiif
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the 1 urkish ruler of Baghdad, took energetic action;
efoie long the| Turkish authorities had arrested a large number
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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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