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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1461] (1616/1782)
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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British official enterprises and establisliments in Turkish Iraq,
1861-76.
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The institution of a British mail service between Baghdad and Basrah
in 1862-63, its improvement in 1866 and 1876, and the establishment of
regular British Indian post offices at Baghdad and Basrah in 1868 are
described in the Appendix on Mail Communications, which may be con
sulted. Annexure No. 2 to that Appendix contains a description of the
contracts for the carriage of the British mail between Baghdad and
Basrah granted by the British Government from 1863 onwards,
to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Co. (Messrs. Lynch).
No Turkish post offices as yet existed in the province ; and there was
not even any public mail service, except the British Dromedary Post,
connecting Mesopotamia with the outer world. The British Indian 1 ost
Office had thus a large share in inaugurating, by its enterprise, a new
economic, social, and even political era in Turkish Iraq.
The British Dromedary Post between Baghdad and Bairut was still
maintained; but the contribution of Us. 200 a month towards its cost,
granted by the Government of India in 1844, was withdrawn m 1871.
Formerly letters from Baghdad to India had been sent by this .line, but
the establishment of a direct British mail service between Turkish 'Iraq
and India deprived it of that part of its custom, besides providing an
alternative line of communication between Baghdad and Europe longei,
but not very much slower, than that by Damascus. From S ,
accordingly, its usefulness being diminished and its revenue impairec
this old institution began to decline; but it was not finally abolished
during the reign of 'Abdul 'Aziz.
Great as was the effect of the institution of postal services, that of
the establishment, almost simultaneously, of telegraphic communica ion
between Baghdad and Constantinople, Baghdad and Persia, and Baghdad
and India was probably even greater. The lines were constructed by
British
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, but, within the limits of the Ottoman Empire on behal o
the Turkish Government, to whom on completion they were ham e over.
A. full history of the work will be found in the Appendix on e e e-
graphs of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and here it will be sufficient to mention, y
way of chronology, that communication was opened between ag a
aad Constantinople in June 1861, between Baghdad andKhanaqin o
Institution
of a BritisH
mail service
between
Turkish
'Iraq and
India, 1862-
63.
Maintenance
of the British
Dromedary
Post.
Construction,
by British
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
of the Con
stantinople-
Baghdad,
Baghdad-
Tehran, and
Baghdad-
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
lines of tele
graph, 1861-
65.
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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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- 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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