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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1462] (1617/1782)
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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1462
Part played
in the enter
?rise, in
'urkigh
'Iraq, by
British
officials.
the Persian frontier in October J 864, and between Baghdad and fe
below Basrah, the point of union with the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
telegraph system
in January 1865.
British officials with local experience of Turkish Iraq played, from
the first, an important part in the arrangements for the Mesopotamiau
sections of the work. Sir H. Kawlinson, formerly British Political
Agent at Baghdad and at this time Envoy to the Court of Persia, partici
pated in the preliminary discussions at Constantinople in 1859,' contri
buting an unrivalled store of knowledge and information. On the 15tli
December 1860 Colonel Kemball, 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,
arrived at Constantinople, having been deputed hy Her Majesty's
Government, with the assent of the Porte, to examine and report on the
partially completed line from Constantinople to Baghdad, a duty which
he performed most thoroughly, making a tour along the whole line from
Scutari to Baghdad between the 9th January and the end of April 1861.
From 1863 to 1865 Colonel Kemball was associated in the further
measures for extending the telegraph from Baghdad to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
;
and in March-April 1863, accompanied by Mr. Greener, a professional
e ectncal engineer, he made a reconnaissance lasting a month alono- the
approximate line to be followed as far as Basrah and supplied a sketch
map and itinerary, m consequence of which a route via Hillah
Diwaniyah, Hammar and Qurnah was adopted. A further more minute
survey of the country between Diwaniyah and Hammar was made a
httle later by Lieutenant Bewsher, I.N.,* and Mr. Johnston, British
Basra! 0USUl ^ ' BaSlah ' 0n a dowilward journey from Baghdad to
lu the subsequent actual construction of the line Colonel Kemball
was necessanly dependent on the co-operation of Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Turkish
lovemoi o Baghdad ; and, in carrying it through the territory of the
hen semwndependent Muntafik tribe, he often chafed considerably at
e i cu ties and delays occasioned by the policy of his Turkish
co eague. Sii K J. Goldsmid observes:!" the Political
^ Agent, in undertaking to look after the work, so far as British "
were concerned, had heaped upon himself a not inconsiderable amount of
officers'are now ^ 8mi ^ remarks ; " These two zealous and intelligent
woru out in ^ ^
when ■ibouf fn • i' I 1 ' Johu8ton leave in failing health in 1868, and
in September Hi| Uln h 10 tbe ^ ollow5n 8 J rear ' Wits wrecked in the CamaUc
September. He reached Basrah to die there in Xovember."
T lelegruph and Travel, pages 103-4.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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