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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1465] (1620/1782)
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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We had formerly occasion to remark the hostility which British Attitude of
political intervention and general enterprise excited in the rulers of
Turkish 'Iraq under the Sultanate of 'Abdul Majid; and it must be wards British
interests
confessed that the prestige acquired by the British Government through
the successful establishment of mail and telegraph services in the reign
of 'Abdul 'Aziz was not, any more than the virtual monopolisation of
commercial steam navigation on the Tigris, calculated to assuage the
dislike with which the Turkish authorities were accustomed to regard
manifestations of British activity in the province. The continual
intervention of 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.
in tribal and other internal
affairs, though made inevitable by his responsibility in regard to
telegraph construction, must have been extremely irritating to the local
authorities; and the state of matters revealed in the following extract
from a despatch of Colonel Kemball, dated 4th May 1864, need cause,
therefore, no surprise.
From the known sentiments of Namik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, I believe his real aim to be to force
on this issue. His dread of the extension of British influence among the Arabs
amounts to mania, of which the exhibition is no longer disguised. Thus, when advised
from the best sources that the elders of the Muntefik only needed my assurance of
the sincerity of Namik
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's concessions as regarded both the resumption ot their
lands and the treatment of themselves in order to make their submission, I tendered
my mediation in that sense, and submitted to His Lxcelleney diaftt> of t e e teis P r0
posed to write to them (of which I enclose copies). His Excellency, while admitting
their probable efficacy, replied that the example of the Lebanon, after the occupation o
Syria bv Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, had determined him to decline foreign intervention on a 1
occasions and in any form whatever, nor could he be persuaded of the want of parallel-
ism or analogy in the two cases.* ,-n- - l
Again, when more recently informed by a telegraphic despatch from Shebli
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at
Dewanieh that the heads of the Muntefik families proposed to address _ me collective y
in order to ask my mediation. His Excellency immediately sent to desire that I would
reject their application and refuse to answer it.
Thin course I have declined to adopt as needlessly diecourticms to my correspon
dent*,, but I have assured His Excellency tbat their letter when received should
be immediately laid before His Excellency and that His Excellency s ecision,
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myself, should U ^1, t. a.m I
this condition, because, on the last occasion, whe , , i ifi QfifV,
! addressed Sbeith Nasaer and Munsoor (M despatch ^o 18. ^ 26th
March, 1864). His Excellency privately urged the former Chief, then, as now h.
guest at Baghdad, not only to repudiate my int^
telegraph as the canse of tbe eating declined to accede, but,
Sheiklx Nasser, perceiving the trap that was laid
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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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