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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1471] (1626/1782)
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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1471
A list of the Political Agents and Residents at Baghdad during- the
period will be found in the Appendix on Diplomatic and Consular
Representation.
In the same year a demand by the V\ T ali for a list of the employes of Status of the
the British Consulate-General at Baghdad brought on a discussion offidaJ 1
regard in the status of the local British representative himself. The I'epresentative
mi- # i i * j i ^ Baghaad,
Wali's demand was connected with a Turkish regulation whereby, m the 1874.
absence of exceptional arrangements, the number of privileged * Dra
gomans and Qawwases to be employed by foreign Consulates-General in
the Ottoman Empire is limited to four of each. Colonel Herbert, who
had perhaps been accustomed to regard all the members of his staff
as under his protection, whether Turkish subjects or not, twice declined
to furnish the Wali with the desired statement, assigning as a reason
that the employes in question were not consular subordinates but
belonged to the establishment of a "
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.
under Her Majesty's
Government of India/' He then reported the dispute to higher authority.
In addressing His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople he
contended "that the office of the Resident preceded that of Consul at
" Baghdad, and that, the post being recognised by the Foreign Office and
"consequently at Constantinople only in its consular capacity, loses, in the
"eyes of those with whom it is of much importance the
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.
,e should possess much influence, its diplomatic and political charactei ; he
quoted the instructions given to Major Rawlinson in 1S44 with reference
to the dual character of his appointment; and finally he suggested that the
nature of his post under the Indian authorities might be expressly
recognised by the London Foreign Office, the British Embassy at
Constantinople, and the Sublime Porte.
The Government of India expressed themselves on the subject as
follows :
With reference to this question, we would remark that since the year 1798 the
Grovernment of India has been represented by a Diplomatic Agent at Baghdad, whose
denomination has been sometimes Resident and sometimes
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.
, and that
although the Sublime Porte has never formally recognised any other officer than a Consul
or Consul-General, and although the treaties between Great Britain and Turkey contain
no stipulations on this subject, the position of the
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.
of the Government of
India has been formally and officially recognised by the Local Government at Baghdad.
From this fact, and from the continuance of the office for three-quarters of a century
without any objection on the part of the Turkish Gove rnment, we consider that the
* They are " privileged " in the sense of being, though Turkish subjects, entitled
to the protection, within certain limits, of the power to which the Consulate employing
them belongs. There is no limit to the number of " unprivileged " employ^.
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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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