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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1473] (1628/1782)
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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succeeded Mr. J. Taylor in 1858, on the transfer of the latter as Consul
to Diyarbakr. Mr. Taylor's salary, originally Es. 200 per mensem, had
been increased in 1856, with retrospective effect from 1854, to Rs. 400 ;
and the pay of his successors was at the increased rate.
Mr. Rogers died in 1862, and, on the recommendation of Colonel
Kemball, Mr. W. Johnston, a junior partner in the firm of Messrs. Lynch
& Co., was appointed in his place. In April 1868, Mr. Johnston pro
ceeded on sick leave from which he returned only to die at Basrah at the
end of 1869.
Mr. P. J. C. Robertson, an assistant in the same firm, who had been
nominated by Colonel Kemball to act for Mr. Johnston, was confirmed
in tie appointment on the latter's death and held it on the same condition
until 1873, when, as already mentioned, his designation was changed
from that of "British Agent " at Basrah to that of " Assistant Political
Agert."
Ihis alteration^ effected by a notification of the Government of India
on tie 17th July 1873, was suggested by 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
Turkish 'Iraq as a reward to Mr. Robertson for his excellent work in the
" Cashmere " case. Its primary object was to improve Mr. Robertson^s
position in the estimation of travellers, especially of travellers from India,
iu -^hose minds the title of " British Agent" was likely to be associated
witl posts held by non-Europeans; but, though it carried with it no
immediate increase of pay, the change had also the effect of making
Mr Robertson a member of the
Indian political service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
.
In February 1868 Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Turkish Governor of Baghdad,
complained of the general behaviour of Mr. Michael Minas, who had
been, appointed British Vice-Consul at Baghdad in 1859, as rude and
disrespectful, and requested that some other person might be chosen as a
medium of communication between the British Consul-General and him
self. Sir A. Kemball declined to remove Mr. Minas on a general and
unproved charge and asked Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to specify instances of mis
conduct on his part; but the Governor merely ignored this reply and
refused to transact business with Mr. Minas. Mr. Minas had been a
paid employe of the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
for 24 years; the complaint was
the first ever preferred against him by a Turkish authority; and the
grounds of it were a mere matter of conjecture. They appeared to be
connected with a case of the robbery of a British Indian, in which
Mr. Minas had been obliged to remonstrate with Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
on the
laxness of the Turkish executive, and had possibly been betrayed into
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Assistant
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at
Basrah,
1S73.
Position of
the Native
Agent of the
Baghdad
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
1868.
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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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