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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1474] (1629/1782)
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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Official
residence of
th^ British
repre.-ent-
ative at
Basr h,
1861-75.
1474
undue warmth of language. Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, after two months, withdrew
his complaint; but at this juncture he was transferred from Baghdad-
and his successor, Taqi-ud-Din
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, declined to recognise Mr. Minas as
Vice-Consul, or as possessing any other quality than that of Dragonun.
Sir A. Kemball referred the matter to the British Embass/ at
Constantinople, but their reply was : " No Berat can be asked for (for) a
f< Vice-Consul in a place where there is a Superintending Consular OScer.
" If the Vice-Consul is recognised as the medium of communifation
" between you and the Turkish authorities, we have no right to claim more.
The Vice-Consul at Constantinople is not officially recognised as such
" by the Turkish Government, though he holds his office by Foreign
"O^ce appointment/"'
Thenceforth Mr. Mina^ was described only as "
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
."
e have seen that negotiations were at one time entered into bf the
Government of India for the purchase from Colonel Taylor, the proprietor,
of the estate of Magil or Kut-al-Farangi, where the depot of the Eritish
Government steamers in Mesopotamia existed from 1839 to 1875, but
that they were abortive. A portion of the estate was rented b^ the
Government of India, however, for occupation by the British repnsent-
ative at Basrah until IS70, in which year Mr. Robertson, the British
Agent, left Magil and settled in a house on the site of the present British
Consulate at Basrah, on the right bank of the Shatt-al-Arab, a short way
below the mouth of the ''Ashar creek. In 1872 the property occupied
by Mr. Robertson was bought by an individual, who was described inthe
deed of transfer as " Haji Ibrahim-bin-'Osman-bin-'Abdul Waaid,
Maimani, residing in Mahallat-al-
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Basrah," but whose name in
India, "where he was born, was Haji J Umr-bin- ; Osman-bin- ; Abdul
Maula. Jle wag the local agent of an Indian firm principally owned
by certain Osman \ ydina; and the name which he assumed at Basrah
was identical with that of an infant son of the head partner in the firm,
for whose benefit, it seems probable, the property had really been
purchased. This complication, or possibly fraud, is not without importance
in connection with the later history of the estate.
By an agreement executed in August 1872 between Mr. Robertson
and Haji Ibrahim,"^ the latter undertook to build a new house on the
property and to let it to Government during such time as the said
Government might choose to retain them, in consideration of a yearly
rent of Rs. 1,200 to be paid in quarterly instalments. In 1875 the Haji
repented of the bargain and asked that either the rent might be raised or
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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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