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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1475] (1630/1782)
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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the house restored to him ; but, after legal advice had been taken, his
request was refused.
We now pass to matters having especial reference to British Indian
subjects and interests in Turkish 'Iraq.
The
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Iqbal-ud-Daulab was the third son of the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Shams- Pension of
ud-Daulah, who was the second son of Sa'adat 'Ali Khan,
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Wazir
Minister.
Nawah
nf Onrlb In 1835 the Government of India instructed their Resident Daulah,
at Lucknow to use his influence to obtain for the Iqbal-ud-Daulah, T
his two brothers, and his two sisters, from the King of Oudh
pensions to replace one of Rs. 2,400 a month offered to their mother, who
had recently died. One reason assigned for this act of intervention was
that the Iqbal -ud-DaulaVs branch of the Oudh royal family had excep
tional claims on the good offices of the British Government. The King
of Oudh, then Nasir -ud-Din Haidar, readily acceded to the suggestion
and granted a pension of Rs. 2,500 a month to the descendants of the
Shams -ud-Daulah, payable to them through the British authorities, _-
which the personal share of the Iqbal-ud-Daulah was Rs. 625 - mon .
About 1843, or perhaps so early as 1839, the Tqbal-ud-^ ;lulah ien ^ ve
from India to Turkish 'Iraq and took up his r^dence at Bag a
where after 1844 he drew his pension from the Treasury o t e o i ica
AgC The annexation of Oudh to British India oeeurred in 1856 It was
followed in the same year by the British war with Persia,"■ h,c e
Iqbal -ud-Daulah was held to have rend «v.l valuable services, though not
of a personal nature, to Government and to have displayed a hea y goo -
will towards their eanse; and in 1867-58, during the Indian Mutiny and
insurrection in Oudh, in which many of his relatives were compromised,
the Iqbal -ud-Daulah showed conspicuous loyalty. In 1859, '" "■cogni-
tiou particularly of the aid given by him during the Persian War- he
real importance of which, however, was somewhat questionable th
Iqbal -ud-Danlah's personal pension was doubled, being laist
K 'Th^NawTstms, nevertheless, to have felt himself straitened in his
circumstances; aud in 1866, daring a visit ' n ^J
found favour in high quarters and was At
tsrixw—h - ^ i ", E '"T;
the Secretary of State in Council directed that his s ' wu 4 be
enhanced to Rs. 2,560 a month for life from the 21st October .. ..
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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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- '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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