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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1478] (1633/1782)
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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1478
About I860, during the Political Agentship of Colonel K^k 11
•s" r i;
ud-Daulah, who resided at Baghdad aud who was himself a nephew of K"
Ghazi-ud-Din Ifaidar, the founder of the Oudh Bequest, certain change!
«ere mtroduoed mto the local administration of the Bequest as formed
bj Major Rawlinson. A "kind of Sub -Bequest " was constituted bv
the combmafon of one-th.rd of the Karbala and one -third of the
Najaf allotment into a fund, amounting to about Rs. 3,800 per mensem
of which one-third was distributed to Indians at Karbala, one -third to
Indians atlSajaf, and one-third to Indians at Kadhimain. 4„ Man
gentleman was appointed at Karbala to distribute the Indian mone,
coT n 1 1 anJ a,10ther Indian sentleman at Kadhimain t.
conduct tbe Indian distribution at that place : the former received an
allowance of Rs. 2 ; .5 a month, the latter one of Rs, 280. from the Indian
und. These Indian distributors were empowered to superintend the
genera, affairs of the Indian communities with which they were in
relation, and we re granted the titles of " Honorary Agent at Karbala"
pVi- '" 10I ' ar • v ■ Agent at Kadbimain," apparently by the British
oit.ca Agent in Turkish'Iraq on his own authority. Supervision of
he Imhau distributions seems to have been exercised bv the Nawih
Iqbal-ud-Daulah. with tbe approval 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.
; but it is not
certain that this supervision began before 1867, in November of which
year instmctions weie issued for 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.
's guidance by Colonel Sir
. emball, who soon afterwards relinquished charge of the Baghdsd
oiio.i
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
. Ihe extent of the confidence reposed by Colonel
em a in the Iqbal-ud-Daulab is illustrated in the closing words of
tbeinstmctions: " Do what you think advisable and expedient, because
trust , s pl ac ed , n _ T0U) an(1 you are at liberty to use your discretion.
„ .„ 0U . 11 an . y com P 1,lll ' t be made against you through enmity, falsehood,
" W1 > P re i udlc e and self (? selfish) hatred, it will neither be listened
nor credit given to.^
In the uncertainty that prevailed, under the corrupt version of the
greement of 1825, as to the proper destination of the funds, the
q a-ud-Daukh felt impelled, during his visit to London, to submit
o e ecretary of State for India a written representation on the subject,
ot which the following is a translation :
K" f r\ TV' men ^' 0n ^ ie Requests of two ladies of the seraglio of the former
- lln ^ r> ' aZee Oo ^"^ een H ^ der ' These ladies during life received a montbly
allowance of E S . 5.000 each, and died without children or heirs. Thej left vilh
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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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