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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1489] (1640/1782)
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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in the new class of public men was greater impatience of foreign guidance
and control, as distinguished from foreign information and advice.
Perhaps the most conspicuous defect in the administration of the
country was the inefficiency of its civil employes of all grades and
in all branches. This was especially the case at the beginning of
the period, but it cannot be said that any appreciable improvement took
place up to the end of it. The civil services, if they may be dignified
by the name of services, were more neglected than the military;
appointments in them were determined by favouritism and bribery;
merit and experience obtained no recognition; there was no fixity in
the tenure of posts; and venality in office was the rule rather than
the exception.
Features of the period in Turkish 'Iraq, 1876-1905,
Under ; Abdul Hamid the local Majlis or Council, in part elective,
bv which every executive officer from the Wali down to the Mudir was
assisted, grew to be a factor of more than nominal importance in the
government of the country. In some of these bodies the Jewish and
Christian communities were represented, and a certain amount of
good resulted from the association of these with the predominant
Muhammadan element in the discussion and despatch of business. But
it was found that the Councils, while they afforded little protection
against the misdeeds of evil officials, were apt to obstruct the action of
those of the better sort ; and it was alleged that their existence even
increased the area of active bribery and corruption. They required
in fact, to render them really useful institutions, more public spirit ana
a higher civic morality than were to be found in the people , but the}
were not without their uses as a means ot education in self -government.
Considerable freedom of speech and opinion in public questions
seems to have existed in Turkish ; Iraq in IS/8, there being ah yet no
organised system of espionage in the province ; and official peisonages
and measures were criticised openly and without hesitation. The
Deputy who represented Baghdad in the first liukish Parliament wa&
one of the most advanced politicians of the day and was distrusted b^v
the Court party at Constantinople. In the lespects just mention^
there was probably retrogression, rather than advance, as the icactionary
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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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