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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1493] (1644/1782)

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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there were honourable exceptions to the rule among the higher Turkish
officials.
Of the many instances illustrative of the prevailing habits of the official class,
I '• which were given to me whilst I was in Baghdad, I may mention one. A certain
Governor of a District within the Pashalik, kept up a large establishment,
his harem being on an extensive scale, seven horses standing in his stable, and
his staff of servants being considerable. As his official salary was but fifteen pounds
Turkish a month, and he had no private fortune, his friends marvelled much how
he could do all this, entertain Arab Sheiks in a profuse, hospitable fashion, and
make presents to influential people at Baghdad, without ever appearing to be straitened
for want of money. But the Philosopher's stone which he worked was not at all
mysterious to those who were admitted within his immediate ciicle. He hardly
attempted any disguise
I have been told of three directors of the Baghdad Custom House who retired on
their means after a short term of office. As their pay was very small, and as they
, received it very irregularly, it was creditable to their frugality that they could lay by a
competency in the course of a couple of years of office. They lived well, and kept
l!1 Wil" U p a certain state as became important public functionaries while serving their country.
They entertained, I was informed, great paahas in a friendly way, and even at times
adminisfered to their personal necessities. How all this could be done out of a salary
of some eight or ten pounds a month, which was seldom paid as it fell due, it is not
easy to say.
Another* traveller, writing two years later, observed
Ce n'est pas au Caire d'ailleurs, ce n'est pas a Constantinople ou dans les villes du
littoral de la Mediterranee, caravan-serails cosmopolites ou affluent les Levantias et les
Europeens, que I'on peut apprecier la valeur dela regeneration de la Turquie sous 1 in
fluence des idees occidentales.
La crainte de la France et de I'Angleterre, un certain vemis que 1 Oriental prend
facilement au contact des Occidentaux, donnent au mo tide officiel, en partie compose de
fils d'Armeniens, de Grecs ou de Syriens converties a I'islamisme, une souplesse feline
qui trompe les plus habiles. Si Ton veUt etudier I'administration turque daus toute sa
beaute il faut aller loin de 1'Europe, loin des regards chretiens, it faut venir a Bagdad pai
exemple, cette deuxieme capitale de I'empire, et suivre dans ses rapports avec la popula
tion cfttte armee de concussionnaires ehontes qui constitue le corps des fonctionnahes
feurcs.
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As after the promulgation of the Tanzimat in 1889, so after the
proclamation of the Turkish constitution in 1876, increased antipathy Turkish
to European foreigners seemed to take possession of the iurkish official
* Madame J. Dieulafoy's La Perse, la Chaldee et la Susiane, page 584.

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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).
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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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