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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1495] (1646/1782)
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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Government of the Baghdad Wilayat, 1876-1905.
Some information regarding the Wais of Baghdad during the period 'AkifPaaha,
is derivable from the writings of travellers and from other sources.
'Akif Fasha—apparently the next Tali after Eadif
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who
ruled the Wilayat in 1874 and bore a good reputation, ■—was a man of a
different stamp from his predecessor. He wis a Turk of the old school;
polite, and on the ^surface amiable, but in his 1 ast post, in Europe, he had
gained an undesirable notoriety in conntction with massacres of
Bulo-arians. It was * written of him in 1878
Akif has the reputation of being the most corrupt j'asha that ever ruled in
Baghdad, but this is saying a great deal. He bus been only e^bfc months in office, yet.
according to common report, he has already amassed £50,000 in money, besides jewelry,
horses and much other wealth in kind. Let us hope that the sua is exaggerated. It
is difficult all the same to believe that the sixty or seventy Aranians, which compose
his stud, have been bought and paid for out of the income of the Vijy's office.
He was removed from Baghdad in the spring of 18/8, on account
of riots there which will be mentioned further on.
'Akif
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was followed by Qadri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, a self-educated man, who Q a dri P»sh»,
talked French fluently, had a passable knowledge of English, and was a 18 '
regular reader of the London ££ Times." He belonged to the school of
Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, whom however he affected to despise; and he was a
special protege of Vafiq Effendi, another leader of the liberal party, who
procured Eor him his appointment to Baghdad. Qadn
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
made a
favourable impression on the European travellers who were brought into
contact with him; he seemed to be endowed with capacity, energy, and
probity ; and great hopes of an improvement in the administration o
the Wilayat were entertained at the commencement of his rule. It
does not appear whether Qadri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
succeeded in satisfying the expec a-
tions that he had raised 3 but it was noted in the beginning that
European politics seemed to interest him more than the affaurs of his
province. It was one or his maxims that religious toleration in lurkey
was not enough and that real relig ious equality must be introduc ed.
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* Lady Anne Blunt 's Bedouins of the Euphrates, Vol. I, page 203.
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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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- '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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