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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1485] (1648/1782)
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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A succinct account of the general history of Turkey daring the reign
of 'Abdul Hamid 11^ who was a brother of the ex-Sultan Murad, and
who was proclaimed Sultan in succession to that prince on the 31st
August 1876, will make the affairs of Turkish'Iraq during the period
now to be dealt with more intelligible.
When 'Abdul Hamid ascended the throne there was unrest in the
halkan provinces ; reforms and the grant of local autonomy were proposed
as remedies, but were rejected by the new ruler ; and meanw T hile Ilussia
was preparing for decisive action on behalf of the Christian nationalities
in Turkey. At the end of 1876 it was suddenly announced + hat the
Sultan had conferred on Turkey a liberal constitution, extending to the
whole Empire; and the Porte declined to give effect to the suggestions
made by an International Conference, then assembled at Constantinople,
for the better government of the European provinces of Turkey. Kussia,
unsatisfied by the vague prospects of an impioved general admmistra
tion held out by the new Turkish constitution, declared war against
Turkey on the 24<th April 3 877 on the question of the European provin
ces; and Britain, scandalised by recent Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria and
by the failure of Turkey since 1875 to meet her financial obligations,
observed a strict neutrality.
The invasion of Turkey by Jiussian forces followed; I levna, whtie
alone the Turkish army offered an effective resistance, fell in Decern-
her 1877 ; an armistice was arranged at Adrianople on the 31st January
* The principal authorities for this period in Turkish 'Iraq are official; among them
may be mentioned Mr. J. A. Saldanha's Precis of
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
A fairs, 1801—
1905, printed in 1905, and Lieutenant, A. T. Wilson's Prtcis of the Relations of the
British Government with th e Tribes and Shaikhs of Arabistan, Unofficial
sources of information are : Mr. G. Geary's Through Asiatic Turkey, 1878 ; Lady Anne
Bluiit's Bedouins of the Euphrates. 1879, and Pilgrimage to Nejd, 1881 ; Mr. J. C.
McCoan's Our Neio Protectorate—Turkey in Asia, 1879; Commander V. L.
/Cameron's Our Future Highway to India, 1880; and Madame Jane Dieulafoy's
La Perse, la Chaldee et la Susiane, 1887. With reference to irrigation and hydrau-
lie questions generally Sir W. Willcocks' Re-creation of Chaldea, 1903, and Irriga
tion of Mesopotamia, 1911, may he consulted.
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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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