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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1487] (1650/1782)
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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unfruitful, German military and financial advisers were engaged, and
British officers were obtained for the reorganisation of the Gendarmerie;
but no real amelioration of the prevailing conditions was observable.
Egyptian affairs, though prominent from 1879 to 1«82, including
the deposition of the Khedive Ismail, the establishment of a temporary
Anglo -French condominium in Egypt, the revolt of 'Arabi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and
the British occupation of Egypt, did not greatly affect the political life
of the Ottoman Empire. More important to Turkey were the establish
ment in 1881 of a Public Debt Department, under international control,
which placed her relations with her external creditors on a sound basis,
and " the bloodless revolution of Philippopolis," which resulted m the
fusion of Eastern Roumelia with Bulgaria.
From 1890 onwards Turkey became a prey to troubles which were
mostly of a semi-external, semi-internal character. Crete was disturbed ;
and Cretan affairs led in 1897 to a war between Turkey and Greece, m
which Turkey was easily victorious and obtained a modification of the
common frontier besides an indemnity of £1 ,000,000, while Greek
subjects were deprived of extra-territorial privileges which they had till
then enjoyed in Turkey. In 1898 four of the powers with which Crete
had been placed en depot appointed Prince George of Greece to govern
the island as Chief Commissioner.
in Armenian* revolt in the antninn of 1894 was quelled with extreme
rigour; and a scheme for an Armenian settlement proposed by Britain
France and Russia was checkmated hy widespread massacres of
Armenians throughout Asia Minor in 189B, in which it was estimated
that 200,000 persons perished. A massacre of 3.000 Armenians, no
entirely unprovoked, occurred at Constantinople m 1896.
The relations of the Turkish Government with their Muhammadan
subjects were also, in places, unhappy : after 1892 there were frequent
insurrections in Yaman and constant troubles in Albania.
By 1903 the state of Macedonia bad become such as to necessitate
the adoption by Austria and Russia of a joint programme of reforms for
that province but in its application, this programme was meffectua .
There was also occasional friction between Turkey and foreign powers.
In 1901 a brief occupation by France of Mitylene was leqmrc in or er
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to protect the Armenian,, against the Circassians and the Ku.de, and to lepo .t prog
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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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