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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1514] (1669/1782)
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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aud of the Constantinople Board of Health on Shi'ah pilgrims to the
shrines of 'Ali and Husain in Turkish 'Iraq. The Persian Government
took advantage of popular feeling to prohibit such pilgrimages by
Persian subjects altogether, and an effort was made to divert the stream
of religious devotion (with its accompanying profits) to Mashhad in the
Persian province of Khurasan. This prohibition of pilgrimages in
Turkey was either soon withdrawn or not long respected, and the at
tempt to substitute Mashhad for Najaf and Karbala was a failure; but
for several years there was a marked falling-off in the number of Persian
pilgrims to Turkish 'Iraq, and the effect on the internal trade of the
province was unfavourable in an appreciable degree. At length, in 1878
the main grievances of the Persian pilgrims were removed by an agree
ment between Turkey and Persia regulating quarantines and the admission
of corpses for burial from Persia, and dealing with the subjects of
passports and fees; and the pilgrimages quickly recovered their former
attraction for Persians.
The importation of salt from Persia into Turkey was prohibited,
and the importation of tobacco subjected to special conditions, by Agree
ments executed between the two countries in 1875 and 1H78. The
lestiictions were arranged in the interest of the public revenues of
luikey, in which the receipts from salt and tobacoo monopolies are
important items.
In December 1885 the Wali of Basrah informed the British Assistant
1 olitical Agent at that place that it was the intention of the Turkish-
Government to construct a large fort at Fao; and in May 1886 a
Tuikish military detachment of 160 men (probably a nominal battalion)
was stationed there, and building materials were collected.
hen C olonel Murdoch Smith, Director-in-Chief of the Indo-
Luropean Telegraph, visited Fao in 1887, he found the construction of
the fort in active progress. The work promised to be a strong one, and
it was evident that it would completely command the navigation of the
Shatt-al- Arab, from the cnannel of which it was only 500 yards dis
tant
It will be remembered that the British and Russian Ambassadors at
Constatinople informed the Porte, before the Treaty of Erzeroum
(1817) was ratified, that Persia had undertaken to abstain from cons
tructing fortifications on the Persian bank of the Shatt-el^Arab so
long as lurkey did not erect any on the Turkish shore opposite to
Persian territory ; this assurance was obtained by the mediating Govern-
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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)
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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'
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- 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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