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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1520] (1675/1782)
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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1520
place of an abiolute interdict on the sale of liquor excited in lin.
dissatisfaction among the Persian Mnjtahids of Najaf and Karb | ITu
chief of whon, though residing on Turkish soil, are the real leaL *
all Persian rel.g.ous movements, and exercise an ascendancy TOr , "
Persian mind which is not possessed by any authority in Persia itself
Early in 1903 some of the Mnjtahids in Turkish 'Iraq addressed a
a remonstrance to the Shah, desiring him to modify his noli™ • h„t t
passed almost unheeded, the Persian Consul-Geueral at Baghdad 1, J
merely directed to visit Karbala and Najaf and to convey His Persia!
ajes ys salutations to certain of the Mujtahids, together with
an assurance that matters had been misrepresented to them. Muhammad-
al- .araw' (Sharabiyam), Haji Muhammad Husaiu, Miraa Khalil
(I amagham) and Mulla Muhammad Kazim (Khuriisani) were the
Mujtahids who took the most active part in the agitation against the
policy of the Persian Government. In the month of June 1 903 riots
broke out at 1 abnz against the Armenian liquor-sellers and the BeWan
customs officials of that place ;and tumultuary r i s i ngs at Isfat4n B J
Yazd ensued, m which numerous Babis were cruelly murdered These
distni lances wei. attributed by the Government of Persia to incitement
by the Mnjtahids of Najaf and Karbala ; and subsequent inquiry by
British Officials in Turkish 'Iraq showed that the Persian Mujtahids
among whom the bbarabiyani was the most prominent figure though
disavowing anti-Christian and anti-European sentiments, did at least
approve of the wholesale " execution " of Babis. The Shah on the
occurrence of the outbreaks, telegraphed to the Mujtahids throngh
- . eisian onsu-General at Baghdad, assuring them that all the
measures taken by b, 8 Government were in the interests of the Persian
realm to this oommunication the Mnjtahids promptly replied by
condemmng, though in measured terms, all imitation of European
vTr her- T T f 8 ' at j tudeal,< > wed - ^rsia to heretics and m lL
me.sme tb T a "i CUrel7 ' that the ^ion of certain other
men me then believed to be eontemplated-probably the collection ot
.^ land-revenue by European machinery-would cause a religions
Ion's I "t /T i and the: '' besou S ht the to repay the Knssian
The Per,' „ the ? V unlimited coinage of silver.
for they bTd " 0nt,eS ''.'f , ■ , : ste,, tlje ^ professions of tie Mujtahids,
toi they had, it was said, been shown a document siriied bv the
others which conveyed approval of the lawless F ocee-
ISi u eiessa courteous thou s h
6 h to the Mujtahids, in which he professed readiness
d ^
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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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