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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1523] (1678/1782)
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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at Basrah, had demanded ;
but they seetn to have been fruitless, the man having fled to the
marshes.
In October 188S two British Indian sailing vessels were attacked by 1888.
pirates at Ziyadiyah on the Turkish side of the river; three persons
were killed, two were wounded, and property to the value of Rs. 3,000
was carried off. Certain Turkish subjects were prosecuted in this case,
but were not convicted, the influence of the manager of certain Civil
List estates having been exerted in their favour.
The British Indian vessel ci Chaturpasa," a Batil from Kach, was
plundered on the 6th November 1889 near the island of Haji Salbuq,
all moveable property, including the cash and even the sails of the boat,
being taken ; one person was killed on board, and four were wounded.
In this case the pirates, about twenty in number, were stated to be
from the Persian bank ; but, though the Shaikh of Muhammareh took
steps to trace them, they were not discovered.
On the 12th December the " Daulatpasa/' another British Indian
sailing vessel, was stripped of all portable effects, including $T00 in specie;
but in this case there was no loss of life or personal injury. The scene
of the piracy was Khast; but none of the robbers, whose number was
about thirty, could be traced.
On the next day an unsuccessful attempt was made at the same place
on the British Indian Batil Fly/' and the offenders this time seemed
to belong to Turkish territory, but the Wali of Basrah maintained that
they were from Persia.
On the 13th September 1890 the <f Harsingha " and " Sukarpasa,"
owned bv British subjects resident at Gwadar, were plundered near
Baraim, a village on the Persian island of 'Abbadan by a gang of
about forty pirates, apparently from the Persian side. Two persons were
killed and three wounded; and all movables, among them cash to
the value of Rs. 860, were taken. There were two or three Turkish
soldiers and clerks on board, passengers from Fao to Basrah, but they
gave the crew no assistance against the robbers. In this instance the
Wali of Basrah and the Shaikh of Muhammareh each asserted that the
pirates belonged to the other's jurisdiction.
In 1895, within the Shatt-el-'Arab and in the vicinity of its month, 1895
Persian and Arab as well as Indian vessels suffered at the hands of
pirates ; and some of the attacks made were of a most savage and murder
ous character. One derelict was picked up containing only corpses.
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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)
- 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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