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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1528] (1683/1782)
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 the beginning of 190 Vthe trouble w as renewed. On the SOtl
January a Karachi sailing vessel, the " Sogarpam/' while moored 1
the quarantine station within sight of Basrah was boarded by a
20 men who arrived in a Baltam : they wounded the master with uL.
and earned away the effects and money of the crew. At this time the
lurks were again without any system of water patrols, even at Basrali
and their land police was inefficient; protection of property on the riv«
at Basrah consequently depended on private watchmen, who at mrtt
frequently exchanged shots with prowling thieves. A very serious L
occurred on the 3rd February in the early morning. The vessel attacked
in this instance was the " Fath-as-Salamat " of Karachi, of 153 torn
register, and the scene of the ourtage was the outer side of the Shatf-
el- Arab bar about 10 miles from Pao. The "Fath-as-Salamat" had
sailed from Ma'amir, up the river, on the 1st of February with a car™
0 dates and had been followed by her assailant, a Bum carryim;
-0 men, from aasbeh, where it had been lying at anchor for three
days previously. The pirates made free use of their fire -arms, killing
2 and wounding 2 of the " Fatb-as-Salamat's " crew of 15 : after
plundering the vessel they scuttled her and damaged her small boat
and left the occupants to drown. The survivors of the crew succeeded
however, m plugging the bottom of the small boat : and thej were
picked up by the British steamer " Dwina," which conveyed them to
' Ti ^ " ater ,' al damage in this case > including the loss of the
'at 1-as-Salamat," was estimated at Es. 25,000. According to
information received, three of the pirates belonged to Qasbeh and ten
of them to a place at the month of the Hindiyan River, and the stolen
property had been secreted at the latter of these. H.M.S.
Lapwing "accordingly proceeded to the mouth of the Hindiyan and
searched the houses of a settlement there, but without success, heavv
weather wh.oh caused delay in landing having given the inhabitants
ample time to remove the evidences of their guilt after the " Lapwing"
was sighted. A reward of R s . 1,000 was offered by the British autho-
nties foi information leading to the conviction of any of the offenders,
mt no evidence was forthcoming ; and eventually His British Majes
ty s Consul at Basrah reported that nothing more could be done in
n the Sogaipaisa case. The Persian Government complained
of the proceedings of the " Lapwing " at the mouth of the Hindiyan
and were .nformed in reply that the sovereign rights of Persia would be
scrupulously respected, but that the action of His Britannic Majesty's
ships in the repression of piracy could not be subjected to restrictions'
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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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