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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1529] (1684/1782)
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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In August 1904, H. M. S. u Merlin " was sent to patrol the Shatt-
el-'Arab, and about the same time an effort was made by the British
Government to induce the Turkish and Persian authorities to co-operate
in a serious manner for the purpose of tracing and arresting local pirates.
The Shaikh of Muhammareh, whose posts and patrols were on the whole
more effectively maintained than those of the"V\ ali of Basrah, was willing
to act with the Turks, and suggested that he should be authorised to
arrest bad characters on either bank of the river. The Porte also showed
a disposition to enter into some arrangement. But the Persian Govern
ment declined to commit themselves to anything in the nature of an
extradition treaty with Turkey, and the British proposals fell to the
ground.
The natural sequel of deficient co -operation was the renewal of
trouble immediately on the departure of H. M. S. ''Sphinx" from the
river at the beginning of January 1905. On the 11th of that month an
ordinary piracy was committed on a Kuwait boat in the Shatt-el-
; Arab; and at the beginning of March a more serious attack took place
on a Bahrain boat not far from Basrah, accompanied by the murder of
the captain, who was a subject of the Shaikh of Kuwait. Theie were
also one or two minor cases. A lull followed, which appeared to be
partly due to the settlement by the Shaikh of Muhammareh of some
1,500 ; Idan tribesmen on wastelands in the neighbourhood of Qasbe .
After 1898, the year in which the British Government first took a
share in policing the Shatt-el-'Arab during the date season, the river ana
its approaches were fairly safe during the busy months; but pnacies
continued to occur at uncertain intervals, some of them attended b}
loss of life, without a single one of the perpetrators being brought to
justice or any compensation obtained for material losses. _ Indian vesse s
under the British flag were particularly exposed to violence y sma
gangs, as their crews, besides being timorous, were generally unaime .
Nevertheless there was an increase in the number of Indian craft calling
at Basrah, which was attributable , in part, to the increased security ot
the river during the date season.
Failure of a
British
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promote co
operation
between the
Turkish and
Persian
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1904.
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Relations of Turkish 'Iraq with European foreign powers
other than Britain, 1876-1905.
The onlv European power besides Britain represented at Baghdad
at the beginning of the period was the French Kepubhc. Very .mport-
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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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- '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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