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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1535] (1690/1782)
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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accordinglr made a telegraphic reference on the subject to Her Britannic
Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople.
On the 28th June a British* steamer was prevented from loading
cargo at Baghdad, and the Resident was ii)formed by the Wall on the
same day that he had received orders by telegram from Constantinople
to prohibit the entry of British steamers into the Tigris. Colonel Tweedie
asked that execution of the orders might be deferred as the matter was
then under discussion at Constantinople, but the "Wali replied : '*1 have
«the honour to repeat the intimation already made to you that, as Messrs.
" Lynch and Company's privilege applies to the Euphrates only, the
« Ottoman Government have finally prohibited their keeping steamers on
^ the Tigris/' As the " Mejidieh/' however, then at Baghdad, had
arrived before receipt of the Turkish Government's; instructions, she was
allowed to discharge her cargo. The Wali added: "Final orders have
been given to the Captain of our steamer at Qurnah and others that
" henceforward it is requisite that no cargo should be given to Lynch's
" steamers; also that should they desire to run on the Tigris and come up
« again to Baghdad, it will be necessary to obstruct them and give them
" no way to enter the Tigris,"
The British Resident remonstrated, referring to the serious conse
quences to which the steps threatened might give rise, and protesting
against the interference with the British mail service involved ; but the
"Wali answered that he was merely acting under instructions > and that the
British mails could be sent by Turkish steamer.
On the 5th July, in accordance with the Turkish pretensions, gen
darmes were sent on board the " Mejidieh," which was preparing for
her downward voyage; cargo and passengers were prevented from ap
proaching the vessel; and various means of insulting and annoying the
officers and crew were employed. Native merchandise intended for
shipment by the " Mejidieh " was conveyed instead, at the dictate of
the Turkish customs officials, to the Turkish steamer " Furat." On the
6th July the " Mejidieh " left Baghdad for Basrah with the British mails,
but otherwise quite empty and so light as to be dangerous for navigation.
The Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, who had at all
times carried Turkish official despatches and specie gratis, and who were
under contract for deliverv of goods and had chartered tonnage at
Basrah for their onward transit, were naturally much aggrieved by
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•This steamer is called in the correspondence « the " Mcjidieh "
may be meant. There was a Turkish steamer Musai.
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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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