'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1537] (1692/1782)
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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very long at the mercy of so uncertain a Government as this. And the trade of the
country would subside to its pristine channels, namely small imive crafts run by people
too poor and obscure to think of anything better than getting on as best they could,
now submitting to extortion, now evading it through bribery or cunning, and leading,
generally, the precarious lives to which Asiatics are as a rule habituated.
Meanwhile active measures had been taken by the British Govern
ment, at Constantinople and in London, for the removal of the embargo
on British navigation. On the 4th August the Turkish Ambassador in
London, Musurus
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, informed Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs that " the Porte had decided on revoking for the present
" the measures taken by the authorities at Baghdad with regard to the
" navigation of the Tigris by Messrs. Lynch and Co/s vessels/' but he
explained that this decision was subject to three conditions :—
1. That it was not to be considered as in any way prejudicing or
derogating from the rights claimed by the Porte in regard
to the navigation of the Tigris.
2. That the question of those rights and of the extent and nature
of the privileges conceded to the Company should be examin
ed and discussed between the two Governments.
3. That there should be no question of claims for compensation on
account of what had taken place.
To the last of these conditions Lord Granville informed the lurkish
Ambassador that he was unable to assent.
On the 4ith August opposition to the Euphrates and Tigris Steam
Navigation Co.'s operations in Turkish ; Iraq was suspended; and on the
20th August it was finally withdrawn. From observations made by the
Turkish Ambassador in London to Sir J. Pauncefote on the 15th
August, it appeared that the documents relating to British navigation
on the Tigris and Euphrates, and especially those constituting the
arrangement of 1846, were differently construed by British and Turkish
authorities; but it does not seem that the discussion of their proper effect
was carried to a conclusion, or that any common agreement as to theii
meaning was reached.
The interference of the Turkish Government with British navigation
in 1883 appeared to be partly due to the intrigues of local* aspirants to
a monopoly of navigation on the Tigris» as mentioned by C olonel
Tweedie; but the discovery by the Porte, apparently in 1881, that the
Farman of 1834 referred to the Euphrates and not to the 1 ig 1 ^, ma)/
♦A Jewish firm at Baghdad were stated to have applied for and obtained a conces
sion ijr navigation.
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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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- 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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