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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1541] (1696/1782)
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 October 1905 there was a project on foot for a lease of the
management of the Turkish Hamidiyah Navigation office for 30 years
to Mr. C. Theodoridi of Constantinople, steamship agent, and Sir George
Mackenzie, capitalist, of the British firm of Messrs. Gray, Mackenzie
& Co. of Basrah, in return for a loan of £T,100,000. The annual net
earnings—after provision had been made for insurance, for interest at 5
per cent, per annum on the loan, for payment of 3 per cent, per annum
to a sinking fund, and for all out-of -pocket expenses — were to be
divided between the Civil List Administration and the lessees in the pro
portion of nine -tenths and one-tenth. This scheme, including as it did
a monopoly of navigation rights on the Tigris, Shatt-el-^Arab and
Euphrates except as against Messrs. Lynch, would have brought all river
transport in Turkish 'Iraq under British control and would have intro
duced. at the same lime, the salutary element of effective competition
which had till then been wanting. The negotiations, however, seem to
have ended in failure.
Lease of the
Turkish
steamers
sought by
Sir G.
Mackenzie,
1905.
Questions of irrigation and river control in Turkish Iraq,
1876—1905.
Irrieation and the contiolling of the Euphrates and Tigris so as to
Turkish 'Iraq; hut it was only m the reign ol AO
first began to receive the attenti0n . elated, firstly. The
mi problems connected witn tne .uupiuci , . Euphrates.
The P" ncl P a P westwards, out of its proper channel running
to a movement of the shatt-el-Hindiyah. passing
though Hillah, in^othe. h own ^ ^ ^ on the ^ of t fi e
country between there and B ^ Mad ' ter of the Euphrates still,
ln 1878 rather more ^alft^^^ ^ ^ tlie ffia . n
as in 1849, followed the the resil it that agncul^
stream bad* set down the m J ^ while
ture on the former channel ^ —
! tn the closing of the Saqlawiyah
sSirW.WiltokBattributMtbMcb^pmP^^ teit aIia ^ 12 o£ Sir W.
canal by Mid-lat Ps»ba ; «« ^
Willcocks' Irrigation oj Mesopo ami a.
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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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- 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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