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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1543] (1698/1782)
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 length the question of Mesopotamian irrigation and river-control ^£^3.
was taken in hand, at first in a private manner, by the eminent English projects
engineer Sir W. Willcocks, by whom the Assouan barrage on the Nile was .^ i ^ a ^ ion
designed, and who had been Director-General o£ Reservoirs in Egypt. On of Meso-
the 25th March 1903 he delivered, at a meeting of the Khedivial Geogra- ^90^05.
phical Society at Cairo, a ^lecture on the "Re-creation of Chaldea^ m
which he stated the conclusions at which he had arrived m regard to the
irrigation of Turkish 'Iraq. His information in regard to the country
was at that time chiefly drawn from the writings of Commander Felix
Jones, 1. N. In the winter of 1904-05 Sir W. Willcocks visited Baghdad
and spent several weeks in investigating the physical and agricultural con
ditions of the province. Returning to Egypt he drew up a report in which
he discussed the question of bringing the whole country from Hit and
Samarrah to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
under perennial irrigation, and advanced
for immediate consideration two preliminary projects, depending
one upon the Tigris and the other upon the Euphrates. These initial
schemes contemplated the fertilisation of a million acres of land at a cost
of seven and a half million pounds sterling; and Sir W. Willcocks
anticipated a handsome return on the outlay. The Euphrates project
was brought to the notice of the Sultan by the British Ambassador at
Constantinople in June 1905, and was received not unfavourably, but
with the remark that the magnitude of the undertaking would necessitate
the formation of a Company, and that until the terms required by the
Company were known no opinion could be pronounced as to the permissi
bility of the scheme. His Majesty, however, desired to be supplied with
a summary in Turkish of Sir W. Willcocks' proposals.
ftuestion of land communications in Turkish 'Iraq, 1876
1904.
In 1878, notwithstanding the measures taken by Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
Baghdad
a few years previously to assure the safety of the drrect rente by the ^
fnr Tnpntionina a serios of coincide' ces
* The present
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
may bo pard willcocks' original lecture at Cairo in
personal to himself. He was present at to W. Wxl cocks o Mdency
.r. n ^ t ..I q* w Willoocks the hospitality of the liiitisn Kesiaency,
1903; he enjoyed with Sn W ^ , ' lc0C „„ . ^ at a lato . period, in 190S-11,
then under Colonel Kewaiarch, at Bag a ' Tvysh Ministry of Public
whea Sir W. Willcoehs had been appointed Ad ..sc to Tu. k h ^
Works in Turkish 'Iraq, he was brought as Resident at I a„ u
with him.
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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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