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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1544] (1699/1782)
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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The Baghdad
Kadhimain
tramway,
1878—1880.
Establish
ment of a
Turkish post
between
Baghdad and
Damascus.
1881.
British
railway
schemes in
Turkish
' Iraq, 1878-
1879.
1544
Euphratee valley between Baghdad and Aleppo, was rflll •
In July 1878 a caravan travelling by tbat line i I
Mi'aidin to (be extent, it was said, of £3 000 A ^ Un ere<1
M^sal and Diy.rbakr .as still, in im tUt ZTT
travellers between Baghdad and Aleppo ; and on it post bl 2Tt^
were maintained by the Turkish Government Cm Z -H f
the laj by Kifri (Salahiyah), Kirkuk and Arbil m
were 13 changing stations. The charge for horses was 3W
(about 7d.) per " hour," and the number of post Curs'' ,7
aghdad and Musal was 100. By degrees, however, the greX
directness and convenience of the Euphrates vallev route prevailed • t
safety was gradually established; and, by the end of the period'now
mercial enterprise; and in 1878 it was stated that, though the fare Tr
the journey was only S^d., the line paid cent, percent ammallV
hTd g "tcn 0 f 0f f r 0( !: ■ Sllares in the C0ncem ' the P-^se of Whil
dinates could no I ' ^' d ' hat l ' asha "P 0 " unwilling official subor-
sellers ^ )u & el " he purchased at Baghdad, for there were no
• he light in which the tramway was locally regarded in 1880
was thus described by a* traveller:
que ne 5 es„ n . ^ ^ ^
oalesan.^aia, .
hv camel b.t heTU R kiS f, G r' ernment instituted P ostaJ «>mmunication
the obi BrT T^ l'l ^ Dama6cus ' ™nning side by side with
orrcs ' , P0St; " P r0Vided a — id line of
srxsnss r constanti r ^ " by
f i 0 ' probably soon superseded the latter for
0 letterS ' Further informa tion in regard to this postj
i^2 f ,n r 8tenCeUpt0tbee " Jc,f ^ Period, will be found
m the Appendix on Mail Communications.
T he scheme for a Euphrates VJley Railway between the Mcditer-
an an e
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, abandoned by British promoters in 1872
after sixteen years of endeavour during which they failed to enlist the
Dieulafoy in La Perse, la Chat dee page 586.
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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'
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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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