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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1546] (1701/1782)
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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Bearing of
the Baghdad
Railway on
British in
terests.
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into existence; and that finally, on the 5th March 1903 » • j ,
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definite Convention was concluded, authorising the enterprise and nrp
scnbrng in great detail the manner of its execution, I„ the Conveutioi of
03 it was laid down that the concessionnaire, viz., the Anatolian
Railway Company " formera unc soci^ anonyme ottomane sous le nom do
bociac Tmpenale ottomane du Chemin de Per de Bagdad nui i-omr,!,,
" era la Socirt.5 dn Chemin de Per ottoman d'Anatolie pour tout oe qui con"
« eerne la nonvelle ligne de Kouia au Golfe Persique avec ses embranche-
" ments, et qu. sera rtgie pas les statute ci-annexfe" Statutes governing
the constitution and proceedings of the Baghdad Railway Company were
accordingly attached to the Convention and signed along with it. '
Up to the end of 1905 no construction or work under the concession
had as yet taken place m the province of Turkish 'Iran-
Setting questions of detail aside, we may observe that the aspect of
re Scheme most nearly concerning Britain was its ultimate effect on the
ntish military, political, and commercial position in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
It was generally considered that the completion of a railway from Con
stantinople to the shores of Persian Gnlf under auspices predominantly
if not exclusively, German and Turkish involved a potential menace to
hat position ; and it was therefore held necessary to prevent the execn-
ion of the scheme, if possible, unless and until a sufficient share in the
control of the railway should be obtained by Britain, and in any case to
oppose the formation of a port at the Gulf terminus of the line except
::: 8 t: n,1, rr u ; h wou,d preciude it8 becomi "K a ^ ^ British
acceptance however, theso opinions did not command universal
e *' ew ® M 16 Government of India on the general question were
conveye o is Majesty's Government in February 1901 in a despatch
from which the following is an extract
consbuctton^ofXe K," 1 "' Ve be ' m e5 P rc »»«l in some quartera upon the
Britain in Soutiiern P^sia ami Uie G^If ^ t ^ ^ t0 ^ ^ ^
and strategical interest, in th tbe 0 " lf ' and we de PK»te the idea that our pnlitical
understanding with Germany T„ ',1?°°' T / "dequalely protected by an
and the Persian fnlf i in terests of Germany in Mesopotamia
and we see m ^ ^ ^ be anta g onisti e than favourable to our own ;
to which we hhould lo I 1 " 011 " T tllinl<ing t,iat tliere is an J international combination
ThelvTewrare^ t0 0Ur Crests or influence in that quarter,
to us for 0T)ini^n P®ndently of the question, which ha. never been refeired
' Gulf • for we mes m T Completlon of the German Asia Minor Railway to the
1 that 'should be line 8 18 ^ aCCepted P rillci P le with His Majesty's Government
h0Uld be hne 0Ver 1)6 ^tmaed south of Baghdad, this cannot be done without
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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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- 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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