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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1550] (1705/1782)
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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Case of
Qasim
Pasha»az-
Zuhair,
1883.
■u-wnwumjwm
mmmsmi
Attitude to
wards British
consular
officers en
joined by the
Porte on the
"Wall of
Baghdad,
1884.
1550
the Basrah Wilayat abolished in the previous year, and the appointment
to it of Naair
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who l.ad held charge of it not many years before,
but had been removed and was detained at Constantinople for political
reasons, and who, Mr. Plowden thought, would be a strong and oaonbl.
ruler, friendly to British interests.
This attempted revival of methods which might have answered in
the days of Major Rawlinson and Captain Kemball was, however, a
failure ; Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was not repatriated or restored to power at Lord
Dufferin's suggestion ; and the restoration of the Basrah Wilayat did
not take place till three years later, by which time the counsels of
the Butisli Ambassador hat! probably been forgotten.
In 18&8 the question arose of extending the good offices of the
British Government to Qasim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
-az-Zuhair, Chalabi, of Basrah -the
same who in 187-2 had performed valuable services* in bringing to justice
the pirates who attacked the British mail steamer " Cashmere/ , and in
recovering part of the property plundered on that occasion. The Chalabi
had subsequently, in consequence of quarrel with a Wali of Basrah
been summoned to Constantinople; and he was there detained with the
rank of Member of the Council of State, much in the same manner as
i 1
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^ Muntafik. British aid in obtaining his release having been
requested, through the British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, by the
Chalabi s friend Shaikh 'Isa-bin-Qirtas, who was about to under
take the journey to Constantinople, arrangements were made by the
Government of India for introducing the Shaikh to Her Britannic
Majesty's Embassy there. The British Charg^ d^Affaires found, how
ever, that his intervention was more likely to prejudice than to advance
the Chalabi's interests, and he therefore abstained from action. According
to the statement of 'Isa-bin-Qirtas on his return to Basrah, evidently
unsuccessful, the cause of Qasim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's detention was a suspicion on
the pail of the Sultan that he had been plotting to hand Basrah over
to the British, but he was well treated at Constantinople, and a
conciliation had taken place there between him and Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
Muntafik, like himself a political dttenu from the Basrah Wilayat, with
whom he had formerly been at enmity.
A so called secret circular from the Grand Vizier of Turkey was
received in 1884 by the Wali of Baghdad, in common with the Walis of
amanand other provinces of the Empire, in which British foreign policv
\\as strongh criticised and the recipient was enjoined to exercise reserve
in is dealings with foreign consular representatives, especially those of
rea ritaip- There was reason, however, to think that the instructions
Vide page 1460ante.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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