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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1553] (1708/1782)
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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Bighdad in case he elected to go there; but he preferred to remain in
India. Sir A. Hardinge had contemplated the possibility of his being
employed as a confidential agent in dealings with the Mujtahids ; but
Colonel Newmarch was relieved at the man's decision not to return, for
he regarded him as a useless and even dangerous instrument, and he
held that, his identity and connection with the British authorities being
well known, it would have been impossible to use him as a confidential
agent.
We turn now to matters of political interest in which the Turks were
the active, the British the passive party.
In 1880 the Naqib of Baghdad, then Saiyid Sulaiman or Salman,
visited Constantinople, where he remained for about six months as the
guest of the Sultan of Turkey and was treated with high distinction.
flans, 1889—
mo.
Supposed
employment
of the
influence of
The prestige which the Naqib of Baghdad derives from his descent from of "Baghdad
Shaikh ^Abdul Qadir, GTlani, and from his custodianship of the tomb of
that saint at Baghdad, extends to all parts of the Sunni Muharnmadan Muhamma
world, including Afghanistan, India, and Northern Africa; and in Turkey
his religious position at the time in question was so exalted that even the
Shaikh-al-Islam at Constantinople was obliged to kiss his hand. The
Sultan 'Abdul Hamid attached much importance to his own position
as Khalifah or head of the Muhammadan faith ; and it was his policy
to extend his religious influence as Khalifah, through media such as the
Naqib of Baghdad and by other means, to Muhammadan countries
including the British dominions, in which there could be no question of his
exerting political authority. When Saiyid Sulaiman was about to return
from Constantinople to Baghdad it was reported to His Britannic Majes
ty's Ambassador at Constantinople ; " II est possible que 1'on se serve de
<f ce personnage pour travailler les populations des Indes. II serait par
a consequent prudent que le Consul- General de Sa Majesty a Bagdad
receive pour instructions de surveiller les mouvements de SeidSelman
" Effendiand the attention of the British Resident at Baghdad was
" accordingly directed to the matter.
A number of years later different members of the Naqib's family, as
mentioned in the Appendix on Religious Sects, travelled extensively in
India, and even in Afghanistan ; but it was not established that their
proceedings had any political intention or effect; indeed the tendency of
the evidence collected w r as rather to show that the objects of their activity
were pecuniary and personal.
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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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