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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1554] (1709/1782)
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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1554
In May 1898 Saiyid Sulaiman died and was succeeded in the Nicjabat
of Baghdad by his brother* Saiyid 'Abdur Rahman.
Tn April 1899 Hamdi
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who was by training a naval officer and
held the rank of Vice-Admiral, was re-appointed to the Waliship of Basrah
which he had previously held; and a sort of naval re-organisation or
expansion was attempted by the Porte, partly, it may be presumed, bv
way of preparation against the imaginary danger of a British descent bv
sea on Turkish 'Iraq, which appears never to be absent from the Ottoman
official mind. The Turkish corvette " Zuhaf " had a few months previ
ously visited Lingeh, ostensibly in connection with local disturbances
there; and it was now announced that the Turkish flotilla at Basrah was
about to be augmented, and that Harbour-Masterships would shortly be
created at Baghdad, Kut-al-Amarah and 'Amarah on the Tigris, at
Nasiriyah'and Suq-ash-Shuyukh on the Euphrates, at Qurnah at the junc
tion of the two rivers, and at Kuwait and other places in the Persian
Gulf, while Basrah itself would be raised to the status of a "prefecture
de port principal/' Complications which supervened at Kuwait, and
which are fully detailed in the history of that principality, prevented
the complete execution of this programme; but, in so far as it related
to Turkish 'Iraq, it was carried out in its entirety,—except that no
vessels were added to the existing flotilla.
Strongly anti-British sentiments and conduct were remarked in
] 905 on the part of Turkish officials generally at Baghdad and Basrah
and necessitated remonstrances at Constantinople. The chief causes
seemed to be recent displays of British activity in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
including the tour there of Lord Curzon, V iceroy and Governor-General
of India, in I90f3, and an Anglophobe campaign which was being
waged in Egypt by a section of the native press of that country. The
prevalent feeling showed itself partly in a disposition to attribute all
trouble between the Turkish administration and the Arab tribes of
Mesopotamia to British intrigues.
Since the establishment of a non-religious Government in Turkey (1909—1912) there
has been, apparently, no question of the employment of the Naqib of Baghdad or his
lelations as propagandists of the Khalifatic principle abroad. The family, whose import
ance in Turkey has been greatly reduced with that of religious interests in general,
legaid the altered state of affairs in the Ottoman Empire with intense, though con
cealed, dissatisfaction ; and their relations with the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, though necessarily
t esen ed and somewhat distant s have been characterised by unmistakeable friendliness.
Their attitude, in fact, has been the attitude natural towards a power in whose territo.
ries their prestige has not been subverted as it has been in Turkey.
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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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