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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1559] (1714/1782)
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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Dragoman not to sign the depositions taken in Court. Two days later
Mr. Plowden rejoined that, it' evidence was not forthcoming, it was
because the action of the police had been perfunctory and inefficient in
the highest degree, and that, the police being under the control of the
Wilayat, a very grave responsibility rested on His Excellency.
In reporting the case at length to the Foreign Office, Mr. Plowden
justified such of his actions as might appear open to criticism by
explaining the peculiar features of the regime then existing at Baghdad.
There was absolutely no prospect of foreigners obtaining justice in the
Turkish Courts or of the Turkish police doing anything to secure the
perpetrators of even the worst crimes against them. This had been fully
proved by other recent cases, and the Resident was supported in his atti
tude by the opinion of his* foreign colleagues.
Mrs. Milne eventually appeared in the Turkish Court to give evi
dence, and Muhammad Salih was taken into custody. He and his ser
vant Ahmad were tried ; but, while the latter was convicted and sen
tenced to 15 years'' imprisonment, the former was acquitted on the
ground that there was no proof of his complicity.
At the urgent instance of Lord Duiferin, Her Britannic Majesty s
Ambassador at the Porte, the proceedings of the Baghdad Court were
quashed by the Court of Appeal at Constantinople on an application for
revision, and a fresh trial was ordered. But the result of the second
trial was the acquittal of both accused on the 19th June 188?., and the^
were then released on bail.
Renewed representations by the British Embassy procured the
transfer of the case for retrial to Diyarbakr ; but again the proceedings
ended without a conviction.
The judgment of the Diyarbakr Court was annulled, like those
preceding it by the Court of Appeal at Constantinople , and in 1887 or
1888 a final trial was held at Aleppo, which terminated in favour of the
accused. Of the guilt of the prisoners there seems to have been no
moral doubt; but the wealth and influence of Muhammad Sahh aided
doubtless by racial and religious feeling availed to frustrate the deman s
of justice.
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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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- 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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