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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1563] (1718/1782)
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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weapons and aminunition from every restriction. This ordinance was,
however, abrogated by a regulation made in 1870, and with it all other
existing rules ; and thereafter, though the exclusion of sporting
requisites from the country was not strictly enforced, difficulties were of
occasional occurrence. In 1887 a gun and some cartridges addressed to
Mr. Robertson, the Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Basrah, were detained
for a time in the local customs house, but were finally released on an
order from the Minister for Foreign Affairs j and a ritie and ammuni
tion consigned in the same year to Major Mockler, who held the same
post, were similarly treated. In 1891 Lieutenant Stratton, a successor
of Mr. Robertson and Major Mockler, having obtained a pass from the
Wali, ordered 2,000 shot cartridges from India; but they were im
pounded by the Turkish Customs at Basrah for return to the port of
shipment under a regulation prohibiting the entry of loaded cartridges
of any kind into Turkey; Her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Cons
tantinople informed the Resident at Baghdad, through w r hom the matter
had been referred to him, that no action was possible. Sportsmen in
Turkish 'Iraq thus laboured under an irksome restriction, ammunition
being either unprocurable locally or, if procurable, of doubtful quality.
In 1893 a system of harrassment of British Indian sailing vessels
on the lower Shatt-al 'Arab was initiated by the Turkish authorities;
it, was evidently a part of their scheme for asserting absolute Turkish lngvesselson
jurisdiction over the whole river in which the construction of a fort at the Shatt-al
Fao and the attempted recovery of customs duty there and at Dawasir 98
on goods consigned to Muhammareh were also elements*
In the autumn of 1893, the season for the exportation of dates 1893.
having begun, the Turkish Mudir at Fao began to oblige the crew of
every British Indian sailing vessels proceeding up the river to deposit
in his charge, pending their return seawards, all the firearms m their
possession except four which they were allowed to retain for defence
against pirates • the reason alleged was that surplus arms might be sold
by the owners to natives of the country. Money was also extorted from
the depositors at the time of returning their arms to them. The British
authorities had not been consulted in regard to this innovation affecting
their subjects. . , . (
In the autumn of the following year wholesale blackmailing of 1894-
British Indian craft began. It had for long been a eastern, though an
irregular one, that native sailing vessels from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, even if
bound for Muhammareh, should stop at Fao and be subjected there to
the requirements of the Turkish quarantine regulations; and it now
Vexatious
interference
with British
Indian sail-
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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)
- 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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