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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1565] (1720/1782)
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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''have hitherto maintained, and the Turks have accepted, the principle
" that foreign merchant ships in Ottoman waters are assimilated to foreign
" domicilts in Ottoman territory and cannot he boarded without the
"consent of their Consular Representatives ^ hut he doubted, for reasons
unconnected with Turkey, the expediency of basing a protest on this
ground. At length, in May 1896, he was instructed to inform the
Turkish Government that, until a British ship passed upstream beyond
ths Khaiyain creek-—the place above which both banks were considered
to be Turkish territory—or until it touched a point on the right or
W3stern bank within the Turkish dominions, it could not properly be
sibjected to interference, whether on sanitary or on other grounds, by
Turkish officials; and that the searching of British vessels for arms
ould be allowed only at Basrah or at Fao, in the presence of a British
Consular Officer, Meanwhile, however, the Porte had ordered the Wali
of Basrah to disregard all British remonstrances, and to direct his
subordinates at the mouth of the Shatt-al 'Arab to continue stopping and
inspecting all vessels that entered the river, whatever their nationality
and destination, and without regard to whether they had entered Turkish
jurisdiction or not.
It was then resolved by Her Majesty's Government to locate a
British consular representative at Fao ; but the Turkish Government
refused to recognise such an appointment; and on the 22nd September
it became necessary to inform them that, unless they granted recogni
tion, a British man-of-war would be sent to Fao. At this juncture some
British Indian sailing vessels bound for Muhammareh were again inti
midated by the Turkish authorities and obliged to put in at Fao, where
quarantine dues were recovered from them ; and the proceedings of the
Mudir of Fao was sustained by the ^\ali of Basrah, who stated that that
official was merely acting in obedience to his orders. These events
precipitated matters; Captain Whyte, 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, proceeded in person to Fao; and on the 23rd October, Her
Majesty's Ship " Lapwing " arrived there. On the appearance of the
"Lapwing" the annoyances complained of ceased, and it became
known to many masters of British Indian sailing vessels for the first
time that interference wit h them by the Turkish officials at Fao was in
many cases irregular.
Finally, in December 1896, an exchange of notes took place between
the Porte and the British Ambassador at Constantinople, of which the
result seems to have been an understanding that any searches of British
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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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- 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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