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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1566] (1721/1782)
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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1897.
1898.
Abuse of
quarantine
on the Shaft
al-'Arab,
1890—1905.
1566
vessels which it might be necessary to make should bo carried out at
Basrah, that British vessels should enjov perfect liberty to proceed
direct to Muhammareh or to any other river port in Persian cerrltory
and that they could not be compelled under any pretext to stop at Fan
on their way either to Muhammareh or to Basrah.
The " Lapwing'" apparently remained in the neighbourhood of Feo
until March 1897, when she was withdrawn, having accomplished tie
purpose for which she was sent. A Turkish dationnaire, in the sha^o
of a wooden sailing vessel carrying three guns, had in the meantiire
been placed at Dawasir some distance above Fao ; but, In view of tin
settlement reached, it was considered unnecessary to press for hei
removal, as had at one time been suggested.
In 1898, plague having broken out in India some time before and
quarantine having been imposed at Basrah, the officials of tho Turkish
sanitary post at Fao preceded to violate the understanding of 1896 bv
obliging British Indian sailing vessels to stop at Fao and undergo
quarantine there. A threat of renewing the British demand for consular
representation at Fao Induced the Portp, however, promptlv to counter
mand the proceedings In question.
A weapon of which the Turkish authorities freely availed themselves
to obstruct British navigation and trade, as also to damage Persian
Interests and assert their own mastery on the Shatt-al-'Arab, was the
imposition of quarantine restrictions on foreign vessels. The first instance
of abusive procedure of this kind was in 1890, when an attempt was
made to penalise or prevent the landing of passengers at Muhammareb
by British steamers bound from the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to Basrah. The orders
In this ease seem to have been Issued by the Turkish Government
without reference to the Constantinople Board of Health, the oul\'
competent authority in the matter ; and a protest sufficed to bring about
the withdrawal of the interdict. Other examples of the use of sanitarv
precautions as a political stalking-horse to the detriment of British and
Persian Interests will be found in the Immediately preceding paragraph
and in the earlier section of this chapter on Persian relations; and the
restraints placed on commercial activity at Basrah from 1896 onwards,
generally more onerous than was warranted by the findings of the latest
International Sanitary Conference, and to that extent open to the
suspicion of being political in their object, may be learned on reference
to the Appendix on Epidemics and Sanitary Organisation.
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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'
- 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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