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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1569] (1724/1782)

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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Burat and Firman A Persian word meaning a royal order or decree issued by a sovereign, used notably in the Ottoman Empire (sometimes written ‘phirmaund’). are the same as those accorded to other Consular officers ; and he
enjoys the same privileges as other Consular Officers * * Any attempt to
obtain his recognition as a political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. would inevitably rouse the strongest
feelings of jealous resentment on the part of the Imperial Government, which could
only be allayed if at all, by re-assuring explanations of the duties and position of such
a functionary.
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It appeared to Sir W. White that either the position and duties of the
" British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ' in Turkish 'Irarq should be defined, with a
view to an attempt being made to obtain their recognition by the Porte,
or that the advisability of abolishing the title should be considered. The
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. , on being consulted deprecated any change in the nature of
the Baghdad appointment ; while the British Ambassador at Constant
inople stated, in reply to an enquiry by the Foreign Office, that the Resi
dent's usefulness had not in his opinion been diminished because, though
Basrah had been removed from the Baghdad Wilayat, a British Consul
existed there who corresponded with and acted under the Consul-General
at Baghdad. Sir W. White also remarked : " The Sublime Porte does
" not recognise the jurisdiction of a Consular Officer outside of the single
"Wilayat in which he is appointed to reside, for which he holds a Burat
« exequatur ; and Her Majesty 's Embassy has never succeeded in obtaining
"any deviation from this hard-and-fast rule since it was laid down. "
The following were the orders on the case finally communicated to
Sir W. White by the Marquis of Salisbury in March 1888.
Colonel Tweedie is probably not aware of the objections that would certainly be
raised by the Porte to the recognition of this title, inasmuch as, according to diplo
matic precedent, it might be taken to imply that the chief authority of the district in
which the Consul-General resides has a semi-independent position similar to that of the
former Princes of Servia or Houmania, or of the present Khedive of Egypt 01 1 rince of
Bulgaria.
So long as the 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. was the representative not of the British Govern
ment, nor a branch of that Government, but of the East India Company, this objection
did not apply with the same force.
There can be no doubt, however, that in former times the Governors of the distant
provinces of the Empire did, in fact, hold a position of far gieatei^ independence t an
is now the case. The progress of centralisation in the admin is tiation of the t omaai
Empire has of late years been very marked ; and there is a continual tendency to limi
the authority of the provincial Governors and to bring them into moie compe
dependency on the Government at Constantinople. There is, as Your xce ency
more than once noticed, a no less marked increase of jealousy of foreign m e ^ >
of the privileges and immunities of the foreign Consulates, and o t e n, s p
tection which they have acquired by agreement or usage.
These symptoms, which Colonel Tweedie seems to imagine to be personal 1 ' •
are equally observable in other parts of Turkish dominions , an no a

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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