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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1574] (1729/1782)
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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Relations of
the British
Residendcy at
Baghdad
with the
Local
tfOvernment
and Foreign
Consulates,
1889.
1574
Intervene. Eventually, in August 1878 the Government of
addressed Colonel Nixon, commenting on the in.odequacv of a
explanations which he had offered, and informing him in th/f
terms of the decision at which they had arrived : 0
His Excellency the Governor General in Council is of opinion that it
ineffectual either to explain a second time the impropriety of referriutr t ']\ !j U " 0Ujd be
the Government of India tor orders «g«Ji. g appourtnw.t, vtafa """ ^
or to pasga second censure on you for the error. It appears certain that """T''
great difficulty in keeping separate your relations with two unite differ/ ( .
and in maintaing the necessary distinction. Having regard, therefore, to the
inconvenience and confusion in public business which are caused W v. • L .,
comprehend the position which you and your subordinates hold in Turkish T V
your double functions with two Governments, His Excellencv in r , aild
mined that yon should be transferred from Baghdad to an appointmenUn I„d" ^
But in the end. Colonel Nixon having tendered an apology for
h,s conduct, rt was accepted by the Government of India, the orde„
ftBaghdW * ^ reSCi "' ied ' a " d ^ ^ all0Wetl t0 filli6h his -"ice
I I" /'I 9 J 1 " 0 , P ^ Ctice 0f mingan offic!al in uniform to the
s'dJof Turk 0 ;; wr=^ ^0" T^; t of tl Hi i Majes ■ the
«... at Baghdnd, M.
had fallen into desuetude for some years It b»,l „ , -
in the time of Ta.i-ud-Din-P.hJ a ^
*>y Dragomans having been substituted for visits bv officers'
and with it the exchange of official visits by the representative, of
uropean powers at Baghdad on the fete days of their respective
countries had been discontinued. The first step towards a return
to the former more friendly custom was taken by Major Talbot, who ^
* It is possible that Colonel Nixon Hi™ h\ a w f , A ~
%lor. was unlucky m the parts of'h I ^ ^ P^ecessor Colonel
under official notice. More lhan one travel! "ll 1 ^ u ' eame m0St . C0n8 P icu0usl y
which distinguished his house at Baghdad T idv A U ^ W t f ^ ng, ?" Indlan ^P^ality
is hospitality itself, and his doo's 1^' 1 7 0b8erving - WColoneI ^
like onrsel™, arri ing grimed and *1 ^
»/ m4L u. vi i "."i T*" f ospi,aMe citr "
Future Highway, Vol. II pa285 Mr r alM Commander Cameron's Our
important noint ; " Colonel Xixmi tl f^^^rled, with reference to am™
Auglo-Ind^n officer of "gJ.^^iLTwh f ^ "
Sir Henry Lawrence, for conciliating theaffe t' '" S f f", dev8 loped under
nritish
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.
wasTi'thnf ^5 "u of again ; ..Tie
by people of all classes and creeds l" ' " , great re 'P e,:t ' ! "" 1 even coriiality
Vol. I, pages 171-42^202) ' ^ M**
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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.
- 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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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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