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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1575] (1730/1782)
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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1575
an official visit in uniform to the French Consulate on the 14th July
1888 ; and on the 17th April 1889, on the occasion of His Majesty the
Sultan's birthday, the Sritish, French, and Persian representatives called
iu uniform on Mushir Nasrat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the acting head of the Baghdad
Government, on an understanding that the compliment should be
returned at the first opportunity.
Accordingly, on the 24th May 1889, the birthday of Her Majesty the
Queen -Empress, an open air reception was held at the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
after sunset, the month being Ramadhan, which was attended by the Wali
of Baghdad and Mushir Nasrat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
; by the French, Russian, American,
and Persian Consuls ; by the Armenian, Chaldaean, and Syrian clergy ;
by all the European British subjects and other Europeans in Baghdad ;
and by an unusually large concourse of British Indian subjects, and of
Christian and Muhammadan natives of Baghdad in general.
In February 1881 the question of providing a European Assistant to Question of
the Resident at Baghdad was raised by Mr. Plowden, who was then in
charge ; but the Government of India replied that they were not pre- the Resident
pared to strengthen the staff. In July of the same year Mr. I'lowden iggi^isQj.'
returned to the point, but without success, and was authorised to fill up
the appointment of
Native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
in the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, which he had appa
rently left vacant in the hope that a European Assistant would be
sanctioned. In 1883, Mr. Plowden being then on leave in England, a
memorandum written by him was forwarded by the Secretary of State to
the Government of India, and in it the request for an Assistant at
Baghdad was reiterated on the following grounds j
There is no officer in the
Indian Political service
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
who has to deal single-handed with
sO large a charge as that entrusted to the Resident in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
and Consul-
General in Baghdad. The country under my political supervision measures about 140,000
square miles, and it is part of my duty to keep the Imperial and Indian Governments
informed of all political events of importance which may happen throughout this exten
sive country, of the movements of the Kurds in the North and North-East, of the con-
dition of affairs on the Turco-Persian Frontier, and of the relations of the Arab tribes
towards each other and towards the Ottoman officials. I have to correspond with the
Local Ottoman officials, with the Foreign Consuls, French, Russian, and Peisian (wit
the two former the correspondence is in French which I have to translate myself) vi h
my two Assistants as Basrah and Mosul, with the Resident m the I eman Gulf with the
Governments of India and Bombay, with the English Foreign office and the Ambassa
dor at Constantinople, and occasionally also with the Minister at Tehran. I have also
the charge of an Indian Post Office, which is largely used as a channel tor the import
, , i diup and of a Treasury. And whereas in India the duty of peisonally
at Bagdad the duty devolve. „p„n m e.
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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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