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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1580] (1735/1782)
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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it and was increased to 16 rifles. In May 1882 it was raised to 25 f
all ranks, including a Native Officer.
In 1883 the Porte complained of the increase; and at the beginuiu
of 1884 Mr. Plowden, the Resident, reported on the question, giving the
history of the guard and its fluctuations from the first, explaining the
circumstances which necessitated its presence and governed its strength 6
a^id deprecating any reduction of it as a concession to Turkish demands'
lor the better part of a century the guard had been annually relieved
without remark on the part of the Turkish authorities; and Mr. Plowden
was inclined to attribute the objections now raised to the influence of the
Wali, Taqi-ud-din
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and other leading Turkish officials at Bao -hdad
whose dispositions were intensely anti-British, and to the policy of the
Turkish Government of the day, which aimed at the suppression of
foreign influence in all parts of the Empire. The facts of the case
having been explained to the Porte, nothing more was said upon either
side; but m March 1885, on the arrival of the yearly relief of the guard
by British steamer, the Turkish Chief of Customs at Baghdad expressed
to the Dragoman of 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.
a doubt, eventually overcome
whether in the absence of special authority from Constantinople he
would be justified in allowing them to land with their arms.
1914 - At the beginning of 1904 an atrocious and discreditable affair took
place 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.
guard, which during the hundred years of its
existence had hitherto remained, so far as is known, free from serious
crime.
During the absence of Major Newmarch, the Resident, on a winter
tour, Jamadar Ghulam Din, the Native Officer commanding the guard,
which was then a detachment from the 125th (Napier's) Rifles, dis
appeared ; and for some time no trace of him could be found. The
Jamadar. as a strict disciplinarian, was not very popular with his own
men; and there was also considerable feeling against him in the
regiment as a whole, on account of his having been promoted into it
with a commission from the 9th Bombay Infantry, in which he had been
a non-commissioned officer. At length, on the 11th February, informa
tion was given by a Lance-Naik of the detachment named 'Abdul Karim
which resulted in the discovery of the Jamadar's body, buried with his
hand lantern in a Khan or warehouse on the further side of the river
lenttd by Mr. D Arcy of the Persian Oil Company ; the corpse bore
fouiteen daggei wounds. Enquiry showed that the murder was probably
the result of a conspiracy in the detachment.
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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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