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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1582] (1737/1782)
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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1582
the trial was the conviction of the prisoner, who was sentenced to death •
but his punishment was afterwards commuted to imprisonment for 20
years with hard labour, the maximum penalty that could be inflicted
under the Ottoman
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
, and he was removed to India to
undergo his sentence there.
The remaining men of the guard were sent back to India and dis
charged from the army; 'Abdullah and Akram, the two Afghans
supposed to have been implicated in the murder of the Jamadar, were
deported to India and thence to Afghanistan; and pensions, payable till
death or remarriage, were granted to the Arab widows of the two
murdered Qawwases.
It should be mentioned that the Turkish authorities showed a strono'
disposition to retain in their custody the men of the guard handed over
to them who were suspected of complicity in the murder of the Jamadar,
and claimed that the whole of the suspects in that case should, on
account of the Turkish subject Abbas being one of them, be dealt with
by the Turkish police and courts. The demand was successfullv
resisted, however, by His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constanti-
nople; the prisoners in question were r<'transferred to British custod} ; and
on the 23rd April the outgoing detachment left Baghdad for India in
charge of Captain Fisher.
At one stage of the affair the Resident called on the Commander
of the a Comet" to furnish a
lascar
A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships.
guard for the custody of
sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
prisoners 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.
. The Commander complied with the
requisition ; but a strong protest against it was lodged by the Director
of the Royal Indian Marine on the ground that " the action of the
(f Resident was illegal, inasmuch as the crew of the Comet was neither
"enrolled under the Indian Marine Act nor subject to the Indian
"Articles of War, and that had it been necessary to use force, the
"'Officer Commanding the Comet might have been involved in serious
"consequences. ' These objections were overruled by the Government
of India, however, who remarked ;
The Government of India are advised that the action of the Resident was not illegal,
and that the matter was one for him to deal with purely from the standpoint of
expediency. As he considered that he could not trust the prisoners to a guard of
their brother soldiers, it was incumbent upon him to take any step he considered
necessary, in reason and good faith, for their safe custody. He was competent,
iherefore, to require for that purpose the aid of any officer or man serving under
the Government of India, and the fact that the
lascars
A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships.
were not subject to the
Marine Act or Articles of War does not alter the position. The GoVemment of
India, therefore, consider it unnecessary to issue any instructions to restrict the
Kesident from employing
lascars
A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships.
as a guard in future. The Resident must be the sole
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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.
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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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