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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1591] (1746/1782)
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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1591
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.
's position was therefore legally a strong one. But
about ISb'i, m view of the dissatisfaction of the Ilajij which had been
vigorously manifested in 1878 and 1881, the Government of India
directed the
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 'Iraq to report what other
arrangements for a house could be made ; and meanwhile the rent paid
to the Ilaji was increased to R250 a month on an understanding that no
objection should be made to the retention of the house by Government
during the year 1881. Good sites on which a house might be built by
Government were available on the further bank of the Shatt-al-'Arab
at Gardilan, Tanumah, etc., but there were obstacles in the way of their
purchase^ and a fresh lease of the house occupied by the Consulate had
to be taken for the year 1885, and apparently for subsequent years.
Eventually, in consequence of recommendations made by Colonel
Tweedie as Resident in 1385, the Government of India in 1890
decided to buy the premises for so long hired, together with other land,
for K65,000. The great delay in reaching this decision was due to diffi
culties regarding validity of title and other points, which were at last
overcome.
When the time arrived for registration of the transfer of ownership,
the Turkish authorities tried to insist that some private individual
should be entered in their official records as the owner, and objected
strenuously to the property being shown as acquired by the Government
of India, Her Majesty's Secretary of State, Her Britannic Majesty's
Ambassador at Constantinople, or even "the British Consul." Their
obstruction seems to have been prolonged from 1890 or 1891 until 1895,
when His Majesty the Sultan at last, by an Irade, sanctioned the registra
tion of the property in the name of the British Embassy at Constantinople.
About 1900, owing to subsidence of the foundations, the Consulate
building became uninhabitable; and in 1901-02 the Consul had to
take up his abode temporarily in a hired building. The Basrah appoint
ment had in the meantime passed to Her Majesty's Government; but
the Government of India, in view of the bad state of the building at the
time of its transfer, undertook to reconstruct it at their own expense ;
and a new and good building on the same site was completed in 1903,
under arrangements made by them, at a cost of about <£4,000. A
special agreement was made as to the division of the cost of futuie icpaiis
between His Majesty^s Government and the Government of India,
the post office rooms in the building being regarded as the pioperty of
the latter.
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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
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- 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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