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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1592] (1747/1782)
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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Her Britannic Majesty's Vice-Consulate at Musal, founded before
His Britan
nic Majesty's i . j ' '
Vice-Cons-al- the middle of the 19th century, continued in existence during- the
1876^1905.^' S reater part of the period now under review and remained under the
superintendence of 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.
at Baghdad as Cousul -General *
but its affairs came little under notice, owing to the non -existence of
British subjects or material interests at Musal. The erection of
Musal into a Wilayat in 1879 increased the importance of the Vice-
Consulate; but so late as 1886 the Vice -Consul himself was, as a
rule, the only British subject resident in the Musal Consular district
The British representative at Musal in 1878 was Mr. J. F. Russell
who had served under Sir Samuel Baker in equatorial Africa, and who
was a son of the distinguished journalist Dr. Howard Russell. He
was succeeded by Mr. W. S. Richards, who remained in occupation of
the post from November 1888 to December 1885 j and Mr. Richards
was followed by Mr. II. H. Lamb.
Proposed
British Con
sular Asrency
at Fan,
1894-1896.
The British
Indian Post
offices in
Turkish
'Iraq, 1876-
1905.
At the end of 1894, in view of the persistent harassment of British
Indian vessels on the lower Sl)att-el- J Aiab by the Turkish authorities,
already described, Colonel Mockler, Resident at Baghdad, suggested
that an ofhcer of the British Telegraph Station at Fao should be
appointed British Consular Agent there during the season of the
exportation of dates, viz., in the months of September, October and
November, in each year. The Government of India approved of the
suggestion, and Her Majesty's Government adopted it and allotted a
sum of £30 per annum for the remuneration of the post. In 1896
Colonel Mockler,'by a letter of authority, appointed Mr. Mungavin of
the Indo-European Telegraph Department to be British Consular
Agent at Fao; but the Porte refused to recognise the appointment.
On the 'Z'Znd September 1896 a note was addressed to the Turkish
Government informing them that unless the point were conceded, a
British war vessel would be sent to Fao for the protection of British
interests; and a month later H. M. S. Lapwing proceeded thither. At
length, in December 1896, satisfactory assurances having been received
from the Porte in regard to the future treatment of British Indian
vessels, as related elsewhere, the demand for a British Consular
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Fao was withdrawn.
Hie affairs of the British Indian Post Offices in Turkish 'Iraq are
fully lelated in the special Appendix on Mail Communications. After
1SJ9 there ueie complaints of irregularity and unpunctuality in the
eaiiiage of the British mail by the Euphrates and Tigris Steam
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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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