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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1594] (1749/1782)
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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1594
in Islam. Their position is a pleasant one, for they enjoy the double advantage of
religious agreement with the Eagdadis and of foreign protection as British subjects.
Many of them are very well off, living on the revenues of their lands in India, and a
few are on excellent terms with the Consul General. Of these the most remarkable
by his birth, his wealth, and still more by the dignity of his private character, is the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
Ikbalet Dowlah, the dispossessed and pensioned king of Oudh. With him
we are now staying, at his" desert-house " near Kasmeyn, the first step on our journey
northwards. I hardly know how to speak of the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
without seeming to say too
much. He is an old man now and a philosopher, and be would not care to have his
good deeds paraded, and yet I cannot help recording what I feel about him, that
little as he affects the character of ex-king, he is the most truly dignified personage
I ever met. In manner and way of living he is very simple, having something of
the Bedouin contempt for appearances, along with the more real absence of pretension
of a well-bred Englishman of fifty years ago. He has travelled much and seen much
and understands the European way of thinking us well as that of eastern people,
having besides considerable originality of his own independent of any school of ideas.
In conversation he is most agreeable, constantly surprising one with unexpected turns
of thought and new ways of saying things, 8nd, if we had been able to understand
him better, I am sure we should have found him full of the best sort of wit. He is
besides a kind and charitable man. His position in Bagdad is a great one, so great,
from a moral point of view, that it may well console him for the loss of his former
sovereignty and the splendours of his court at Lucknow. Here at Bagdad he has real
power, the power of doing good, and real freedom to say what he thinks right to
consuls, pashas, doctors of divinity and all alike, down to the poor Bedouins who live
at his gates. 1 fancy his advice is asked on most of political difficulties of the Serai,
where his knowledge of men and cities, so essential a part of wisdom in the East, and
his wit in expressing his ideas enable him to speak without offence more truth than
is often heard in those high places. The consequence of this is that his name is a
power in Baghdad, and that he has made himself friends in all classes of society.
Amongst the rest. Ferhan, the Shammar Chief, is his sworn ally ; and, whenever the
Sheykh comes to town, it is to the house of his brother the Malek el Hind, or King
of India, as the Arabs call the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
. This circumstance is most fortunate for our
plans, as now we shall stai-t for the desert with letters of recommendation, which ought
to give us the best possible reception there.
The " desert-house," where we are enjoying so pleasant and so unceremonious a
hospitality, is one of the many owned by the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
in and about Bagdad. It stands
quite alone, in the barren plain which surrounds the town, and is about half a mile
distant from the mosque of Kasmeyn. The towns-people, who are very timorous about
venturing outside the city at night, think the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
foolhardy in the extreme to live
in such a spot; but to him as to us the isolation of the house is its principal charm.
He generally, however, lives in Bagdad, but comes here from time to time to make a
retreat, partly philosophical, partly religious, among the ulemas and doctors of theology
of Kasmeyn, for the mosque is a sanctuary and place of repute among pious shiahs.
The house itself is as original as its situation, and was built from the Nawah's
own designe. It is constructed like a fortress, with high walls and a single entrance,
a very necessary precaution against common robbers as well as marauders from the
desert. Above, on the upper story, the rooms are placed, some with the windows
facing outwards, after the fashion of Turkish rather than of Arab buildings, others
looking on to a terrace, over which there is yet a second story. The entrance is
through a courtyard, with stables on either side and dovecotes inhabited by thousands
of white pigeons. The ground-floor is merely a basement, and stone steps lead up
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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).
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- 2 volumes (1624 pages)
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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'
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- 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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