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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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from tlie court to the apartments. These consist mainly of small rooms furnished
with carpets only ; but the drawing-room is large and is so peculiar that I have made
a plan of it. Its shape is that of a cross, each of the three shorter ends being occupied
by a window, so that the upper half of the room is almost a lantern. The recesses are
filled up with broad divans, on which it is pleasant to sit and look at the view.
The originality 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. 1 (jbal-ud- Daulah appeared as markedly
in his testamentary dispositions as in any act of his life. So early as
1847 the bestowing of his property after his death began to weigh
upon his mindj and he expressed to the 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. , Major Rawlin-
son, his wish to make a will whereby, after providing for his wife and
some old servants and for the maintenance of the tombs of himself
and his only son (who predeceased him), his estate should be transferred
in trust to the British Resident at Lucknow for the benefit of some of
his relations in that city. He also asked that he might be allowed to
deposit the will which he would make with the British 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.
at Baghdad, and to appoint the 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. who might be in ottice
at the time of hib demise to be his official executor. The matter having
been referred to the Government of ludin., the desired permission was
granted by them in ISdS; but it does not appear that any will was
deposited 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 the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. until 1875. The will
then deposited seems to have been attested by 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. Surgeon
and two other English witnesses in 1883.
In 1884 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. requested that Government of India Promissory
Notes for il 1,00,000 of which he was the holder might be enlaced for
payment of interest at the Government of India's Treasury at Baghdad ;
and the request was granted, as a personal favour, though the payment
of such interest at places out of India was contrary to practice and could
not be claimed as a riu'ht. In 1885 the xsawab was anxious for the
transfer of the Notes to the name of the Resident, by whom the interest
accruing thereon should be applied to the maintenance of his (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. 's) tomb after his death, and for the continuance of payment at
Baghdad of the interest in question. The Government of India, how
ever, decided that the concession regarding the place of payment was
personal to the Nawcab and must cease at his death; they pointed out
that the Promissory Notes could easily be deposited in a bank in India,
whence the local executor or trustees could obtain the inteiest as it fell
due by drawing bills on the bank; and they apparently prohibited the
Resident at Baghdad from undertaking any responsibility in regard to
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. 's tomb.
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. Iqbal-ud-Baulah died at Kadhimain on the 21st Decem
ber 1887. His will was found to be eccentric and obscure; but it is

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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)

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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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
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
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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