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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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been conferred in 1%8 or 1S59 ; he was succeeded bySaiyid Muhammad
Bahr-ul-'Ulum, a Turkish subject. Those Mujtahid-Distributors were
all, it would appear, nominated by 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. or Resi
dent at Baghdad on the recommendation 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. Iqbal-ud
Daulah ; and the ^Sawal) s position with reference to the Bequest was
greatly fortified by this circumstance.
1 ho sepaiate fund for the relief of Indians, which had existed in The separate
practice for a number of years, was placed on a regular footing in
1877 by means of letters which the Mujtahid-Distributors at Karbala
and Najaf addressed to 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. In
these they signified their desire that one-third of the amounts payable
to them, or over lis. ;5,000 in all, should be deducted for the relief
" through the British 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. " of poor Indians at Karbala and Najaf
and Kadhimain, especially such as were of noble family. The letters,
which were almost identical in their wording, can hardly have been the
spontaneous production of the Mujtahids; and, in view of the contents
of his own memorandum of 1866, it is difficult not to see in them the
finger of the Iqbal-ud-Daulah. The proposed arrangement received the
immediate assent of Colonel Nixon, 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. , who also
undertook its execution in so far as that depended upon himself. The
receipts given by the Mujtahid-Distributors to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Treasury at Baghdad included the amounts assigned by them for the relief
of Indians ; and the Indian Fund was consequently regarded, with perfect
correctness, as existing under their sanction. Distribution to Indians
seems to have taken place on lists of names prepared after enquiry. The
Kadhimain Indian list is known to have been revised in 18SI, " when
" Mr. Plowden, in concert with 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. Sir Iqbal-ud-Daulah, or
" perhaps the latter only under instructions from the former, went
cf through it, and made such changes in it as seemed necessary. "
In October 1882 Colonel W. Tweedie, then officiating as Resident Investigation
in the absence of Mr. Plowden, visited Karbala and enquired on the tioifand OSl "
spot into the reputation of the Mujtahid-Distributors there and at t'onduet^of ^
Najaf, Mirza Abul Qasim and Saiyid Muhammad, and into the local Distributors,
working of the Bequest, lie found that:— 1882-1883.
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" greatest admirers could claim for them pre-eminence over
" several of their brethren who might be mentioned ;
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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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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
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