'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1601] (1756/1782)
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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1601
rthd, r t^n hee„ Per sl an
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
in 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.
at Baghdad Colonel Tweed.e was careful to warn Agha Muhammad,
in informing him of his appointment, that its duration might be
Po-ry -J to advise him not to alter the scheme of Indian distribution
at Kadhimain arranged by the late Iqbal-nd-Danlah without first con-
suiting the Resideut.
In Maroh I88 9 Major A. 0. Talbot, who was then officiating for Attempted
Colonel Pweedie as British Kesident, visited Karbala and Najaf and [JeXtrlu
enquired into numerous complaints which had been made in regard to ^ntrajge-
the Hujjat-ul-Islam's distributions at the former place; these complaints S^Slbot,
weie of old standing and seemed to be well-founded. Major Talbot ,889 '
found that this Mujtahid-Distributor w^as deeply in debt; he had bor
rowed Rs. 13,000 from the Sarraf of 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.
on the
security of the Oudh Bequest payments due to him up to the end of the
month of August following; and he was said to owe Rs. 10,000, bear
ing interest at 42 to 4S per cent, per annum to an Astrabadi named
Hasan, son of Haji Mehdi. Mirza Abul Qashn contended that these
debts had been contracted for charitable purposes; but subsequent en^
quiries by Colonel Tweedie showed that they owed their origin to bis
three sons, " over whose borrowings and ongoings he was too weak and
bookish to exercise adequate control/"' In regard to the Bahr-ul-'Ulum,
the Mujtahid-Distributor at Najaf, it appeared to Major Talbot that
he, instead of running into debt, had u gone to the opposite extreme of
making himself a rich man out of the Bequest/"' Complaints against
him, also, poured into 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.
.
Major Talbot having informed the Hujjat-ul-Islam that a con
tinuance of the state of affairs discovered would necessitate a reference
to the Government of India which might have disgreeable consequences^
that Mujtahid was induced to agree to the preparation of a regular list
of payees and to the submission of the payees' receipts, verified by the
British Agent at Karbala, to 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.
at Baghdad. The
Resident was also successful in persuading 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.
Sarraf to reduce
the interest on his loan to Mirza Abul Qasim to per cent, a year; and
he thought that the Mujtahid would be well advised to consolidate his
debts, but did not press him in this respect.
An admonition was addressed by Major Talbot to the Bahr-ul-'Ulum
at Najaf, to w T hora also he suggested the drawing up of lists.
On the whole Major Talbot regarded the condition into which the
affairs of the Oudh Bequest were drifting as " a crying scandal/'' but
one with which it was very difficult to deal. His impressions were
u0
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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.
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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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- 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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