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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1603] (1758/1782)
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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At the beginning of 1890 Brigade-Surgeon R. Bowman, the Medical
Officer of the Baghdad
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.
, who had eleven years' exnerienee of
the country, visited Karbala and Najaf and reported, at the desire ot
Colonel Tweedie, on the state ot Bequest affairs. He referred, in
concluding his report, to the possibility of establishing a school'for
Indian children, and a dispensary for the treatment of poor Indians, at
Karbala at the cost of the Oudh Bequest.
In regard to the distribution by the Mujtahids, great dissatisfaction State of
prevailed in 1890 and was not of recent origin. Colonel Tweedie ^90* 11
and his predecessors had received representations at various times fc not
directly only from individuals, but circuitously through the Ottoman,
Persian, Bombay, and even Hyderabad Governments, ... to
" the effect that the two Mujtahids appointed to distribute this money
' f treated it as their own, bought lands with it, and diverted it in other
ways from its proper uses." The admonitions addressed to the Mujtahid-
Distnbutors by Major Talbot, and after him by Colonel Tweedie, had
produced no effect; the committees formed to control or support them
had been a failure ; and, though nominal rolls of payees were submitted
fiom both Kaihala and i\ ajaf, they were of little or no practical use.
In regard to these rolls Colonel Tweedie observed :
. ^ doubt remains : (1) how many of the recorded names are real;
how mam dummies . (2) 0£ those that are real, how many merely are the wives,
children, or servants of the Mujtahid distributors, that is, those distributors them
selves in diflerent forms? (3) How many names are those of persons without due
claim to benefit by the bequest, such as landowners and thriving shopkeepers ?
* * * *
The difficulty of course centres in the accounts. The Mujtahid-Distributors post
pone submifting them : and then, with the strong ground behind them that "the
poor are suffering, press by post and telegraph for the prompt issue of more money.
In my humble opinion, if the present system of distribution is to be maintained, the
calling for rolls ot recipients, or at all events the professing to check such when tbey
are before us, is but little likely to conduce to satisfactory results.
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An objectionable feature of the distributions, as made, was the
payment of considerable amounts to the Kilid-dars and other officials of
the Shi'ah Shrines at Karbala and Najaf, who had other sources of
income, and among whom immense sums were often divided bv wealthv
pilgrims from India and other places.
The distributions made of the separate fund for Indians were open
to criticism in different respects, particularly with reference to a large
sprinkling of the late Iqbal-ud-Daulah's relations and their dependents
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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.
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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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