'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1606] (1761/1782)
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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Ke-examiua-
tion of the
questiou of
the Bequest-
arrauge-
ments
by the
Government
of India,
1^90-1891.
1606
Colonel Tweedie accordingly issued funds, completing payment of
the Karbala allotment to the end of 1890, for distribution in accordance
with the list of 1889 in the presence of the British Agent, Karbala; but
he withheld the arrears due at Najaf until new and proper lists of
Mujtahids and Mujavirs at that place should have been prepared by the
Bahr -ul-'Ulum with the assistance of the Agent. He offered, or
rather threatened, in case of difiiculties arising, to proceed to Karbala
and Najaf himself. In March 1891 the Agent, after a month's delay
during which he did nothing towards executing his instructions,
represented to Colonel Tweedie that the only means by which affairs
could be brought into order w as payment of all arrears up to date; and
the Resident, though he inferred from the request that the Karbala
allotment for the last quarter of 1890 had already been disposed of in
some unavowable way, directed payment to be made to the Mujtahid-
Distributors to the end of February 1891.
These proceedings were duly reported by Colonel Tweedie to the
Government of India, for information j but at Najaf, unfortunately,
the attempt at reform was thwarted by the greed, arrogant behaviour,
and even violence of the Mujtahid-Distributor, who completely overbore
his colleague, the Agent; and later the Resident reported of the Bahr-
ul-'Ulum : " He and his Karbala colleague are helping themselves
harder than ever ' 3
Meanwhile the question of the Oudh Bequest had been taken up by
the Honourable G. Curzon, M. P.,—afterwards Lord Curzon and Viceroy
of India,—who had visited Karbala and Najaf at the beginning of
1890, had spent a day at each place, and had discussed the Bequest with
Colonel Tweedie and with Saiyid Hasan, Hakimzadah, the unofficial
member of the Committee instituted at Karbala in 1889. Mr. Curzon
wrote in October 1890 to Lord Lansdowne, then Viceroy of India,
suggesting that the working of the Bequest might be investigated. He
had been informed by the Hakimzadah that the Mujtahid-Distributor
at Karbala misappropriated the money there, while the British Agent
remained neutral, and that the Hakimzadah s own action in exposing his
colleagues on the Committee had involved him in great odium.
By this time petitions by post and telegraph on the subject of the
management of the Bequest had begun to reach the Viceroy of India
and His Majesty s Secretaries of State for India and Foreign Affairs;
and representations of the kind became, from this time ouwardj so
common as hardly to merit notice in what follows.
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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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