'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1617] (1772/1782)
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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the walUf the towL^nne^thTXerTfEn^ and t0
Tht" Tbuttr on" voil^'forfh?? 1 ' ^ ^ tB^!
hoate ffo^alonp fm- if 'f T n" 6 , ^'^r. " « not good that one
g lone, ±01 it it should chance fo breake, you should have mnoh
a doe to saue your goods from the Arabians, which be alwayls these
ntoetarfe that V™ k" 4116 n ' S l ht " : ' ,0, "' boates be made " f ^t. « ^
III -ii 7 ® epe g00d watch * Vor the Arabians that bee
affainsL^thflTn * mmmin S and /teale your goods and flee away,
agamst which a gunne is very good, for they doe feare it verv much
In the river of Euphrates from Birra to Felugia there be certaine places
where you pay custome, so many Medines for a some or Camels lading,
and certanie raysons and sope, which is for the sonnes of § Aborise
\\hich is Lord of the Arabians and all that great desert, and hath some
villages upon the river Felugia where you unlade your goods which
a dav a 18 a Vllla ^ e 5 from whence you goe to Babylon in
Babylon is a towne not very great but very populous, and of great
traffike of strangers, for that is the way to Persia, Turkia and Arabia :
and trom thence doe goe Carovans for these and other places. Here
are great store of victuals, which come from Armenia downe the riuer of
ygns. They are brought vpon raftes made of goates skiunes blowne
tull ot winde and bordes layde vpon them : and thereupon they lade
imi goods which are brought downe to Babylon, which being discharged
ihey open their skinnes, and carry them backe by Camels, to seme
another time. Babylon in times past did belong to the kingdome of
Persia, but nowe is subject to the Turke. Over against Babylon there
is a very faire village from whence you passe to Babylon upon a long-
bridge made of boats, and tyed to a great chaine of yron, which is made
fast on either side of riuer. When any boates are to passe up or downe
the riuer, they take away certaine of the boates until they be past.
The 11 Tower of Babel is built on this side the riuer Tygris. towards
Arabia from the towne about seuen or eight miles, which tower is
ininated on all sides, and with the fall thereof hath made as it were a
little mountaine, so that it hath no shape at all : it was made of brickes
dried in the sonne, and certaine canes and leaues of the palme tree laved
betwixt the brickes. There is no entrance to be seene to goe into it, * It
doth stand upon a great plaine betwixt the rivers of Euphrates and
Tygris.
* Doubtless Birijik.
t Meaning Baghdad, as will appear further on.
j Fallujah.
§ Evidently Abu Risb.
|| The reference is clearly to 'Akr Quf.
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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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