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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1618] (1773/1782)
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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1618
By the river Euphrates two (laves iourney from Babylon at a place
called Ait, * in a fielde neere vnto it, is a strange thing to see : a mouth
that doth continually throwe foorth against the ayre boyling pitch with
a filthv smoke : which pitch doth ninne abroad into a great fielde which
is always full thereof, t The Moores say that it is the mouth of hell
Bv reason of the great quantitie of it, the ^ men of that countrey doe
pitch their boates two or three inches thicke on the outside, so that no
water doth enter into them. Their boates be called Danect When there
is oreat store of water in Tygris you may goe from Babylon to Basora
in 8 or 9 dayes ; if there be small store it will cost you the more dayes.
the
Basora in times past was vnder the Arabians, but now is subject to
Turke. But some of them the Turke cannot subdue, for that they
- they
which the Turke cannot
holde certaine Ilandes in the riuer Euphrates
winne of them. They be theeues all and have no setled dwelling, but
remoue from place to place with their Camels, goates and horses, wiues
and children and all. They have large blew gownes, their wiues eares
and noses are ringed very full of rings of copper and siluer, and they
weare rings of copper about then logs.
Basora standeth neere the gulfe of Persia, and is a town of great trade
of spices and drugges which come from Ormus. Also there is great store
of wheate, ryce, and dates growing thereabout, wherewith they serue
Babylon and all the countrey, Ormus, and all the partes of India. I
went from Basora to Ormus downe the gulfe of Persia in a certaine
shippe made of boordes, and sowed together with cayro, which is threede
made of the huske of Cocoes, and certaine canes or strawe leaues sowed
vpon the seames of the bordes which is the cause that they leake very
much. And so having Persia always on the left hande,and the coast of
Arabia on the right hande we passed many Ilandes, and among others
the famous Ilande Baharim§ from whence come the best pearles which be
round and Orient.
Ormus is an Island in circuit about fiue and twentie or thirtie
miles and is the driest Island in the world: for there is nothing growing
in it but onlv salt : for their water, wood, or victuals, and all things
necessary come out of Persia, which is about twelue miles from thence.
All the Hands thereabout be very fruitfull, from whence all kinds of
victuals are sent vnto Ormus. The Portugales haue a castle here which
standeth neere vnto the sea, wherein there is a Captain for the king of
Portugale having under him a conuenient number of souldiers, whereof
some parte remaine in the castle, and some in the towne. In this to^ne
are marchants of all Nations, and many Moores and Gentiles^!. Here is
very great trade of all sortes of spices, drugs, silke, cloth of silke, fine
tapestrie of Persia, great store of pearles which come from the Isle of
Baharim, and are the best pearles of all others, and many horses of Per
sia, which serue all India. They haue a Moore to their king which is
chosen and gouerned by the Portugales. Their women are very strangely
• Hit.
t i.e., MahammadRtis.
X Danak.
§ i.e., Barain.
^ Probably meaning Hindue (,*'Oentoos")
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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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- 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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