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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1622] (1777/1782)

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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Letter from the R. II. Henry Dundas to the Fash aw of Bagdad,
Copy of a letter from the Right Honourable Henry Dundas, His
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, Treasurer of His Majesty ; s
Navy, First Commissioner for the Affairs of India, Member of His
Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, etc., to His Highness
Soliman Pashaw of Bagdad and Bussora, etc., etc., etc.
Notification
of H. Jones's
Appoint
ment.
Mr. J ones
sent to
Bagdad to
strengthen
the friend
ship and
good under'
standing
between
the Pasbaw
and the
Hon'ble
Company.
Circums
tances require
the strictest
union and
Concert
between
them.
Illustrious Sir,
The English East India Company under whose Government the
British Territories in India are placed having appointed Mr. Harford Jones
their Resident at your Highness'Court, I have received the Commands of
the King my Master to inform your Highness that this appointment has
met with His Majesty's full and cordial approbation.
It is His Majesty's warmest Wish that Mr. Jones's Residence at
Bagdad may prove agreeable and satisfactory to your Highness, and
that it may in all respects answer the Purpose for which it is intended,
namely, to strengthen and increase the friendship and good understanding
which have so long and so happily subsisted between your Highness and
the English East India Company. This being the object of Mr. Jones'
Mission, 1 feel satisfied that your Highness will honour him with that
degree of Confidence and favour which may tend to render it of mutual
Advantage to your Highness and the East India Company.
1 cannot disguise to your Highness that the present Circumstances
of the World appear to require that the strictest union, concert and
unreserved Friendship and Alliance should be forthwith established
between your Highness and the East India Company for your respective
safety, Happiness and Preservation. Everything that is dear to your
Highness and to them is threatend and coveted by that Enemy to the
Peace, Tranquillity, and Existence of all States and Princes, the
Republican Government of France. This restless and detestable Power,
after exciting the People in all the States immediately surrounding them
to revolt against their lawful Princes and Governors, and having in too
many Instances succeeded in driving these last into Exile, sometimes
even in putting them to death, and in all in robbing them of their
Wealth, Teasures, and Possessions, is now said to have its favorite
General, and an army most notorious for these horrid proceedings,
to execute the same system of devastation and Plunder in the rich and
happy Provinces of the East. It is against these Plunderers and
subverters of all Governments that the King my Master has now been
obliged to defend himself for six Years, during which, by the Vigor of
his Army and the Blessing of God, he has resisted their Plans of des
truction in every part of his vast Dominions. Should these Enemies of

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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