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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1623] (1778/1782)

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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all Princes bend their steps of Desolation towards tLe Territories now so
happily placed (under) your Highness , Government, it is only by
acting against them with the same determined spirit manifested
by the King my Master and in Concert (with) the East India
Company that your Highness can expect to (preserve) the Power and
Wealth you now enjoy, for whatever false promises they might hold
out to the Country, they would certainly avail themselves of "the first
opportunity to dispossess you of both to excite your People to Rebellion,
and to deprive your Highness of Liberty, and perhaps of Life, in the
same Manner as they did their own unfortunate and virtuous King whom
they deposed, imprisoned, and murdered before they declared War
against the King my Master with a view of the same horrid Purposes.
That God may ever preserve your Highness from these or any Mis
fortunes, and enable you with Health and increasing Happiness to fill
your present high Situation, is the Wish of the King my Master and,
with this sentiment, I bid your Highness Farewell.
Fresh
atrocities.
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Your Highnesses faithful and affectionate Friend,
HENRY DUNDAS.
London,
fourth of Julv, 1798.
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Letter from the llon'ble the Chairman to the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. vj of Bagdad.
Copy of a letter from the Hon/ble Jacob Bosanquet, Esq., Chairman
of the Hon'ble the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. for Affairs of the Hon^ble
United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies,
to His Highness Soliman Pashaw of Bagdad and Bussora, etc,, etc., etc,
After Compliments.
In these times of particular Felicity be it known to your Highness
that the Hon^ble the English East India Company, regarding with
the greatest satisfaction the long and uninterrupted Friendship and good
understanding which has so long subsisted between them and your
Highness, have resolved, in the hope of its being satisfactory to you, and
for the purpose of cementing and increasing an Amity so desireable, to
appoint one of their Servants to reside at your Highness s Court in the
renowned and ancient City of Bagdad, and, believing that the Appoint
ment of Mr. Harford Jones, who has the honor of being known to your
Highness, would be the most agreeable selection that we could make
amongst our Servants for this honorable Mission, We have, with the
approbation of His Majesty's Ministers, appointed Mr. Jones to reside
at Bagdad, and have given him the most positive and particular Instruc
tions to omit no opportunity during his Residence at your Highnesses
Mr. Jones's
Appointment.
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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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