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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [10] (153/1782)
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^Eu-llsh to( ^ which had obtained national security by the defeat
and incor- ' of tlie Spanish Armada in 1588, and Avhich now stood forth as the
the^^lish ^ reatest free aiKl Protestant state in Europe, an epoch of enterprise an( l
East India activity had begun; and on the last day of 16U0 an English East India
Company. Company was incorporated, under Royal Charter, as the " Governor and
Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies." The
number of the original subscribers was 217, and the amount of the
subscribed capital £68,873. The commercial position in the East had before
this, to some extent, been reconnoitred by individual Englishmen, amontj
them Newberie, Fitch and their companions, whose journey in 1588 has
been described.
HISTORY OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
FROM THE FORMA
TION OF THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY IN
1600 TO THE EXPULSION OF THE PORTUGUESE FROM
HORMOZ IN 1622.
Proceedings
of Sir
Anthony
Sherley in
Persia and
his mission
to Europe,
1599-1601.
Events preceding the establishment of the first English Factories
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1600-16.
Such being the general situation in 1600, we may briefly review the
course of events which ended in the establishment, in 1616, of a British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
A conspicuous part in the introduction of English influence into
rsia ^ as placed b\ the Sherleys, a pair of adventurous brothers belong
ing to a good Sussex family, whose loyalty to their country or at least
to t eir bO% ereign may not have been entirely above suspicion, but whose
Ml'loits W ere on the whole creditable, and in the end advantageous, to
the English name in the East. In 1599 Sir Anthony Sherlev, who had
been knighted in 1597, proceeded under the advice of the Earl of Essex,
but without official instructions, to the court of Shah 'Abbas I of Persia;
ft ni . el ^ a 0 ^ ec ^ s were 10 ' n ^uce the Shah to make common cause with
kr ^ ^ ^ 0Wers ^ uro P e against the Turks, and to arrange for the
establishment on a satisfactory basis of English commerce in the East.
p . 1 311 ' 1 ' e - ounger brother Robert and others, he travelled to
I ersia by and vii Baghdad and was first received by the Shah at
, . s * resu ' t " f s "- Anthony's representations the Shah seems to
ve dismissed, with an unfavourable answer, a Turkish Ambassador who
come to arrange a peace between Persia and Turkev ; and a Far.nan
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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.
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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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