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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎68] (211/1782)

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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Difficulties of
the Portu
guese with the
Persians,
1653-1722
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1,300 Tumane more on account of customs to the English Agent than
was admitted by the latter. The visit of the Shah in July 1699 to the
English Factory An East India Company trading post. at Isfahan was a serious blow to the Dutch, for it
resulted in an immediate change of attitude on the part of the Shahbandar,
who now strictly prohibited the erection by them of a fort at Bandar
'Abbas; and, though they begged that the honour of a royal visit might
be conferred on their own Factory An East India Company trading post. also, they did not obtain it, their argu
ment that the Stadtholder had become K ing of England being apparentlv
overborne in the mind of the Shah by the rejoinder of the English Agent,
that the Dutch as a nation had no king at all and were therefore
unworthy of attention.
In 1705, the trouble from pirates still continuing, it was again feared
that the Dutch might take the matter up in order to gain favour with
the Shah ; but once more this expectation was not fulfilled.
Proceedings of the Portuguese in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1653-1722.
Chiefly by means of their Factory An East India Company trading post. at Kung, where since 1625, they
had shared the customs with the Persian Government as the English did
at Bandar 'Abbas, the Portuguese still clung to the remnants of their
interest in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; they were frequently at war with the
I ersians and constantly so with the Arabs; and their relations with the
English, by whom they were somewhat distrusted, were not invariably
cordial.
The recovery of the Portuguese share of the customs at Kung seems
to have been attended by the same difficulties as those with which we
have become familiar at Bandar 'Abbas. On one occasion the Portuguese,
by resorting to a naval demonstration, obtained payment of some arrears;
and the fact that their action was quoted in 1670 by an English Agent,
as a precedent for similar measures which he recommended at Bandar
Abbas, helps to fix approximately the date of the occurrence. In
1681 or 1682 the Portuguese, by a second naval demonstration on a
small scale, intimidated the Shahbandar into disgorging the sum of 9,000
Tumans which was then due to them. It is stated that after 1711 nothing
was paid to the Portuguese on account of their share of the Kung
ustoms. About 1721 there was a small trade at Kung, carried on chiefly
by Indians, both Hindus and Muhammadans; but the prosperity of tlie

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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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