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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎248] (391/1782)

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 chief disadvantages of the new system were that, owing to tlie
extent of the East Indian naval station and the relatively small strength
in ships of the East Indian Squadron, it frequently happened that no vessel
was at hand when required; that, calls upon ships from different quarters
being numerous, no vessel could remain long in one place ; that the officers
were, by traditions and training, less suitable for the performance of
political duties than their predecessors of the Indian Navy; and finally
that, as the officers and vessels belonged to a Royal instead of a local force,
their services could not be so freely requisitioned by the political authorities.
Her Majesty^s Government seem at first to have intended that the Political
Residents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and at Aden should be deprived altogether
of the use of vessels for general purposes, a change which the institution
and improvement of mail steamer services may have seemed to warrant, as
well as of control over the employment of vessels of war; and, though the
" Clyde " and " Hugh Rose/ ; two ships of the Bombay Marine The navy of the East India Company. which
partially supplied the place of the Indian Navy, were left provisionally in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , their withdrawal as soon as the laying of the telegraph
cables in the Gulf should have been finished, was contemplated.
In 1 864-, the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. reported that he had reason
for believing the slave trade to be still in full vigour, but that he no
longer possessed the means of dealing w T ith slaving craft.
In 1865, he observed that, while Government had expressly consti
tuted the holder of his office arbitrator in all difficulties arising among the
hiefs of the Arab coast, whether at sea or on land, he was in reality power
less to perform his functions in the absence of suitable means of locomo
tion ; that in the season of the pearl fishery, from April to October, when
disputes were frequent, the ships of the Royal Navy'were forbidden by the
standing orders of the Admiralty from cruising in the Gulf; and that the
Arabs would not be slow to take advantage of the Resident's inability to
move about, at will, with the result that the Gulf might in time become as
insecure as ever it had been in the past.
The operations against the Wahhabis at Qatif and Dammani were
undertaken in haste, with rather disappointing results, because H.M.S.
< Highflyer," the only vessel available, could not remain long in the Gulf.
The case also brought into prominence " the disadvantages under which
commanders of Her Majesty's ships cruising in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. labour
for want of officers acquainted with the local politics, the habits and
feelings of the maritime tribes, and the navigation of this difficult arm of
the sea. A remedy for the first difficulty was sought in the appointment
of two Political Assistants in the Bushehr Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; but it is obvious

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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.

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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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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎248] (391/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575942.0x0000c0> [accessed 18 April 2024]

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