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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf' [8v] (21/286)
The record is made up of 1 volume (140 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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A -TRUCIAL CHIEFS' TERRITORY.
The principal charts and maps for this subsection are
(i) Admiralty Charts Nos. 2373-2837 o, and 2374-8837 h,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, published I8fl2
and corrected to 1903.
(ii) Admiralty Chart No. 2375-753, Entranoe of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, published 1872 and
corrected to 1898.
(iii) Map of Parts of Arabia and Persia^ in 2 sheets, 12th July 1883.
(iv) Ross's Map of Oman, showing distribution of the Principal Tribes, No. 1, 815'I,>
1901.
(v) Georg-e Philip and Son's Map of Arabia, the Red Sea and the valley of tho Nile.
The principal authorities are
(1) Niebuhr's " Description de 1"Arabic/' 1774, pages 283-284.
(2) Buckingham's " Travels in Assyria, Media and Persia," 1829, pages 476-504.
(3) Whitelock's " Account of the Arabs who inhabit the Coast between Ras-el-Khaima and
Abuthabee in the Gulf of Persia, generally called the Pirate Coast," in the transactions of the
Bombay Geographical Society, 1836-38, pages 32-45, followed by bia "Description of the
Arabian Coast," pages 46--i9.
(4) Whit clock's "Sketch of the Islands and Coast situated at the Entrance of the Persian
Gulf " in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1838, pages 182-184.
(5) Wellsted's " Travels in Arabia," 1838, Volume I, pages 236-269.
(6) Mignan's Winter Journey," 1839, Volume II, pages 213-229.
(7) Wellsted's " Travels to the City of the Caliphs," 1840, Volume I, pages 93-126.
(8) Bombay Records, Selection XXIV, 1856, pages 13-17 and 456-458.
Binning's "Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc.," 1857, Volume L
pages 133-136.
( 10 ) Palgrave's " Narrative of a Year's Journey in Central and Eastern Arabia " 1865,
Volume II, pages 257, 297-318 and 322-326. * *
(11) Goldsmid's " Telegraph and Travel," 1874, pages 134-151.
Sociiy!\ 8 ^! e p a gefl57™7™ ny,S <"«•" - ^rnal of the Koyal Asiatic
(13) Curzon's Persia," 1892, Volume II, pages 446-452.
(14) Douglas's "Journey from India to the Mediterranean," 1897, page 8.
(15) The
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Pilot, 1898, pages 66-114,
(16) Zvvemer's " Arabia," 1900, pages 82-83.
J0UmeyS in NOrthera 0man " ia the Journal,
PoliticP^ X 1 S 1 • etter Q No ' ?p 0 f t xr e 2n(i 1 Jul y 1902 ' included in the Government of India's
Political Froceedmgs Secret E. for November 1902, Nos. 7-21.
- Jni» 5 «: Stta SK'"" 1 Cl "'- •™ 1 - i •" '""ie- with bi. d..i.
(21) Government of India's Political Records,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Administration Reports and
Gulf
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.
Diaries.
in both directions 5^ 1 ® s ^ er » 1-N., traversed the route from Sharga to Bereymi
made a iournev from DiM an f p Listen ant-Colonel Disbrowe and Lieutenant Powell, I.N.,
afterwards lithop-ianhpH ^ r as ' a ^"^ aiina in 1865, a sketch map of their route being
cot yet been traced.] ia om '^ 10 re P or ts of these officers and the sketch map have
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The volume is Part II Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf (Simla: G C Press, 1904).
The volume contains notes, followed by subsections on Trucial Chiefs' Territory, Katar [Qatar], Bahrein [Bahrain], Hasa, and Koweit [Kuwait]. The volume is a geographical and descriptive gazetteer, giving information on alphabetically-listed places in each of the territories in question.
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- 1 volume (140 folios)
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There is a table of contents on the title page of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover, and terminates at 142 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. A printed pagination system also runs intermittently throughout the volume.
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- 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:11v, 13r:105r, 107v:141v, back-i, 105:106, 106:107
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