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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎51] (62/1262)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (1165 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(yiii) Telegraph service inaugurated, 1901 .
(ix) Protection of British subjects and British claims
(a) Wreck in 1904 of the " Baron Inverdale f> and massacre
of her crew on Masirah Island
(a?) Question of duty on goods landed at Masqat for transhipment
(xi) Question of the revision of the Commercial Treaty of 1891 .
(xii) Question of the " Zakat" or agricultural tax on dates „
(xiii) Restrictions on the liquor trade .....
(xiv) Captain Cox's journeys to hinterland of Sur in connection with
reported coal mines and engagement with Sultan in regard to the
same, 1901 and 1902
(xv) Other journeys by Major Cox
(xvi) Acquisition of land and erection of Government quarters, 1901
(xvii) Harbour improvements, 1903-1904 .....
J. Events in ^Oman after 1899 .....
(i) Affairs at Sur •
(ii) Affairs in the Rustaq valley
(Hi) Miscellaneous disturbances and murder in 1907 of Sulaiman-bin
Suwailim
(iv) Customs in 1899 brought under direct management of the Sultan
instead of being farmed
(v) Sultan's financial position, 1906i
(tii) The currency question .
(a) Scheme prepared in! 1904 for the universal and exclusiv
adoption of the Indian currency in 'Oman .
(in) Military and Naval resources
(a) Purchase in 1902 with British help of.the "Kur-a
Bahr"
(vii) Dynastic matters . . . •
ANNEXURE No. 1. H ist v
(i) First annexation of Dhufar to 'Oman, 1829-1875 . .
(n) Usurpation of Saiyid Fadhl, Moplah, 1875-1879 .
(a) Protest made by Britain to Turkey, 1876 and 1877 .
(iii) Second annexation of Dhufar to 'Oman, 1879 to 1885 . .
(a) Dhufar transferred from the Aden 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. to the
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(J) Three rebellions against 'Oman and partial evacuation by
the latter in 1885 ....
(iv) Efforts of Saiyid Fadhl to recover Dhufar, 1879-1887
(a) Assistance rendered to him hy the Turks and the Sharif of
Makkah ....
(v) Re-establishment of 'Oman authority in 1887
(a) Intrigues of Saiyid Fadhl, 1887-1895 .
(vi) Serious rebellion in 1895 and practical loss of Dhusar by 'Oman
(а) Sultan's authority restored by an Anglo-*Oman expedi
tion to Dhufar, 1897
(б) Death of Fadhl, 1900
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This volume is Volume I, Part II (Historical) 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 II contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914, 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (pags v-viii), and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (ix-cxxx). These are also found in Volume I, Part IA of the Gazetteer (IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1).

Part II consists of three chapters:

  • 'Chapter X. History of ’Arabistān' (pages 1625-1775);
  • 'Chapter XI. History of the Persian Coast and Islands' (pages 1776-2149);
  • 'Chapter XII. History of Persian Makrān' (pages 2150-2203).

The chapters are followed by nineteen appendices:

Extent and format
1 volume (1165 pages)
Arrangement

Volume I, Part II is arranged into chapters that are sub-divided into numbered periods covering, for example, 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 appendices are sub-divided into lettered subject headings and also contain numbered annexures, as well as charts. Both the chapters and appendices have further subject headings that appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally througout the volume at the bottom of the page which provide further details and references. A 'Detailed Table of Contents' for Part II and the Appendices is on pages cii-cxxx.

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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. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 879, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 1503.

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