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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1668] (185/1262)
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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1668
there are at present independent of the island of Abadan 12 places inhabited
by the'ciiaab, north of the Haffar canal iwhich>re in dispute between Persia and
Turkey. Of these Muhammareh and Heezan belong to Shaikh Jaabir, and are]at
present* dependent upon Persia, that Power however deriving no pecuniary benefit
from them at all commensurate with the value of her protection. Boojidee and Koot-
el-Nawasir pay their revenues to the Bawa Arabs, who consider themselves subjects of
the Persian crown either as dependents upon Dizful, upon Howizah or upon Fellabiali
—, and Tamar-El-Jadeed, Khomeisah, Sbakhoora, Nahr Yoosoof, Darband, El Khagin
fcnd El Haffar are under the immediate surveillance of the Chief of Koot-El-SheiMi,
acting as the Deputy of the Sheikh of Fellahiah, and are subject to the payment of
S00 tons of dates yearly for land rent to the Government of Bussorah.
British relations with ; Arabistan, 1834-1848.
In 1838 a piracy, accompanied by the murder of several persons, was
committed on a Kharag vessel in the northern part of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
by
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
, the ringleaders being a certain Sultan-bin-Sohar and his brother
missive to Kussian influence and unfriendly to Britain. The ultimate adherence of
Britain to the Persian view regarding Muhammareh was regarded by Layard, at least
(gee his Early Adventures, Volume II, page 437), as an unworthy concession to Russia.
Major Rawlinson, employed as be was m Turkey, was necessarily exposed to the full
play of Turkish ex-parte assertions and arguments ; and this may partly account for
the resemblance between his attitude and that of the British Agent at Basrah in 1767.
(See footnote, page 1627.) Mr. Layard, on his part, cannot but have been prejudiced
against the Persian authorities by their abominable treatment of his friends, the ruling
family of the Chaharlong division of the Bakhtiyaris.
It may be noted that the two theories on which Muhammareh was claimed as Turkish
territory are mutually destructive. The first was that of Eawlinson, who believed that
the Bahmanshir was originally an eastern mouth of Shatt-al-'Arab, of which the Muham*
mareh waterway was consequently a branch. The second was that of Layard who
regarded the Muhammareh waterway as in its origin an artificial canal dug from the
Katun into the Shatt-al-'Arab. Rawlinson cites ancient geographers in support of
his theory {Notes on the Ancient Geograjphy of MohamrctJi and the Vicinity>
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, Vol. XXVII, 1857); but he has no
evidence to offer of the reversal of the flow of the water in the Muhammareh stream
which his theory necessarily involves. Layard's explanation seems to be based on tho
etymology of the word " Haffar " which, however, would mean 4c digger " not "dug,"
while moreoAi er the Haffar tract is not on the Muhammareh waterway but altogetliBr
above it.
The present opportunity may be taken to correct, in the light of Lieutenant
A. T. Wilsons recent researches, a statement in this Gazetteer'regarding the def ^cto
Perso-Turkish boundary on the Shatt-al-'Arab, above the mouth of the Karun: see
Volume II of this work, page 157, article " Southern Arabistan." For the words " at the
larger Khaiyain creek opposite^ to the Turkish island of Shamshamiyah " should be
eubstituted, apparently, « at a point on the Nahr Khaiyainsabout 1,500 yards below the
S 0 ^ th A Da ^ i and immediatel y above the mouth of a creek known as the
Nahr Abul Arabid. When the second volume was completed it was not known that
the Turkish tracts of SulaimSniyah, Kharnubiyah, and Buwarin were surrounded by
water, or that the mainland tracts of SaiyidThalib and Tamar, lying behind Kharnu-
Myah an Buwann, were under the jurisdiction of the Shaikh of Muhammareh.
'S in the aT ^cle V Shatt-al-'Arab " (Volume!!
and report GaZetteer) should be **de in accordance with Lieutenant Wilson's map
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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:
- 'Appendix A: Meteorology and Health in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2205-2211);
- 'Appendix B: Geology of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2212-2219);
- 'Appendix C: The Pearl and Mother-of-Pearl Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2220-2293);
- 'Appendix D: Date Production and the Date Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2294-2307);
- 'Appendix E: Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2308-2318);
- 'Appendix F: Sailing Craft of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2319-2332);
- 'Appendix G: Transport Animals and Livestock of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2333-2348);
- 'Appendix H: Religions and Sects of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2349-2385);
- 'Appendix I: Western Christianity and Missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2386-2399);
- 'Appendix J: The Telegraphs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in their relation to the Telegraph Systems of Persia and Turkey' (pages 2400-2438);
- 'Appendix K: Mail Communications and the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2439-2474);
- 'Appendix L: The Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2475-2516);
- 'Appendix M: Epidemics and Sanitary Organization in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2517-2555);
- 'Appendix N: The Arms and Ammunition Traffic in the Gulfs of Persia and ’Omān' (pages 2556-2593);
- 'Appendix O: The Imperial Persian Customs' (pages 2594-2625);
- 'Appendix P: Cruise of His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. [1903]' (pages 2626-2662);
- 'Appendix Q: British and Foreign Diplomatic Political; and Consular Representation in the Countries Bordering on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2663-2699);
- 'Appendix R: Book References' (pages 2700-2736)
- 'Appendix S: Explanation of the System of Transliteration' (pages 2737-2741).
- 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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