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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1671] (188/1262)
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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He at first relied chiefly on the aid of Muhammad Taqi Khan, the
Bakhtiyaii Chief; for the realisation of his ideas ; and his mission to
Kharag from that chief in December 1840 had a commercial as well as a
political side. Muhammad Taqi Khan was a man of some enlightenment;
he had once attempted on his own account to export productions of the
country direct to Bombay, but the ^ vessel with which the experiment
was made foundered on the way ; and he was prepared to establish trade
routes connecting his territory with the shores of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and
Shatt-al/Arab. On the 18th December 1840 Mr. Layard addressed a
commercial letter on behalf of Muhammad Taqi Khan to Mr. Frith, a
prominent Bombay merchant, for communication to the Bombay Chamber
of Commerce, and that body at once responded with an invitation to for
ward samples ; but the troubles in which the Bakhtiyari Chief was soon
after involved and his capture by the Mo'tamad-Ud-Dauleh frustrated
Mr. Layard^s schemes as originally conceived.
On his journeys in ^Arabistan in 1841, and particularly at Shushtar,
Mr. Layard collected a quantity of commercial as well as of geographical
and political information ; he obtained promises from a number of the
chiefs of the country and notables of the towns that they would do all in
their power to promote and facilitate British trade, if established ; and on
his return to Baghdad, early in 184^, he was able to induce some of the
British merchants there; especially Mr. A. Hector^ to turn their attention
to the exportable products of ^Arabistan. The more intelligent among the
inhabitants of the province were at this time anxious to develop external
trade relations, which, as Mr. Layard explained to them, would tend to
check local Persian tyranny and misgovernment by making J Arabistan
affairs more prominent in the eyes of the world.
In 1841-42, while the " Nitocris " and " Nimrod ^ were absent on an
expedition to the upper Euphrates conducted by Lieutenants Lynch and
Campbell, I.N., the remaining vessels of the British Mesopotamian
flotilla, the " Euphrates " and the " Assyria,^ under Lieutanant W. B.
Selby, I.N., continued to have their head-quarters at Baghdad.
In May 1841 Lieutenant Selby took one of them to the Karun^
which he ascended as far as Ahwaz, a point already reached by Major
Estcourt with the " Euphrates " in 1836, and made fresh surveys and
memoranda,
* According to Selby {Account of the Ascent of the Kdrun, etc., page 237) the
attempt was made through " an English adventurer who had been in his service
Without security of anj kind ** ; but Layard only says that the supercargo was a
Christian {Early Adventuress Volume I, page 458)*
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Karun,
Karkheh
Shatait,
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:130, 1625:2742, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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