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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1690] (207/1262)

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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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1690
Proposed
assembling
of British
naval vessels
at Muham-
mareh, 1849.
Indian Navy squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to co-operate with the armed
steamer " Nitocrisof the Baghdad Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in a demonstration
against Muhammareh. Major Hennell complied by despatching, at the end
of December 1848, the sloop of war " Elphinstoneand the brig of war
" Euphratesbut the Euphrates ^ went ashore on the island of
Khargu en route, and was so seriously damaged that she had to return
to Bushehr. In the meanwhile, also, Major Rawlinson received from
Tehran orders addressed by the Shah to Sulaiman Khan, then Governor
of ^Arabistan, who was " no less distinguished for his liberal principles
than for his firm administration!;'''' and, good prospects of redress by
ordinary means being thus afforded, the plan of a British naval demon
stration was laid aside.
The action of Major Eawlinson and Major Hennell was disapproved
by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , who considered that they ought not to
have entered on preparations for the use of force without instructions from
His Britannic Majesty^s Charge^d' Affaires at Tehran; and, as the Politi
cal Agent in Turkish ^Iraq was under the direct orders of the Governmenl;
of India, they reported the case to that authority. Major Hennell
justified his part in the proceedings by referring to orders which had
been issued by the Government of India at the time of Major Bawlin-
son^s appointment to Baghdad in 1843, authorising that officer u to issue
directions and to address requisitions to all the political and naval officers
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , as occasion may require but the Government of
Bombay did not exonerate hi»n from blame, it having been laid down
in the orders quoted that the discretionary power conferred on Majot
EawlinsOn ^vas not to be used " on all ordinary occasions,^ but only
circumstances " demanding its immediate exercise,^ such as did
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not in the present instance exist. The Government of India concurred
in the views of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. and informed Major Rawlin*
son of them for his future guidance.
Towards the close of 1849 Colonel Williams, the British representative
on the Commission for the delimitation of the Perso-Tarkish Frontier,
then assembled at Baghdad, asked Captain Kemball, the Political
Agent in Turkish ^Iraq, to communicate with the Resident at Bushebr
with a view to British cruisers being sent to Muhammareh, where the
work of the commission was to begin, to " give to the opening scene
of their labors a judicious eclat, as well as a moral influence over the
population of the Chaab district,^
On the ground that no measures of coercion or intimidation were
involved, this request was recommended by Captain Kemball, who
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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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