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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1705] (222/1262)

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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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1705
telegraphed instead to superior authority protesting against his being
allowed to take his departure thus prematurely. Orders were accordingly
sent and repeated by the Persian Government that the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925).
should remain on the spot until the case was finished ; but^ disregarding
them, he left for Ahwaz on the 11th January in a steam launch belong
ing to Shaikh Jabir. Towards the close of his stay, irritated by the
pressure that was being brought to bear on him, he refused to recognise
officially the Naqib and the Chalabi, whom the Governor of Easrah had
duly, though not in writing, empowered to act as Turkish represent
atives; and it was 'not until, after his departure that orders for their
recognition were received from Tehran.
The arrangements made by the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). proved, however,
unexpectedly effectual. On the 16th January Ahtaib, one of the men
wanted, arrived in custody at Muhammareh from Failiyah and was
conveyed in the Comet" to Basrah; and on the 22nd two prisoners
from Hawizeh were brought in and similarly disposed of, the Maula of
Hawizeh giving a formal certificate of the death of a third whose
surrender had been demanded.
On the 23rd January 1873, under instructions from Colonel
Herbert, Mr. Robertson started in person for Fallahiyeh. Leaving the
Naqib of Basrah at Failiyeh, he proceeded with Qasim-az-Zuhair,
Chalabi, in the " Comet" to ^Ali-ibn-al-Husain on the Karun, whence
the pair made their way to an encampment on the Ja'fari canal near
Fallahiyeh. The Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). , who had spent at Ahwaz the
interval since the last proceedings in the case, encamped close by with
a force of 500 or 600 men, and the Muhassil also rejoined them; but
Shaikh Lufti Was absent at Dar-al-Mulla. It had now been ascertained
that part of the plunder of the " Cashmerewas in the possession of
some Shaikhs of the Ka^ab. On the 3rd February Shaikh Lufti came
in; and soon after an effort was made to postpone restitution by the
Ka'ab Shaikhs implicated, but was frustrated by Mr. Robertson. By
the 10th February Mr. Robertson ha.d succeeded in recovering a
further sum of 11,947 Qrans; but his endeavours to secure the arrest
of the pirates supposed to be at Dar-al-Mulla were unsuccessful, and
those men were never captured. On the 22nd February Mr. Robertson
and the Chalabi regained Failiyeh, and this time the former was able to
report that the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). had behaved with the greatest courtesy
and kindness,^ and that " his action in supporting our claims, without
admitting question as to their validity, was doing us more than justice,

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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:

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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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