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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1749] (266/1262)
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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1749
^Arabistan, no pretence being made of taxing exports and imports by thereto, and
sea in Pallahiyeh and the otter districts to eastward; and even at difficulties^
Muhammareh the principal commodities exported (such as dates^ wool^ 1897-1904.
and dried fruits) and imported (such as tea, coffee, sugar, arms, and
ammuniton) were exempt from duty, while the Shaikh and his headmen
and other local officials enjoyed in addition certain personal immunities.
The Muhammareh Customs were regranted to the Shaikh year by year
for a contract sum which was fixed at Nauruz.
In 1900, the net annual proceeds of the ; Arabistan Customs being jqqq
then estimated at £8,000 only, and arrangements being on foot for the
extension of Imperial Persian Customs system to the whole of Persia,
the Persian Government began to move in the matter of Muhammareh.
Up to the 11th March 1900, when a meeting took place between Shaikh
Rhaz^al and Colonel Meade, the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
,
the former, though he had been sounded on the subject of a transfer
of the Customs, had received no official notice of the intentions of the
Persian Government. He had, however, fully considered the threatened
innovation in all its bearings, and he informed Colonel Meade that his
subjects, being unaccustomed to pay, would not tolerate a duty on dates
any more than his headmen would on other articles ; that the tribes of
Fallahiyeh and Jarrahi would probably resist the introduction of Customs
in those districts ; and that he himself, if he acceded to the wishes of
the Government, would be regarded by his people as having betrayed
their trust in him, and must in the end either rebel or retire to his estates
in Turkey. The Resident, under telegraphic instructions from His
Britannic Majesty^s Minister at Tehran, pointed out in reply that the
Persian Government had unquestionably a right to collect customs
at Muhammareh, which was one of their ports, and confined himself, for
the rest, to expressing a hope that some compromise between the Shaikh
and the Government would be found possible; but steps were taken by
of tak the British Legation for protecting the Shaikh^s interests, so far as possi-
lehaii^ 1 hie; and an assurance was given them by the Persian Government that
essful i he would be treated with every consideration, and compensated for pecu-
(fjz'al U niary loss. The services of the Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
were also
and I ds utilized, at the request of the Persian Minister of Customs, Mr. Naus,
torn Ho® ^ purpose of re-assuring the Shaikh as to the real intentions of the
laikb ^ ^ er ^ an Government. What the Shaikh dreaded more than the loss of
g about 1 Customs was that the Government, after taking them over, might
» P^ceed to deprive him of his districts one by one, and destroy his power
r altogether.
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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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