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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1757] (274/1262)

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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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1757
well as of Customs control^ His Britannic Majesty's Charge cPAffaires
at Tehran volunteered an offer of mediation^ and the Persian Govern
ment availed themselves of it to a limited extent. A disquieting feature
in the situation was the arrival of a Russian war vessel in the Persian
Gulf in February 1900; and in March the Persian Minister of Customs,
M. Naus ; told Mr. Spring-Rice in strict confidence that the Shah in
fact wished to put an end to the semi-independence of the Arab tribes
in the South of Persia. He added that the Persian Government would
prefer ^taking one bite at the Shaikh to taking two ^ that if the
Shaikh consented to the Customs arrangements proposed, he would
deprive the Persian Government of an excellent pretext for altering his
position; and that on the Shah's return from Europe, until which it had
been decided to postpone action, serious measures would be taken and a
punboat sent to Muhammareh.
d
Matters remained in suspense during 1901; but in 190^, as already 1902
explained, a peaceful transfer of the 'Arabistan Customs from the Shaikh
to the Persian Government took place on terms by no means disadvan
tageous to the Shaikh, and a title to almost the whole of Southern
^Arabistan was conferred on him by the Shah. The British Legation
did not appear in the negotiations of which this general settlement
was the outcome, but their advice was frequently sought by the
Shaikh's representative in bringing it to pass.
Had there been no extraneous factor in the situation, matters might
have rested here; but Haji Rais, the Shaikh's negotiator at Tehran, who
remained there from April 1902 to January 1903, was made the object
of blandishments and threats directed to the establishment of a Russian
protectorate over Muhammareh, or represented such to be the case; and
he was urgent in his requests, which in the circumstances could not be
neglected, that some additional assurance should be given to his master
by the British Government. He referred to the Shaikh of Kuwait, to
whose position he desired that of the Shaikh of Muhammareh should be
assimilated; and he urged that Shaikh Khaz'al, though he had no fear of
the Persian Government, wished to feel sure that the interests of himself
and his subjects would be secure, even should a dissolution of Persia
take place. In November 1902, it having in the meanwhile become
known that a Russian consular representative would presentlv be
stationed in 'Arabistan, where Russian trade was non-existent. Sir A.
Hardinge, His Britannic Majesty's Minister in Persia, telegraphed to
Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that^ unless

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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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