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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1783] (300/1262)

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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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1783
Govef| companions; when the officer in command of the boat was suddenly
a M killed by a pistol bullet from the ship, which passed through his head,
a, moi 'phe others cast off and made for the nearest shore, landing again at
Ml | " a little town about a league to the southward of Magoo probably
a, Tflu, puvvan, where the Shaikh seized the boat and stripped them of all their
was hi property. The pirates carried the ei Islamabad " to Qais Island and
e moil disembarked there, first possessing themselves of all the valuables on
s desiii board and murdering one of the Armenian merchants, of whose profes-
tie j sional advice they had availed themselves ; but they were at once taken
tlie Hi prisoners and sent over to the mainland by the local Shaikh, who did
rsjorli not fail, at the same time, to convert the stolen property to his own use.
lie tral- The survivors of the long-boat party, namely u a servant, a helmsman
loipJ and lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. reached Bushehr on the 6th of March and reported the
ieatikli affair to Mr. Jervis, the Resident there, who on the same day despatched
latterk a boat-express with a letter to the Agent and Council at Basrah; but
ie VaH the information, apparently, did not reach Basrah until the 26th of
itittii March, when much valuable time had been lost.* As Mr. Jervis had
and tkl suggested that vessels should be sent to demand the surrender by the
Shaikh of Qais of the plunder in his possession, the Agent and Council
m%U ^ ac0( ^ snow " Tartar ^ at his disposal and gave him discretion to
VIsk ma ^ ft 11Se ^ er as P ro P ose ^ case could be done without endan-
Sutb e ^^ er or cargo ; and along with the " Tartar " they sent
eewiif ^ r0m ^ asra ^ ^ ollamby, a Company's servant, who was to act
before i! ^ re P resen ^ a ^ ve ma ^ er J provided that Mr. Jervis thought
mte i UI1( ^ er ^ a ^^ n ^ feasible. The total loss in the te Islamabad J) case
was roughly estimated at Rs. 4,00,000, of which half was expected to
jcgd suff j? 11 -p* i • i
^ npon British and half upon Armenian and other merchants, but the
sailors, i,- i in .
\i ^ Was apparently saved, having been taken to Masqat by the
ndfe CreW an( ^ P assen S ers J after the catastrophe, with the help of Qais pilots.
ckiit resulted in this connection from the despatch of the " Tartar
rovisi® ^ieh did net even, it would seem, proceed beyond Bushehr, perhaps
Ipi ^ eCailSe ^ was that the Shaikh of Qais had already been obliged
cref ^ ®^ a ^h ''Abdullah of Hormuz, acting on behalf of Nasir Khan of Lar,
eitW ^ 0 ^ S ^ Or ^ e larger part of the booty. No application on the subject of
he ^ ^ S ^ ama ^ a( ^ ^ was m ade, it would appear, to Karim Khan, into whose
after 11 J* 16 a ^ ove f 0 llow8 the official account ; but, according to Niebahr, whose ship
were | ^ a , SSe " Islamabadnear Sirri on the 25th of January, the tragedy took place
, 0]1 J J"" 0 da y s later, and the news of it reached Bushehr " a little after " his own
[• u there on the 4th of February. Mr. Jervis, perhaps, had doubted or disbeliered
a JailCt e mmour of a catastrophe until convinced of its truth by the arrival of the
dm SQmvors -

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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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