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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1846] (363/1262)

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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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1846
siderable resistance^ and assumed once more the prerogatives and state
of an independent ruler; but this was the last gleam of his prosperity.
In 1794 Agha Muhammad Khan himself appeared before Kirman;
and, after an investment extending to months, his troops were ad-
mitted into some of the defences by the treachery of a part of the
garrison. Lutf ; Ali Khan held out for a time in one of the gateways of
the town, after which, breaking through the masses of the enemy by a
desperate effort, he regained Bam in safety. A few days after his
arrival, however, not without a desperate struggle in which he defended
himself single-handed against a whole body of the enemy, nor until he
had been disabled by wounds, Lutf ^Ali Khan was made a prisoner by
the acting Governor of Bam, whose intention it was to sacrifice him
to the safety of a brother captured by Agha Muhammad Khan at the
fall of Kirman; and a little later, having been handed over to the
Qajars, he was blinded, subjected to nameless indignities, and finally
put to death. So ended, in 1795, the rule of the Zands in Persia.
Khusrau Khan, the infant son of Lutf''Ali Khan, was emasculated by
order of Agha Muhammad Khan, himself a eunuch; and the conqueror's
treatment of the citizens of Kirman recalled the worst excesses of Nadir
Shah.
Lutf 'Ali Khan is one of the most striking figures in Persian history^
and his military skill and the extraordinary courage with which he con
tended against fate command admiration; but it may be doubted whether
his reputation would have been served so well by success as it was by
adversity, for in his conduct few traces are discoverable of foresight or
moderation, — in a word, of statesmanship. Jt should be remembered;
however, that his career ended at the early age of 25.
History of the Persian Coast districts, 1779—95,
Occupation The assassination of Zaki Khan at the middle of June 1779 was the
by Bsqir 31 " i ndirect cause of a series of remarkable occurrences at Busheln- and in
Khanj Chief neighbourhood. In the confusion following his death Baqir Khan;
SOth'juneTo Ra ' S ^ Cllief of Tan gistan, Zaki Khan's " instrument in ill-treating Sadoo
lltb July f Zaun's women, which power he exercised with cruelty/'' escaped from
the clutches of the new rulers j and on the 28th of June it became known
at Bushehr that he had reached the port of Rig. Shaikh Nasir, the
hereditary governor of Bushehr, was at this time absent on some long

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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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