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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1855] (372/1262)
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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to Co
1855
the time which was still less flourishing than it had been under Karim
Khan.
The principal port was Bushehr, where customB duties were lights
though variable, and where the administration was of an easygoing
Arab kind ; very favourable to trade. Since the loss of Bahrain in 1783
there had been little intercourse between Bushehr and the opposite coast
of the Gulf; but there was a considerable trade, by native boats, with
Masqat. The chief article imported direct from India at Bushehr was
chintz from the coast of Coromandel. There were also cloth goods from
Bengal^ but these were not suited to the Persian market and were
brought to Bushehr only for the purpose of smuggling them into
Turkish ; Iraq. Bengal merchants sent also some sugar candy, iron, and
; indigo was supplied by Masulipatam; and china and
often arrived from Bombay in the vessels of the East India
Company. The importations by native boat from Masqat were chiefly
sugar, sugar candy, spices, coffee, metals and a variety of petty articles :
of these the sugar, sugar candy, spices and metals mostly came to
Masqat in French or Dutch vessels. The principal obstacle at one time
in the way of a profitable trade at Bushehr was the abuse of his power
by the Shaikh, himself a merchant, to control the local market. The
state of trade at Bushehr always depended closely on the general and
political situation at Shiraz ; and, under ordinary conditions, there was
hardly a week in which one or more commercial caravans did not pass
between the two places. When disturbances prevailed upon the direct
road, goods for Isfahan were forwarded to their destination by Shushtar
or Yazd instead of Shiraz. The cost of carriage from Bushehr to
Shiraz was at this time 22^ to 23 J Bushehr
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per mule load, and
25? to 261 Bushehr
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
per camel load. The best Persian opium
was produced, in these days, in the neighbourhood of Kazaran ; and Shiraz
supplied the whole Gulf with glass, sword-blades, spear-heads, and
gun-barrels.
Bandar^Abbas had now ceased to be a port of general consequence;
and the trade route connecting it with Isfahan had fallen into total
disuse. There was, however, some exportation of sulphur and rock-salt
from Hormuz. Kirman wool was still a commodity of considerable
value; but about 1788, in consequence of a prohibition on export by Ja^far
Khan, only about 3,000 Tabriz Mans were obtainable annually.
The foreign trade of Western Persia, if a trade between Basrah and
Sbushtar be excluded, was entirely with Baghdad; and it was observed
that the parts of the country served by Baghdad took, as compared
Btisliehr.
Bandar
'Abbas.
Western
Persia.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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