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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1888] (405/1262)

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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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1888
Anglo-
Persian
Political
Treaty, 28tli
J anuary
1801.
Anglo-
Persian
Commercial
Treaty, 2 8tli
J anuary
1801.
as yet no tangible evidences of French activity in Persia. The British
nvoy therefore at first devoted, or appeared to devote, most of his atten
tion to the conclusion of a Commercial Treaty, and left it to the Persians
to press,—which they did not fail to do,—for the formation of poli
tical engagements. In the commercial Treaty, however, Captain Malcolm
would have inserted a clause conferring possession of the islands of
Qishm, Hanjam and Kharag upon the British, with rights of occupation
and fortification ; but this condition was strenuously opposed by tlie
Shah and his ministers from a belief that the British power in India
had sprung from similar grants, and ultimately it was eliminated
from the discussions.
The Political Treaty, as finally signed on the 28th of January 1801,
bore that amity should be maintained between Britain and Persia;
that, if the ruler of Afghanistan were ever to show an intention of
invading India, the Shah should ky waste his dominions, and that, in
any treaty of peace which the Shah might make with him, a stipulation
should be inserted for the abandonment by the Afghans of all designs
upon British territory; that, in event of the Afghans or the Frencli
making war upon Persia, the British should supply the Persians with
guns and military stores ; that, if a French force should attempt to effect a
lodgment upon any Persian coast or island; a joint Anglo -Persian
expedition should be organised to expel them; and finally that, if the
French were to apply for leave to establish a settlement in any such
position, their request should be refused by Persia.
The provisions of the Commercial Treaty, signed on the same
date, were that the merchants of each of the contracting powers
were to enjoy security and official protection in the territories of the
other ; that British and Indian merchants " in the service of the EngH^
Government ^ (i.e., probably, in the employment of the East India
Company) should be free to settle at all places in Persia ; that no duties
should be levied upon goods which were bond fide the property of either
Government, but that the usual duties might, if such goods were
be realised from the purchasers ; that in either country the merci
of the other should be entitled, on certain conditions, to official
in obtaining payment of debts and redress of injuries ; that the British
representatives in Persia should be at liberty to employ as many Persian
subjects as their affairs might require^ and to punish them in event of mis
conduct, but without injury to life or limb; that the
British sli oul(1
be free to build residences for themselves in all the ports and cities o-
Persia, and to sell or rent the same at their pleasure; that aid should b e

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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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