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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1930] (447/1262)

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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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1930
proceedings contemplated upon their littoral was requested; but, lest a
reply should not be received from them in time, the following instruc-
tions were also given to the British naval and military commanders
In any case you need not hesitate to proceed to destroy the maritime equipment of
the pirates on that side of the Gulph, wherever you may ascertain them to exist,
taking care to proceed in all such cases with the utmost practicable respect towards the
undisputed right of His Majesty the King of Persia, the present ally of our Sovereign,
and to cause it to be well explained to such of his officers as the course of events may
lead you into communication with that the British Government have no other objeci
than to free (trade from) the obstructions and heavy losses to which it is now, and has
so long continued, exposed from the predatory attacks of the Joasmee and other pirates,
without the slightest intention to occupy any part of the territory or to molest or
annoy so much as one of His Majesty's loyal subjects, [and] whom, in pursuance of
the happily cemented friendship between the two states, it is on the contrary the desire
of the English nation to cherish and protect and promote the interest of to the greatest
practicable extent.
The notice received by the Persians appears, however, to have been
sufficient. In September 1809 it was intimated to Lieutenant Bruce^
the Resident at Bushehr, that the Prince-Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Shiraz intended, as
soon as the weather was cool enough, to send troops under the command
of his minister Nasr Ullah Khan against the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , which would deal
with the piratical settlements upon the Persian Coast, and in certain
circumstances might even cross over to Ras-al-Khaimah; but no signs
were ever perceived of so much as an attempt to carry this laudable inten
tion into effect. Somewhat earlier in the year, it is true, a Persian force
from Lar had visited Lingeh and Charak and driven some Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
whom they found there to Basidu on the island of Qishm.
As is related fully in the history of Trucial 'Oman, the British arma
ment destroyed the port of Lingeh and some vessels found there, and also
did considerable execution at Laft, which was stoutly defended by the
same Mulla Husain that Captain Seton, in 1805, had evicted from Ban
dar 'Abbas. At Laft, however, the British acted under an authority
granted by the Sultan of 'Oman, to whom—and not to the Shah -the
Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. understood the whole island of Qisbm to
pertain.
The Persian ports of Kangun, Nakhilu, Charak, Mughu, Kung,
Hamiran and Band Mu'allim were visited and searched by vessels of the
British fleet, chiefly in November 1809 and January 1810; but no
piratical craft were found at any of these places unless at Mughu, where
four vessels belonging to Sharjah were destroyed. Mughu, Charak, and
the small coast village of Shanas near Lingeh had merely, it was stated
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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:

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.

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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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