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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1937] (454/1262)

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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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1937
the request of the British for an island was no new things and that
it had been refused many years before ; that it was a matter too weighty
for settlement through a Charge d'Affaires and ought to have been raised
by His Britannic Majesty, by the Hon'ble East India Company, or by
His Excellency the Governor-General of India in another manner;
and that its discussion had better be postponed until the arrival of a
British Ambassador who, according to a report received from the Persian
Minister in London, was about to be deputed to Persia on the part of
the Prince Regent.
The later developments of the scheme for a central base will appear
from the next paragraph.
From the first it had been assumed by 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. Negotiations
apparently on the strength of a claim by their ally Saiyid Sa'id, that wit . h ,^ erBia
an( * Oman
Qishm was a dependency of the Oman Sultanate ; and that island was and location
appointed as the rendezvous of the expedition against Ras-al-Khaimah ^rriso^lt
in 1819. It was anticipated, however, that Persia might entertain a ^Q 11
competing claim to the sovereignty of Qishm, and that she would in any
case object to the establishment of a permanent British garrison on the
island, should it be selected as the site of the proposed station. Sir H.
Willock was accordingly consulted as to the attitude of the Persian Gov
ernment, and as to the extent to which it would be advisable to defer to
their wishes in the matter of Qishm ; and the result was an application by
him which ended, as already described, in a refusal by the Shah to discuss
the question of the occupation of a Persian island by a British force until
the arrival of an Ambassador expected from England. The Shah, it
should be added, claimed Qishm as a Persian dependency and expressed
much surprise at the pretensions advanced by the Sultan of ■'Oman.
The British Charge d ; Affaires was informed of the answer to his
reference by the Persian ministers on the 5th May 1820.
Meanwhile, however, it was decided that the captured town of Eas-al-
Khaimah was unsuitable, chiefly on account of difficulties in regard to
drinking water, as a permanent post for the garrison of one native
battalion or more which it had been resolved to keep in the Gulf, to
control piracy, after the return of the expeditionary force to India;
the immediate transfer of the Eas-al-Khaimah garrison to Qishm was
strongly recommended by Sir W. G. Keir. 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.
accordingly, ordered Captain Thompson, the political and military officer
ln C ^ ar ^ e permanent garrison, to remove to Qishm after making the
pred arrangements with the Sultan of ^Cman, whom, on the strength
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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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