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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1953] (470/1262)

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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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might tave been supposed^ but by his predecessor; and that it pro^
Jbly its origin in the troubles to which the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. was exposed
in 1827'
Early in January 1828 indirect overtures for a secret understanding * Applica-
ith the British Government were made by Shaikh ^ Abdur Kasul of
■R'shphr to Captain Wilson^ the British Resident; the medium of com- Abdur Rusul
Q-f Bushehr
munication chosen by the Shaikh was the Mirza of the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . for British
The substance of the Shaikh's message to the Resident was that he P^ gugh ,
was anxious to connect himself in a very close and special manner with
the British Government, in fact to be regraded by them as a dependent;
that he would enter into any engagements which the Resident might
consider expedient; and that he would write a letter to the Governor
of Bombay,— at this time Sir J. Malcolm,—to say that whatever the
Resident might report should be taken as coming from himself ('Abdur
Rasul), and that he would be content to receive the Governor's reply
verbally from the Resident. The object of these last precautions was
clearly to obviate the necessity of committing his sentiments to paper.
Captain Wilson had no doubt that the Shaikh's action was due to the
progress of Russian influence in Persia, which he evidently expected to go
on increasing, and that he a probably considered it safe policy at all events
'Ho be recognised as on a friendly footing with the British Government,
a towards which many in that part of Persia then looked, conceiving
" it deeply interested in the war carried on with Russia and by no means
"unlikely to take an active part in the contestbut at the same time
he thought that the Shaikh would not hold himself bound by anything
4 that he might say, and that afterwards, if convenient, he would even
M deny having said it. The Resident accordingly endeavoured to dissuade
? the Shaikh from his purpose by assuring him that his friendly feelings
l f towards the British Government were well known, and by reminding him
' L of the political alliance between Britain and Persia. The Shaikh in reply
d 1
professed entire loyalty to the Shah, but he continued to press the matter
, and even alluded to it in a personal conversation with the Resident, so
1 that in the end Captain "Wilson was persuaded to forward to Bombay a
'] closed letter from the Shaikh to the Governor, of the contents of which
.J ^ was himself unaware. On the 1st February 1828 the Governor in
There is a remarkable parallelism between the conduct of the Shaikh of Bushehr
at tbis time and that of the Shaikh of Muhammareh in more recent days.
^Chapter X, page 1755.

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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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