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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1982] (499/1262)

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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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1982
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Kangun-
'Asalu case,
1838.
The " Colonel
Newall" case,
1838.
a vessel under British colours^ being subjected to such treatment, to lodge
a protest and to request Commodore Pepper, the senior officer of the
Indian Naval Squadron, to keep the Bushehr fleet under observation.
Shaikh ^Abdullah thereupon informed the Resident that it had never
been intended to interfere with the " Colonel Newall^ at all and the
Shaikhs relinquished their obnoxious scheme.
A few days later it was the turn of the Shaikhs to seek the protection
of the Resident for the " Nasrat Shah a ship belonging to Shaikh
Nasir, their nephew, which was expected shortly from Bombay with a
cargo largely owned by British subjects, and which the Persian authori
ties were likely, in view of the differences between them and the Shaikhs'
family, to attempt to seize. The Resident answered that it lay with the
Shaikhs to take the necessary measures for the vessels defence; but,
fortunately, matters had been arranged between the Persian Government
and the Shaikhs before the arrival of the (< Nasrat Shah "at Bushehr.
In 1838 Captain Hennell, the Acting Resident at Bushehr, considered
it necessary, on his return from a visit to India, to address His Koyal
Highness the Governor-General of Fars on the subject of depredations
committed by Shaikh Khalfan, the Zabit of 'Asalu, upon boats belonging
to Kangun, of which place Shaikh Jabarah was Zabit. This Shaikh
Jabarah of Kangun may have been the same who attracted the
favourable notice of General Malcolm in 1808. His adversary,
Shaikh Khalfan, was in close relations with the Bani Yas tribe of
the Arabian Coast who had been responsible for the last exhibition
of armed lawlessness on a large scale in the waters of the Persian
Gulf. The two hostile chiefs had, it appeared, been called to Shiraz in
order that their mutual proceedings might be enquired into, and the
Kangun Shaikh had obeyed the summons, but he of ^Asalu had give 11
no signs of compliance. The British Resident at Bushahr accordingly
urged the Governor-General of Fars to insist on the latter's appearance
and punish him for his misdeeds ; but even this degree of intervention
appears to have been resented by the Prince, who replied, civilly ^
not without asperity : " The oppressor will be subject to punishment
without the necessity of foreign assistance/'
In 1838 the British barque a Colonel Newall/' already mention^,
again became a cause of difficulty at Bushehr. The ostensible owner of
the a Colonel Newall" was Haji Mirza Shafi', a Mughal merchant
residing at Bombay, and the vessel possessed a British pass and colours j
but the commander, Mulla Muhammad, and the crew were all natives of

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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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