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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1993] (510/1262)

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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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onectness of his own opinions and measures. It was r^ied that the
administration of the island and village should be military, under the
officer commanding the forces, the Resident's establishments being
excluded frohi his jurisdiction ; these were Captain HennelFs suggestions.
It was ordered that some Baluchis left on Kharag by Shaikh Nasir
should be taken into the service of the British Government, and that
arrangements should be made for the safety and comfort of Shaikh Nasir
himself; to whom just compensation for his losses and expenses was to
be allowed, at the discretion of the Eesident.
In 1841, the British military occupation of Kharag still continuing,
it seems to have been proposed by the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. that
the island should be purchased from the Persian Government with a view
to the location of 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. there instead of at Bushehr, and as a
permanent settlement and coal depot. The suggestion was referred to
England, where it was attentively considered by the 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. and
Foreign Office; but in the end it was decided that to acquire Kharag
by purchase would be to give Russia an opportunity of obtaining the
cession of the whole or a portion of Gilan in the north in return for a
remission of the balance of the war indemnity due to her by Persia,—a
most undesirable result,-—and that it would be better to do nothing which
might so compromise the integrity of Persia. The British Minister at
Tehran, however, was instructed to explain to the Persian Government,
when the time for the evacuation of Kharag arrived in consequence of
the fulfilment of the British demands, that a British Resident would
remain on the island for the protection of British commercial interests,
and that a coal depot would be required there for the use of the British
steam vessels navigating the Tigris and the Euphrates ; and he was
directed to ask the Persian Government to order the local authorities to
afford the necessary facilities.
Kharag had proved, apparently, a not unpopular station. By the end
of 1840 a well-furnished bazaar existed on the island, and ready money
payments had made abundant supplies procurable; but fever and other
diseases continued to be prevalent, in summer, among the troops of the
garrsion.
It having been arranged that on the conclusion of an Anglo-Persian
Commercial Treaty the British occupation of Kharag should cease,
Sir J. McNeill wrote on the 28th October 1841 to the military officer
commanding on Kharag, desiring him to arrange, in concei't with the
3nt, for an immediate evacuation of the island ; to deliver it up to
Proposed
purchase of
Kharag by
Britain from
Persia, 1841.
Tehnination
of the British
occupation
of Kharag,
1841-42.

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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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