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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2009] (526/1262)
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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2009
expulsion of the Persians from the town; and Muhammad Yusuf then
hoisted the British flag and applied to Dost Muhammad Khan for aid
against the Persians. Almost immediately^ however^ another internal
revolution took place at Herat; Muhammad Yusuf was deposed and
handed over a prisoner to the Persians ; and charge of Herat was assumed
by his Lieutenant ^Isa Khan who was equally resolved^ as the event
proved^ to maintain the independence of Herat. "'Isa Khan held out
gallantly for a time ; bat at length, on the 26th October 1856, direction
of the operations against the town having meanwhile been transferred
from Sultan Murad Mirza to M. Biihler, a .French officer of engineers
in the service of the Shah, he was obliged to capitulate, and the
Persians re-entered Herat. ''Isa Khan was treacherously put to death,
in disregard of previous assurances of pardon and favour ; and Sultan
Murad Mirza was installed in the Government of Herat.
War was at this juncture declared by Britain against Persia,
the principal ground being the occupation of Herat by Persia;
and, under the Treaty of Peace which ended it, the Persian Govern
ment undertook to evacuate Herat and to recognise the independence
of that principality, and of all Afghanistan, in relation to Persia.
The Persian Government, however, by astute manoeuvring, succeeded
in preserving for a time supreme influence at Herat. The sons of Sa^id
Muhammad Khan were enabled to assassinate at Tehran Muhammad
Yusuf, their father's murderer, who might probably have regarded him
self, as indebted to the British Government if he had been restored to
power at Herat; and when, on the 27th July 1857, Herat was formally
retransferred to Afghan administration, the ruler left in possession
was Sultan Ahmed Khan, a Barakzai and a nephew and son-in-law of
Dost Muhammad Khan, but devoted to the interests of the Persian
Government with whom he had sought and found asylum from his
uncle, and secretly pledged to strike his coinage, and cause the Khutbah
to be pronounced in his dominions, in the Shah^s name. British action
was thus completely stultified; and British remonstrances, there being
no violation except in spirit of the Treaty of Peace with Persia, proved
unavailing.
Though Sultan Ahmad Khan, who had watched—if he had not
taken part in—the assassination of the British Envoy at Kabul in 1841,
w as not a persona grata to the British Government, he was in other
Aspects well fitted to govern Herat; and chiefly to emphasise his
uidepedence, a British Mission under Colonel Taylor was sent from
Tehran to congratulate him on his accession and promise him moral
Evacuation
of Herat by
the Persians
and installa
tion of
Sultan
Ahmad
Khan, 1857.
Grovernment
of Herat
by Sultan
Ahmad
Khan, 1857
—1863.
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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:
- 'Appendix A: Meteorology and Health in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2205-2211);
- 'Appendix B: Geology of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2212-2219);
- 'Appendix C: The Pearl and Mother-of-Pearl Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2220-2293);
- 'Appendix D: Date Production and the Date Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2294-2307);
- 'Appendix E: Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2308-2318);
- 'Appendix F: Sailing Craft of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2319-2332);
- 'Appendix G: Transport Animals and Livestock of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2333-2348);
- 'Appendix H: Religions and Sects of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2349-2385);
- 'Appendix I: Western Christianity and Missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2386-2399);
- 'Appendix J: The Telegraphs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in their relation to the Telegraph Systems of Persia and Turkey' (pages 2400-2438);
- 'Appendix K: Mail Communications and the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2439-2474);
- 'Appendix L: The Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2475-2516);
- 'Appendix M: Epidemics and Sanitary Organization in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2517-2555);
- 'Appendix N: The Arms and Ammunition Traffic in the Gulfs of Persia and ’Omān' (pages 2556-2593);
- 'Appendix O: The Imperial Persian Customs' (pages 2594-2625);
- 'Appendix P: Cruise of His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. [1903]' (pages 2626-2662);
- 'Appendix Q: British and Foreign Diplomatic Political; and Consular Representation in the Countries Bordering on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2663-2699);
- 'Appendix R: Book References' (pages 2700-2736)
- 'Appendix S: Explanation of the System of Transliteration' (pages 2737-2741).
- 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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:130, 1625:2742, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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