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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2014] (531/1262)

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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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2014
5th December, after the failure of a fresh endeavour made in tie
interests of peace by M. .Bourse, the French Minister, he left Tehran
for Baghdad with the other members of the British Legation.
At some time after the British Minister's departure Hashim Khan
made his peace with the Persian Government on his renouncing
Biitish employment and protection the royal favour, together with a
salary, was conferred on him; and the imputations against his wife
were retracted by the Sadr A'zam himself, as being merely calumnies
concocted to serve a purpose. The Persian preparations against Herat
then entered on an active stage, and before the end of December 1855,
Sultan Murad Mirza left Tehran to take command of the troops in the
field.
Unsucoess- The question of a settlement was first opened at Constantinople on
Persian January 1856 by the Persian Charge d ; Affaires, who presented
at Constant!- ^ ie Ambassador with a memorandum embodying the Persian
nople,—Jan. version of the whole case. A separate' statement on the snhject,
Dec. 1856. prepared by the Persian Government, seems to have been communicated
also to other European Powers. The general effect of the two decn-
ments was to attribute the rupture to immoral conduct on the part of
Mr. Thomson and Mr. Murray but denunciations of former British
Ministers Sir J. McNeill, Sir J. Sheil, and Colonel Farrant—were
added as a make-weight. It further appeared that the Shah himself
had in December 1855, written an intemperate letter to the Sadr A'Zam,
declaring for the information of the foreign Missions, that he would not
again receive a British representative at Tehran until the Que®
( Malikeh ) of England had herself apologised to him for the mis -
conduct of Mr. Murray ; and that, somewhat earlier, he had personally
subscribed to the offensive charges brought against the British repre
sentative.
After the discussion at Constantinople had continued for some time
a British ultimatum was presented to the Persian Charge d'Affaires,
requiring that all imputations against Mr. Murray should be withdr^^i
that he should be invited to return to Tehran, that he should be honour
ably received at the Persian Court with particular ceremonies, and that a
salute of 21 guns should be fired on the rehoisting of the British flag,
after which the Persian Government must agree to evacuate (or not to
occupy ) Herat, while the British Government would refrain from in*
ing on the employment of Hasbim Khan at Shlraz, provided only that his
wife was restored to him and that arrangements were made to indemnifj

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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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