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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2037] (554/1262)
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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2037
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Minister for Foreign Affairs; it was ante-dated 16tli September 1888 >
and the important portion of it ran as follows :—
Convey these commands to His Excellency, the (British) Minister Plenipotentiary,
even give him this very autograph, in order that he may keep it and ba satisfied that
Onr former promise with regard to priority of the English Government and the
Company of that bovei'nment over others in the construction of a Southern Kailway
to Tehran continues to hold good ; and certainly, whenever railway concessions in the
north are given to others, immediately a concession for a railway from Tehran to
r, or such a one, will be given to the English Company ; and, of course then the
and conditions will also be examined in order that it be to Oar advantage and
Jt, and for the benefit of the commerce of both parties; and positively no
Southern Kailway, without consultation with the English Government, will be granted
to any foreign Company. P. 8. And it is clear that in Persia nobody will be granted
permission to construct railways, except it be solely commercial ones; We say so now
that they may know it.
A copy of this letter was communicated to the Russian Minister
at Tehran in October 1890, and the assurance which it contained, was
repeated by the Shah in writing in November 1890.
In 1890 a concession for the construction and exploitation during 60
years of a road conDecting Tehran with Shushtar or Ahwaz, via Qum,
Sultanabad ; Burujird, and Khurramabad, was acquired from the original
concessionaire, a Persian, by the Imperial Bank of Persia, and work was
commenced ; but means have not up to the present been discovered of
enabling the road to pass through the disturbed Luristan districts
between Khurramabad and 'Arabistan. In the same year a Mining Rights
Corporation was formed in order to turn to account the mining privileges
of the Imperial Bank j but the operations of this body came to an unsuc
cessful end in 1894, largely in consequence of borings for oil unsuccess
fully undertaken at Daliki and on the island of Qishm, in the Persian
Gulf region. Also in 1890, a monopoly for the holding of lotteries, and
another for dealing in tobacco, were unadvisedly granted by the Shah
during the temporary absence from his side of the Persian Prime Min
ister and of the permanent British representative at Tehran. The former
concession was obtained by a Persian subject, who resold it to a British
syndicate for £40,000, and the latter by a group of British capitalists.
The lotteries concession was afterwards cancelled without compensation,
the British speculators lost their money—a circumstance which did
increase the popularity of Persian investments in the London market.
If i The tobacco
concession taken up by an Imperial Tobacco Corpora
tion in 1891, also led to trouble ; and, a riot in connection with it having
0cc urredat Tehran in January 1892, it also was withdrawn, but on pay^
^ntof an indemnity of £500,000 to the investors^
Southern
Persia,
1889-90.
Various
British un
dertakings,
1890.
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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.
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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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- '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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