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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2051] (568/1262)

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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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2051
to the
and he J
nted. %
Iritis traveller who saw him at this time as an elderly man, mild and
good -tempered in appearance^ facetious in conversation, but courageous
and energetic in action and reputed faithless and cruel to a degree rare
even in Persia. His personal following, on which alone he could depend
'1 in a crisis, consisted of about 300 desperadoes armed to the teeth; but
jtbey were too few to enable him to resist, with any prospect of success
of ^ ^ p ers * an force from Shiraz such as it had been decided to send against
teitkll|. own was { n a s (; a te of panic ; about four-fifths of the popula-
lion had fled to the Persian mainland, to Kharag Island, to Basrah, and
m> ail ^ tt! ^ other places; and such of the inhabitants as remained were busily
ratheWL il | n g p 0Yer ty, partly to escape from the relentless exactions of Shaikh
' ^ 1 Husain. and partly with an eye to the possible arrival of a Persian
itate. Mill
' Governor,
asmes, mm ... ,
( ■ The reason publicly assigned by the Persian authorities for the dis-
-a piece »i r J
Iread of tie J
and one i
thavefoiyi
placement of Shaikh Nasir was a large deficiency in his contributions
to the Treasury during the previous two years; and the fact was un-
deniable, though it was largely due to circumstances not under the
Shaikh's control. According to the British representative at Bushehr
Shaikh Nasir's removal was not attributable, at least so far as the
Shiraz authorities were concerned, to his friendly connection with the
ritish 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. ; but Major Hennell thought that the Amir Nizam,
[ of the |lien Prime Minister, had come to the conclusion that it would be for
i, wheretkfme advantage of Persia if the government of Bushehr were placed in
[r way to 81 the hands of officials having no traditional intimacy with the British,
as a means oW more under the influence of the Persian Government than the
M to risi^aikhs of Bushehr were ever likely to become.
GoTemow The Shiraz authorities succeeded before long in installing their Government
ppointeiaswrninee^ a son of the Haji Qawwam, at Bushehr under the style of by ^Persian
of Bishe^lfarya Baigi or Lord High Admiral,—a title which, however, inappro-
aikh f ia t e to an official who controls no naval force, has since then more shaikh
iipwnan
firza a'
t this ti^
once been borne by the representative of the Shah^s Government at ^5^52
r. Already, during the administration of His Royal Highness
am Mirza at Shiraz, one ''Isa Khan had been appointed to Bushehr
a Baigi; and this may have been the Governor now actually set
' j who was" a sallow, sickly-looking young man ,; with a countenance
i n g "no sign of genius or talents of any kind.""
Shaikh Husain retired, at the advent of the Darya Baigi, to the
0 f Kharag, where he and his followers proceeded to tyrannise
* See Bimung'g Journal of Two Y vol. I, pages 153-54
139

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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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