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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2110] (627/1262)

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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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2110
MUZAFFAR-UD-DIN SHAH, FEOM 1896 *
Before proceeding to consider events and questions belonging parti-
cularly to the Persian Coast and Islands, we may take a rapid survey of
the general internal and external history of Persia under Muzaffar-ud-Dia
Shah, the son and successor of Nasir-ud-Din Shah.
Internal affairs of Persia, 1896-1905.
Muzaffar-ud-
Din Shah's
character.
Government
of the Amin-
us-Sultan,
1896.
Government
of tlie Amin-
nd-Dauleh,
1897-98.
Muzaffar-ud-Din Shah, whose age at his accession to the throne of
Persia was about forty-three years, possessed fair personal abilities; his
natural disposition was easy-going, amiable, even kindly; but he was
weak, timid, extravagant, and too indulgent of himself and of others,
The head of the new Shah^s first Government was the Amin-us-
Sultan, a very able but very unscrupulous Minister whom he inherited
from his father, and whose influence, it will be remembered, had been
powerful in the south of Persia and in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the latter
part of Nasir-ud-Din Shah^s reign. On the accession of the new ruler a
cabal was formed, or—if it already existed—became active, against the
Amin-us-Sultan; and in November 1896 he was obliged to retire to
Qum, whither the physician of the British Legation accompanied him as
a protection against any act of violence similar to that by which the
Amir Nizam lost his life in 185^. The Ministers adversaries were
numerous and influential, perhaps the most prominent among them being
the Farman-Farma, a great-grandson of Fatah-^Ali Shah and at once
brother-in-law and son-in-law of the reigning sovereign.
The place of the Amm-us-Sultan and his supporters was taken by a
makeshift Ministry which maintained itself with difficulty until February
1897, when the Amin-ud-Dauleh was summoned from Tabriz to assume
the direction of affairs and was soon appointed Sadr-i-A^zam with the
Nasir-ul-Mulk as Minister of Finance. The chief business of the^
* Authorities for this period are nearly all official. Among those relating 0
Persian affairs as a whole are Persia and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. by Messrs. C. h. &
Russell and J. G. Lorimer (forming Volume IV of the official Summary of the
principal Events and Measures of the Viceroyalty of Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy
and Governor-General of India, in the Foreign Department, 1899-1905); and
a Statement showing the Pronouncements as to Intention or Policy which haM been
made hy responsible British Ministers, and the Assurances which have hccn ^
Great Britain hy the Persian Government, by Mr. S. M. Eraser, 1904. Local history is
contained in Mr. J. A. Saldanha's Precis of the Affairs of the Persian Coast ^
Islands, 1854-1905, printed in 1906, and in the annual Administration
of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , Of non-official publications Mr. V. Chirol's
Eastern Qluestion^ 1903, is the most useful.

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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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