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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2140] (657/1262)

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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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land in the vicinity^ and a dispute regarding an irrigation channel
between him and the family of the Jamadar seemed to be the cause of
the outrage. In view of this case^ and of the general lawlessness of the
Tangistani horde, fears began to be entertained of an attack on the Rishehr
telegraph station, or upor Europeans in general. A party of blue
jackets was consequently landed from a British man-of-war as a guard,
pending the arrival from Bombay of a reinforcement of ^5 rifles whicli
it had been decided to add to the 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. guard. After the conclusion
of the Persian expedition into Tangistan, already described, which
resulted from this and other misdeeds by ^Ali Khan^s followers, that
chief, having returned to his home, began to Write letters to Mahmud
and to the British Resident asserting his innocence and asking that
he might be exonerated of blame in the case of the Jamadar's house.
He threatened, if proceedings against him were continued, to take
sanctuary with the complainant, Mahmud; and under Persian custom,
had he done so, it would have been impossible to take steps against him so
long as he remained. Finally ''Ali Khan proposed to surrender to the
British Resident, on condition that he should receive a fair trial and
should not in any circumstances be handed over to the Persian
authorities; and his offer was accepted by Captain Prideaux, the
Assistant Resident, in the absence of the Resident, Colonel Meade, at
Shiraz. From the investigations which followed it seemed clear that.the
chief was not really guiltless, and he was accordingly called on to pay
4,000 Tumans as compensation to the sufferers by the crime. This he
was not unwilling to do, provided an undertaking were obtained that
the Persian Government would not molest him afterwards;
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. were unable to procure the desired assurance from the Persian
authorities. Accordingly, as he had come in on a safe-conduct,
firing on the
Resident's
country
house at
Sabzabad,
1900.
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Khan was allowed to leave the 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. , where he had been living ^ 01
six months, and the claim against him was preferred to the Persian
Government instead of himself; but the result, if there was any, is n0 ^
recorded.
In June 1900 a relative of a Persian employed in the British telegrap^
office at Rishehr was murdered. Again on the night of the 30th Aug^
a number of shots were fired from a short distance into the grounds o
the British Residents country hoUse at Sabzabad. Several bullets stritf
the buildings, and a horse belonging to the Resident's escort was i ^
This demonsttation was not attributable to anv resentment agaius
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British 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. ; it seemed rather to have been organised .r
Nazim-ut-Tujjar, between whose uncle, the all-powerful Mum-ut- ujj
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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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