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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2158] (675/1262)

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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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this book may be consulted, brought the political constitution of Maban
suddenly under scrutiny. This was in 1861, when the dependence of
the districts was as described above.
Rev. Mr. A preliminary report on the political aspects of a land line through
report, 1 *June Makr ^ was obtained by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. in June 1861 from
1861.' that ingenious divine the Rev. G. P. Badger, who had been chaplain and
Arabic interpreter with the British Field Force in Persia in 1856-57
and later Secretary to the British Commission on the separation of
^Oman and Zanzibar in 1860, and whom the possession of influence
and good sources of information at Masqat particularly qualified to un
ravel the complications of the various jurisdictions in Makran and the
connections of the districts with the central Persian Government. Mr.
Badgers report brought out clearly an initial difficulty from which
British Political action in Western Makran could not be freed. To
ignore the Persian Government and to deal direct with the Sultan of
'Oman and the Baluch chiefs concerned seemed inadmissible •, while, on
the other hand, to negotiate with the Persian Government over the
heads of the chiefs, who possibly regarded their subjection to Persia as
wrongful and temporary, might be to incur the dislike of the very autho
rities upon whom the safety of the telegraph line would really depend.
Discussion in After considering Mr. Badger's report, the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
procedure^to su ^^ es ^ e ^ principles guiding British political action should be
be adopted, recognition of such status as Persia had actually acquired in Makran, and
1861. 0 1 institution, by her permission only, of direct relations with local chiefs.
The Government of India, however, considered that an indispensable pr6'
liminary to any negotiations with Persia was to ascertain, with some
precision, the extent of the Persian claims in Makran and the degree and
nature of the Persian control over the local chiefs, as otherwise the result
of a reference to the Persian Government might be to raise questions
embarrassing to the British authorities and prejudicial to the chiefs whose
allegiance was brought under discussion. They accordingly addressed
His Britannic Majesty's Minister at Tehran on the subject.
Claim of The Persian Government, as the Government of India had foresee^
Makmn 0 ^ u ^ili s Gd the question of telegraph, construction, which they declared them
1861-62. selves most anxious to promote, to lay claim to all the country between
Bandar Abbas and the frontier of the British province of Sind j
they went so far as to propose an agreement by which < e theii P 0 ^ e ;
authority, and proprietary right " in the territories in question shou(
be preserved cc in statu quo,"" the British Government undertaking ^
it would not oppose, either overtly or secretly/' any measures whic
the Persian Government might take for increasing their influence in ^

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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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