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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2188] (705/1262)

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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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native vessel flying the British flag and bound from Karachi to Bushehr,
he was seized at Chahhar from the vesseFs small boat by his former
master^ the headman of Parag. Demands for his release were addressed
to the chief of Gaih and to the central Persian Government; and even
tually the former, Mir Hoti, on receipt of stringent orders through the
Governor-General of Kirman, sent his son to Chahbar to liberate the man.
Dharmu's I n January 1888, Dharmu^ son of Mul Chandra British Hindu
case, 1888. trader, was sold up, ruined, and subjected to cruel ill-treatnient, ;;
apparently at Bampur, by the Persian Governor of that place. Tlie
explanation was that the chief of Dizak, imprisoned by the Persian author
ities for non-payment of revenue, bad, after inducing the Hindu to
become surety for payment and after conveying to him titles to certain
date plantations and millet seed, repudiated the whole transaction. The
local Persian officials sought to justify their action in the case; hut a
reference to the central Persian Government at Tehran resulted, in
December 1888, in the payment of Rs. 8,000 to Dharmu.
British official matters in Persian Makran, 1848—1896.
British
political
supervision
of Persian
Makrah
affairs,
1863—06.
Britisti
military
detachment
at Jaskh,
1878—87.
British political supervision over affairs in Persian Makran was exer
cised from 1863 to 1879 through an Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Gwadar,
and after 1879, through a native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at that place, who was generally
under the orders of the Director of Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. telegraphs at Karachi.
The affairs of the Gwadar Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , it being situated outside Persian
Makran, belong to the history of the ^Oman Sultanate, in an Annexure
to the chapter on which an account of them will be found.
It was decided in 1877 that a small Indian military guard should be
posted at Jashk for the protection of the telegraph station, and the
strength originally prescribed was 12 men. There was a difficulty about
accommodation^ at Jashk, however, not overcome until the end of 1878,
when temporary huts were erected. In 1879, in consequence of the
transfer from Basidu, for reasons of health, of the bulk of a company of
the 21st Native Infantry sent there in the previous year, as mentioned
in the history of the Persian Coast and Islands, the size of the Jashk
guard was increased greatly beyond what had been at first intended.
Successive reductions in the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. guard at Gwadar m
1880,
bment at
the superfluous men being withdrawn to Jashk, raised the detad
the latter place to about 90 rifles, a strength at which it vt- , „ „
constant until its complete removal in 1887 in deference to the wishes o

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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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