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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2302] (819/1262)

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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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who held on to their stocks obtained good prices. Two direct steamers
instead of one as usual, carried dates to America; and a Russian steamer
shipped dates straight for Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. ports, which it had hitherto been the
custom to tranship at Port Said. Part of the export in this year con
sisted of basket dates of the 1900 crop.
The yield of dates in the Baghdad neighbourhood was good and
plentiful; and, though larger quantities than usual were kept in hand
for local consumption, the poorer class falling back on dates in default
of grain, the exportation to Egypt and Syria was considerable, Local
prices ranged from £8 to £9 per Taghar.
1902 cro P in the Basrah district was an average one, but
the season was unsatisfactory to shippers; heavy sales of Halawis and
Khadhrawis had been made in advance in London, and, though Sairs
were abundant, the other two kinds were deficient; growers also
combined to maintain prices. Many exporters lost heavily.
The Baghdad crop of 1902 was not much below the average, but an
embargo on exportation prevented, to a great extent, the usual consign
ments to Egypt and Syria. A quantity of dates for abroad was smug-
gled from Hillah, however, down the river Euphrates.
1903. The Basrah crop of Halawi and Sair dates in 1903 was large and
the quality of both varieties good; but Khadhrawis were scarce and
poor. Local prices, in consequence of a combination among growers,
were high as compared with the low rates at which speculative sales had
been made in London, and shippers who had sold in advance suffered
serious loss; the London market also continued to decline; and eventually
dates became almost unsaleable in England.
The Baghdad crop was fair in quantity but inferior in quality;
there was however a strong demand for Kursi dates in Egypt and Syria
and at Constantinople, and large quantities purchased at £7-10-0 to
£9-10-0 per Taghar were exported.
1904. The Basrah date crop in 1904 was much smaller than tbat of the
previous year; this was due to strong north-west winds which prevailed
almost all the summer and made the dates dry and light. The financial
misfortunes of 1903 had caused many merchants to withdraw from the
date trade ; and again in 1904 few exporters of dates made any profits in
the British market, while a number on the contrary lost heavily through
the prevalence of low rates in America and of relatively high prices at
Basrah. The export to America in this year was about 6,000 tons or the
same as in 1903 ; and about 100 tons were sent by native merchants to
Russia as an experiment, which turned out successfully.
The crop of Zahdi and Kursi dates around Baghdad was fair in
quantity, but the quality was not good. Importation at Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. ports
was forbidden on account of the prevalence of cholera in the Persian Gvlt,
and this circumstance further affected the trade,
1905> Early in the year it was predicted, from climatic conditions, the
state of the river and the appearance of the trees, that the Basrah crop of
1905 would be an unusually large one; but'this expectation was not
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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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