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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2336] (853/1262)

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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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Both in * Arabist§,n and on the Persian Coast horses are used, among
other purposes^ for ploughing. In Persian Makran horses exist, but
hey are scarce and of small size.
Export trade Bombay is the market to which nearly all horses exported from the
Exportation Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region are sent.
of horses ^ At the present day there is practically no direct exportation of
from Arabia. Worses from Eastern Arabia^ though a few leave the country by Bahrain
and Kuwait; nearly all Arabs for sale abroad are now shipped at Basrah;
but in special circumstances, as will be explained later on, they are
sometimes put on board at Muhammareh. Informer days a considerable
number of horses were embarked at Kuwait; it was estimated in 1863
at about 600 animals yearly, of an average value of Bs. 300 each.
The following are the figures of the small export (or rather re
export) trade from Bahrain in horses brought from Eastern or Central
Arabia
Year.
Number of
horses.
Estimated value
in Bahrain in £
sterling.
Year.
Number of
horses.
Estimated value
in Bahrain in £
sterling.
1896 .
13
379
1902
23
616
1897 .
1898 .
1899 .
21
743
1903
54
1,083
28
792
1904
47
1,115
1900 .
59
70
1,343
1,631
1905
and
23
592
1901 .
72
1,725
1906
19
618
Exportation Basrah is the natural place of shipment for the horses bred m Iiaq^
of horses^ mostly in the Baghdad Wilayat, and also for a large proportion ot t ose
from Iraq. reared in Najd and in the Persian districts around Kirmanshah ; ^
course of the trade however, as will appear from what follows, is 13
to be affected by Turkish regulations in ■'Iraq, by which it^ is at _ nnes
partially diverted to Muhammareh in Persia and to Kuwait in Arabia.
1887. In 1887 the export of Arab horses from ''Iraq had been prohibited^J
the Turkish Government for many years ; but the onl effect o ^
interdict was to promote smuggling, for animals intended or
foreign market were simply sent in contraband to Persia and s W
at Muhammareh instead of at Basrah. The number of horses
'IrVq for places abroad in this year was estimated at ^,500, as
an annual average in preceding years, of about 2,000.
1888. The prohibition on the export of horses was removed by the
Government in 1888; but the exportation of Arab mares con i
to be strictly forbidden. > „
1889. In 1889 it was reported from Baghdad that an inborn
speculation seemed to drive hundreds of Arabs of the Musal an( y v 3
neighbourhoods to adopt the profession of Jambaz or horseoe^j—
—7—" r~^r J. R.
] \ Resources of Arahistan—'Remount and Transport bj Lieutenant 'n^uqh
Wickham, dated 24th June 1890; Report on the Arab Horse Supply jj or se
Hill eh, by Major G. H. Arbuthnot, 1st June 1905 ; and Report onthe M a re
Supply, Baghdad, by Lieutenant V. P. B. Williams, dated 30th June 1907 :
among the records of the Army Remount Department, Simla,

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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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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:130, 1625:2742, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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