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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2341] (858/1262)

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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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excellent quality. In Southern Persia mules are abundant, and serviceable
finals can be purchased in considerable numbers at convenient centres
on the main trade routes, such as Shiraz, Isfahan and Shushtar. In
^rabistan, however, mules are confined to the drier parts of the province;
and in the Persian districts upon the coast of the Gulf they are not
apparently numerous, the only definite estimates for littoral districts being
Hayat Davud
150
Dashtistan *
« 3oO
gud-liilleh .
200
Tangistan
60
gtabankareh
100
and
Zira .
30
Dashti
250
Tlie reports cited in the footnote to the title of this Appendix make any
furtlier observations in regard to the Persian mule superfluous in this place.
Mules are not ordinarily, it would appear, exported from Persia by
sea; but a number, as will be seen from the next paragraph, have been
at times specially procured from that country, by the agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. of British
officers^ for the use of the Indian Army. The Annual Administrative
Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. only show that from Bushehr 22
mules worth £211 were exported in 1897, 2 worth £20 in 1899, and
161 worth £1,396 in 1901; and that at Muhammareh there were
shipped 235 mules worth £1,827 in 1900 and IM worth £1,080 in 1901.
In October 1879 Major Probyn arrived from India in the Persian
Gulf to purchase mules for the use of the Indian Army in Afghanistan
and remained until May 1880 ; he visited Shiraz, Baghdad and Shushtar
and was successful, with the co-operation of Mr. Preece at Shiraz and
Dr. Brereton at Baghdad, in obtaining 1,715 mules, of which a proportion
were battery mules. Between September and November 1880, under
orders from the Government of India, 174 battery mules were purchased
bj the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Political 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. through Mr. Preece, and in
December 57 more through a Persian banker; these appear to have been
all collected at Shiraz. On their tour in Persia in 1886, already
mentioned above under the section on horses. Colonel Williams and
Mr. Rayment obtained 212 mules; between January and June 1889
Captain H. R. Tate, who landed at Bushehr and visited ShTraz and
Isfahan as a purchasing officer, collected 318 mules; and in 1890 Lieute-
^nt W. J. R, Wickham, an officer similarly sent, purchased 267 transport
and 29 ordnance mules in ^Arabistan between the months of January and
June. Major E. Bruce, who was deputed to Persia to buy mules in 1890,
Supply for Mules, and it covers all points of importance, including Major Probyn' 8
ttule-parchasing operations in Persia in 1879-80 during the Afghan War.
similar operations in 1880-81 are described in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Eesidencj
^ministration Eeport for 1880-1881, pages 11—12. Regarding later purchases
^ Persian mules for military purposes in India, the following reports, which are
juaong the records of the Army Remount Department, Simla, will be found useful ;
% also contain much information regarding Persian mules generally:—a report by
^oionelB. Williams, dated Ist February 1887 ; a report by Captain H, R. Tate, dated
June 1889 ; a report by Lieutenant W. J. R. Wickham, dated 24tli June 1890 ;
-Major E. Bruce, dated 17th November 1891; a report by Major G. H.
du ' lBfc December 1905 ; and a report by Lieutenant V. P. B. Williams,
Uth December 1907. The last includes a monogranh on the Mule Supply of
Exportation
of mules
from Persia.
Purchase of
mules in
Persia and
Turkish 'Iraq
by the Indian
Army
Remount
Department.
* 0 Potamia.

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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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