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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2349] (866/1262)
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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APPENDIX
RELIGIONS AND SECTS OF THE
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
REGION.*
In the present Appendix we propose to deal with the indigenous
religions of the Gulf only, leaving the subject of Western Christianity
and Missions to be discussed in another place.
Religions and their distribution.
In all the countries of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
region, Islam, in one
or another of its forms, prevails almost to the exclusion of other
religions. The only other faith with numerous adherents is Judaism,
which is strongly represented in Turkish ; Iraq, but outside the limits
of that province is not professed by more than a few hundred^ per
sons. After Jews, in order of numerical importance, come Oriental
Christians belonging to various churches, who number several thousands
in Turkish 'Iraq but are hardly found in any other part of the Gulf.
" * This Appendix has been compiled cbiefly from information collected for the
Geographical Volume of the present Gazetteer by officers whose names appear in the
footnotes on authorities in that Volume, from the general records of the Government
of Iniiia in the Politioal Department, from the annual Administration Eeports of
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.
, «nd from the sources of information indicated
below. The leading authorities used by tjie
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
in matters relating to Shi'ahs are
a special report on prevailing sects by Agha Muhammad Khalil, 1905 ; a special
repoit by Mr. J. C. Gaskin on holy places and pilgrimages, 1905, in regard to which
Cuinet's La Turquie £ Asie, Volume III, 1894, and Mebuhr's Voyage en Arable,
1780, may also be consulted ; reports on the Mnjtahids of Na;iaf and Karbala by
Major L. S.Newrnarch,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Baghdad, contained in the Proceedings
of the Government of India for September 1903, and information supphed by Mnjor
Ramsay (Major Newmarch's successor) in 1906 ; reports by Captain D. L. R. Lorimev,
Vice-Consul in'AraHstan, on the Mujtahids of Shushtar and Dizful; and, with
reference to the movements in India of snspicious Shi'ah travellers from the rersian
Gulf, the records of the Criminal Intelligence Department, Simla. Regarding
Sunnis the chief sources of information are a report on the Kaqib of Baghdad and
the Qfidirivah family by Muhammad Hasan, Muhsin, with a covenmr letter by
Major Newmarch, contained in the Proceedings of the Government of India tor
February 1904, and, for the relations of the same family with India and Aighanistan,
various paoers among the records of the Criminal Intelligence De} artn:ent, Smja?
and a report by Mr. P. W, Johnston, I.C.S., Secretary to the Government of the
North-Western Frontier Province. In relation to the Ibadhis the Reverend G.r.
Baduer'* Imams and Seyyids of 'Omdn, 1870, and Colonel E, C. Ross s ^1°* t he
tect of Ibadhiyah of Oman, in the Gulf Administration Report for 1880-1881,
are the principal authorities ; and the Mutawwa sect of the Ibadhiya as een
described by Major W. Grey,
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 Masqat, in a special report
dated 1905. For information regarding the Wahhabis of Arabia the leadar is
referred to the lis f of authorities given in a footnote to the historical ohap^er on
Najd (Chapter YII1 of tnis Volume), and for miornnation regarding the Wahl abis of
IndiatoMr. E. Rehatsek'g Hi»tory of the Wahhabys tn Jrabta and lnd>a, m
Yolume XIV of the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Boyal Asiatic Society
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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:
- 'Appendix A: Meteorology and Health in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2205-2211);
- 'Appendix B: Geology of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2212-2219);
- 'Appendix C: The Pearl and Mother-of-Pearl Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2220-2293);
- 'Appendix D: Date Production and the Date Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2294-2307);
- 'Appendix E: Fisheries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2308-2318);
- 'Appendix F: Sailing Craft of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2319-2332);
- 'Appendix G: Transport Animals and Livestock of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2333-2348);
- 'Appendix H: Religions and Sects of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2349-2385);
- 'Appendix I: Western Christianity and Missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2386-2399);
- 'Appendix J: The Telegraphs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in their relation to the Telegraph Systems of Persia and Turkey' (pages 2400-2438);
- 'Appendix K: Mail Communications and the Indian Post Office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2439-2474);
- 'Appendix L: The Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2475-2516);
- 'Appendix M: Epidemics and Sanitary Organization in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (pages 2517-2555);
- 'Appendix N: The Arms and Ammunition Traffic in the Gulfs of Persia and ’Omān' (pages 2556-2593);
- 'Appendix O: The Imperial Persian Customs' (pages 2594-2625);
- 'Appendix P: Cruise of His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. [1903]' (pages 2626-2662);
- 'Appendix Q: British and Foreign Diplomatic Political; and Consular Representation in the Countries Bordering on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ' (pages 2663-2699);
- 'Appendix R: Book References' (pages 2700-2736)
- 'Appendix S: Explanation of the System of Transliteration' (pages 2737-2741).
- Extent and format
- 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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