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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2385] (902/1262)

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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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dwell on the principles of Babiism would be out of place here, as the
religion is not at present of any political importance within the geographic
al limits ^ of ^ our enquiry ; but the fact may be recalled, as being of
general significance, that on the 15th of August 1852 an unsuccess
ful attempt on the life of Nasir-ud-Din Shah was made by Babi ♦
fanatics. The actual assassination of that monarch on the 1st May
1896, however, does not appear to have been the work of a Babi, though
the contrary has been alleged.
External religious movements affecting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In 1883-84 numerous copies of proclamations issued in the name TheMahdiof
of Muhammad Ahmad, the soi disant Mahdi of the Egyptian Sudan, t ^ e Egyptian
were brought across Arabia to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and attracted much ?oo J
attention there ; but the sympathy shown for his cause appeared to be
political and not religious in its character. In 1884-85 some Dibai men
left for the Red Sea, giving out that they would join the Mahdi (< if
he were shown to be a prophet," and a Mnlla at Sharjah began to
interest himself on behalf of the impostor, making it necessary for the
British authorities to address a warning to the Shaikh of Sharjah.
This appears to be the only external religious movement that has made
any stir in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in recent years,
Pan-Islamic ideas seem to have obtained little or no hold in the The Pan-
eonntries of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The Arabic newspapers of Egypt, which I s l am i c
are the chief organs of Pan-Islamism, are read by a few persons at movernent •
Kuwait, Masqat, etc.; but it does not appear that any local Pan-Islamic
propaganda exists. In Persia, and wherever the people are Shfahs, the
pretensions of the Sultan of Turkey to the headship of the Muhammadan
world are rejected and even ridiculed; and a somewhat similar obstacle
is present in the ^Oman Sultanate, where the bulk of the population
belong to the Ibadhi sect. Ignorance and indifferance are also, in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , serious factors in preventing the progress of the movement,
* The principal sources o£ information in regard to the Babis are the writings
ot Professor E. G, Browne of Cambridge and of the authors whom he quotes.

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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)
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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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