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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2397] (914/1262)
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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one of the latter more than 100 portions of Scripture were sold in
Tmcial ^Oman.
In February 1897, soon after the return of Mr. Cantine from 1897.
America, Mr. and Mrs. S. Zwemer proceeded on leave, and work in
Bahrain came to a standstill j but in the same year ^ood progress was
made at Masqat, where Mr. P. Zwemer took charge of eighteen rescued
African slave boys, opened a school, and began the printing of religious
tracts. The medical relief provided at Basrah attracted many hearers j
and Dr. orrall founded a new out-station at Nasiriyah on the
Euphrates. At the end of the year the Rev. F. J, Barny was added
to the staff of the Mission.
In 1898 the number of the missionaries was considerably increased 1898.
by the arrival of the Rev. Gr. E. Stone and Miss M. Rice after the
middle of the year, and of Dr. S. J. Thoms and Dr. Marion
W. Thoms in December. Meanwhile, however, the death occurred in
America of Mr. P # Zwemer, whose health had been undermined by his
labours and experiences in ^Oman.
On the 26th of June 1899 Mr. Stone, who had arrived in the 1899.
country in the previous year, died of heat apoplexy at Barkah.
The mortality among members of the Mission continued to be 1905-06.
deplorable ; in Bahrain Mrs. Thoms died in April 1905 and Mrs. Ben
nett in January 1906.
In 1906 the principal stations of the Mission were still Bahrain, Stations and
Basrah, and Masqat, and the out-stations at ^Amarah and Nasiriyah had staff of the
been maintained. The total staff in January of that year amounted to Arabian
5 clergymen, 3 medical men, 3 lady workers, 5 married ladies, and 18 ■Jg 1 Qg 10n,
native assistants.
The seat of the Mission in Bahrain is Manamah town. The regular Institutions
staff in Bahrain consisted in 1906 of two missionaries, four lady and work in
missionaries, and seven Arabic-speaking assistants; but there were Bahrain,
generally present, in addition to these, a few recently arrived missionaries
engaged in the study of the language. Evangelistic work was conducted
from the Manamah station, not only in the Bahrain islands, but also on
the coasts of Hasa and Trucial ; Oman. The principal feature of the
Mission in Bahrain was the a Mason Memorial Hospital" of 21 beds;
it consisted of a main ward, two special wards, and a female ward, and
bad a well-equipped operating room. The superior medical staff of the
Hospital comprised an American doctor, an American lady doctor, an
American trained nurse, and three assistants; the building was the
property of the Mission. In 1905 there wore 14,013 out-patients and
in-patients, and 87 operations were performed. Advice and
Medicine were given only to those attending (but not necessarily parti
cipating in) the morning prayers with which the work of each day was
begun. A day school for boys and another for girls were maintained ;
the instruction in these was given partly by the missionaries and partly
by native teachers; and the number of enrolled pupils in 1905 was 85.
There was also a d^pot for the sale of the Bible and other Christian
literature printed in the languages of the Gulf. A Mission building, the
property of the Mission, was under construction in 1906.
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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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- 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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