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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2400] (917/1262)
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
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.*
Origin of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs.
Interest
of Britain
and Turkey
in promoting
telegraphic
communica
tion in the
Middle
East.
Dr. 0'
Shaughnes-
sy's scheme.
The
Junction
Company's
scheme,
1856.
The inception of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraphs^ which formed from the
first links in an intercontinental chain^ was dictated not by local interests,
but by broad considerations of national advantage. The Crimean war of
1853-56 brought home to the Porte the slowness of communication
between Constantinople and the outlying provinces of the Turkish
Empire, while the Mutiny of 1857 taught the British Government a
similar lesson in regard to India, and two of the principal Governments
concerned were thus predisposed in favour of projects conducing to
greater rapidity of communication between West and East.
Perhaps the first practical scheme for establishing telegraphic communi
cation between Europe and Asia was that of Dr. (afterwards Sir W.)
(yShaughnessy, Superintendent of Electric Telegraphs in India, who
proposed that a cable should be laid from Karachi to Masqat, Basidu, and
finally Qurnah, a place at the junction of the Tigris and Euphrates ;
that it should be continued by means of a subfluvial line in the bed of the
Tigris from Qurnah to Baghdad ; and that the remaining distance from
Baghdad to Scutari should be spanned by an ordinary land line. IJr.
CyShaughnessy also suggested that a branch line should be carried ioi
some distance along the bottom of the Euphrates, and thence, subter-
raneously, across the desert to Suwaidiyah on the Syrian coast.
A little later, in August 1856, the European and Indian Junction
Telegraph Company applied to the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
of the East India
* The principal authorities dealing specifically with the jsubject of the Persu
Gulf Telegraphs are the following ; Col. Sir P. J. Goldsmid's Telegraph and l rc ! v J '
1874 ; Mr. J. Possmann's Official History of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Telegraph a >
1889 ; Col. H. A. Mallock's Report on the Indo-European Telegraph Depar in »
1890; Official History of the Mefcran Telegraph Line, 1895; * n( j
Saldanha's Precis on Commerce and Communication in the Persian i'
finally, the annual reports on the working of the Indo-European Telegraph Depar ^ •
The political records of the Government of India and the Administration ^
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.
also contain much information ; and froin these, ^
from the foregoing authorities, the present Appendix has been mainly ® 01 ^.P *
Thft nMrnnwlftdwryionfc. „ i._ tt t> ht T.n«ofinn in xerSia»
The acknowledgments of the
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.
are also due to H. B. M.'s Legation in ' eiS tr.V\
the Director-in-Ohief of the Indo-European Telegraph Department (Mr. H. A. *1/'
to the Director-General of the fndian Telegraph Department (Sir S. C £ ^r f}, e r
and to the Director of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Section (Mr. H. Whitby-Smith) for tun.
mtomation and for revision of this Appendix.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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