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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2414] (931/1262)
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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Colonel
Stewart
succeeded by
Colonel
Goldsmid,
1865.
was successfully despatched from the point of final junction, near
Qurnah, to England on the one side and to India on the other. In the
course of the next month a few teleorams struggled through from India
to England, one of which was sent by the Duke of Brabant, then
travelling in the East; but the line was handicapped by the inefficiency of
the staff on the Turkish and Persian sections; and the wretched state of
telegraphic communication between Constantinople and the rest of
Europe was^ an additional bar to successful working. At this time a
message ordinarily took not less than 5 days to reach London from
Calcutta. Colonel Stewart^ when overtaken by illness, was engaged in
impressing upon the Ottoman Government the necessity of a double
wire for the Indo-European service across the Turkish dominions, and
of an improvement of the stafl: employed upon the Turkish sections of the
line.
On Colonel Stewarts demise Major Champain, British Director
of Telegraphs in Persia, succeeded temporarily to the headship of the
Indo-European telegraphs; and Major Champain's place at Tehran was
taken by^ Captain Murdoch Smith. Major Champain proceeded to
Europe via Baghdad and Constantinople and reached London on the
20th of April. A month later Colonel Goldsmid was summoned to
England from Constantinople, where he had been employed on telegra
phic business for a considerable period beginning before Colon el Stewart's
death, and was permanently appointed to the ^Chief Direction of the
Government Indo-European Telegraphs ^ in succession to Colonel
Stewart, Major Champain thenceforward holding the post of Assistant
Director-in-Chief and being in charge of the current duties during
Colonel Goldsmid's frequent absences from London.
Need for a
regular Con
vention.
Conclusion
and terms of
the Conven
tion, 23rd
November
1865.
Anglo-Persian Telegraph Convention of 1865 and doubling of
the Bushehr-Tehran-Khanaqm wire.
The first incident of Colonel Goldsmid's Directorship-in-Chief was
his mission to Persia to assist in negotiating a regular Telegraph Con
vention. On the one hand, the agreements which governed the situa
tion in Persia were of a merely provisional nature, and the Persian
Government were displaying some impatience to do away with British
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and control and to assume charge of the entire arrangements; on
the other, in view of the unsatisfactory working of the Turkish tele
graphs, there was a prospect that part at least of the through traffic might
be diverted to the Perso-Russian systems which were now connected at
Julfah; and for both of these reasons it was imperative that the
telegraphic rights of Britain in Persia should be placed on a clearer
and more permanent basis.
^Colonel Goldsmid reached Tehran on the 1st of August 1865, and,
during his stay of four months there, a satisfactory Convention was con
cluded, which was signed on the 23rd November 1865.
This Convention provided for the addition of a second wire on the
line connecting Bushehr and Khanaqin vid Tehran upon terms, as regarded
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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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