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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2421] (938/1262)

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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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It BritiA PerS0 - RuSsian line was transferred from a Russian
On the 24th of May 1869 a fresh agreement was concluded between
the ersian Government and the* Indo-European Telegraph Company,
incorporated on the 8th of April 1868, which had now, as permitted by an
article in the original concession, taken the place of the firms of Siemens
Ihis second agreement, which was due to resolutions adopted by the
^^ Telegraphic Conference of 1868 in fayour of a reduced tariff
altered the financial arrangements between the Company and the Persian
Government It also conyeyed to the grantees a monopoly for the
construction of a line for international traffic between Shiraz and Bandar
Abbas, a privilege of which no advantage was taken and which was
annuUed m a subsequent agreement dated 12th August 1882.
,, T h j' 0U i h oommunicatio n between London and Tehran by means of
January ISTO 0 ^ 11 Company's line was opened on the 31st of
International telegraphic service in the Turkish
domininons, 1867-68.
In 1867 persevering efforts were made by the British representatives
at Constantinople to secure some amelioration in the working of the
lurkish sections of the Indo-European line^ particularly on the side
between Constantinople and Europe. The exclusive use of one wire
between Constantinople and Vienna was requested^ but was refused; and
the negotiations ended with a promise by the Ottoman Government that
two wires between Constantinople and Vienna^ one by Bosnia^ the
other by Servia, 'would be especially affected to the international
service, and that absolute priority would be given to Indo-European
messages upon whichever of the two happened to be at the time in the
better order.
^ ne : ^ roin -B a £^ad having proved adequate for as much
traffic as could pass over the other sections in Turkish territory, the
alternative line between Tehran and Baghdad via Khanaqin was abandon-
sd, for international purposes, abotit March 1868. In 1869 the portion
situated in Persia was found to have been to a great extent mischievously
destroyed; and some time elapsed before its adoption as a local line by the
"ersian Government.
The Indo-
European
Telegraph
Company's
Persian
Concession,
1869.
Opening of
the all-
Persian route
to Europe,
31sfc January
1870.
Attempts to
improve the
working of
the Turkish
line, 1867.
Abandon
ment of the
Tehran-
Baghdad
line, 1868.
The Vienna Telegraphic Conference of 1868 and its results.
The Telegraphic Conference which assembled at Vienna on the 12th
0 * June and sat till the 32nd of July 1868 was attended by Colonel
It maj be noted here that the Indo-European Telegraph Company is practically
hissian pompany, its original ooncessions having been obtained through the
issiau Minister, as also all renewals and extensions of those concessions.

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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:

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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