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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2428] (945/1262)
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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2428
In 1898, when steamer communication with India was fortnightly
only, 129 British Indian traders at Masqat petitioned Government for
a weekly steamer service and for the establishment, if possible, of tele-
graphic communication between Masqat and India. Arrangements
were made to satisfy the first and principal wish of the petitioners: but
the second was not granted.
In 1899 a further memorial was received from the same community,
suggesting that the weekly mail steamers, inward and outward, should
call at Jashk for the purpose of despatching and receiving Masqat
telegrams. The Government of India thereupon directed that the
question of a cable to Masqat should be reconsidered from the political
and commercial point of view; and a number of facts were elicited which
placed the need for a cable in a very clear light. The nearest telegraph
station to Masqat being at Jashk, vessels of the Royal Navy were
frequently diverted from their proper duties and employed as despatch
vessels to carry official messages between Masqat and Jashk ; never
theless communication between the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Bushehr, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Masqat, and the Government of India did not possess
that rapidity which the crisis of February 1899 at Masqat had shown
to be essential in an emergency. The course of trade also at Masqat
was impeded, no less than the conduct of public business, by the want
of telegraphic facilities; for it was generally impossible that merchants
should place their orders in Indian markets at the moment when a favour
able opportunity presented itself. Captain Cox,
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at
Masqat, further pointed out that telegraphic communication at Masqat
might be ^ a valuable weapon against the trade of smuggling arms to
Persia, which was then rife, more especially if the port of Bandar
Abbas were also brought within the telegraphic system. The receipts
at the British Post Office at Masqat during 1899 on account of tele
grams sent to Gwadar, Jashk and Bushehr for transmission amounted
to Rs. 4,329, and it was estimated that the revenue of a telegraph office,
if one were established, might amount to Rs. 10,000 a year, and that
there would be a saving of Rs. 13,500 per annum to the Royal Navy.
In 1900 the scheme was referred to Her Majesty^s Government
and was approved in principle; but the British Treasury declined to
contribute to the cost of execution, and the time also was financially u n-
favourable, inasmuch as important extensions of telegraphic communica
tion were in progress in the Far East and there was a strong deman
for submarine cable. The whole cost of the enterprise was ultimately
undertaken by the Government of India, who were convinced of its g rea ^
importance ; and the work, after it had been sanctioned by the Secretary o
State in May 1901 at an estimated cost of £49,00U, was commenced
without delay. It had originally been intended either to divert the
existing Karachi-Jashk cable so as to touch at Masqat or to lay an
additional cable between those places passing vid Masqat; but ulti
mately, for technical reasons, connection between Jashk and Masqat wae
made by means of a new and direct cable, carried some distance to west-
wards of the straight line in order to avoid excessively deep water. Land-
at MaS( l at being already secured by the Telegraph Treaty oi
iooo no special arrangement with the Sultan was necessary ; but ms
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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