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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2442] (959/1262)

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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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2442
Powers of
Government
under the
contract.
Term of the
contract and
subsidy
thereunder.
Improve
ment of the
service at
particular
ports since
1898.
mward steamer was to call at Kuwait*; the rest were to be regularly visited
on every journey outward or inward. In the event of this slow line,
being made at any time a fortnightly service, Bahrain might be treated
as a port of fortnightly call in both directions. The minimum stay of
vessels of the slow line at each port was fixed at 3 hours of daylight.
The ports of call prescribed in the case of the fast mail line (^No. 12)
were Karachi, Masqat, Bushehr, Fao, Muhammareh and Basrah, all of
which (except Basrah, the turning point) were to be visited on both voyages.
Line No. 11 is worked in connection with a slow, and Line No. 12
in connection with a fast line between Bombay and Karachi; and no
change can be made in this respect without the sanction of Government.
Government, by their chief political representative in any province of
which the ports are concerned, may direct the Company's steamers to
call at any port, or ports, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in addition to those men
tioned ; but, in the case of the slow line, the limit of duration of the
wnole voyage must then be extended proportionately; and, in the case of
the fast line, the exercise of this power is subject to the condition that
additional working expenses be not entailed on the Company. This
last proviso does not, however, apply to additional calls made in conse
quence of any intermission in the weekly running of Line No. 11.
Government has also power, through the same officers, to detain vessels
and alter the ports of call; but this does not include the power to cause
any vessel to turn back, or deviate, from her regular voyage.
The new contract came into force on the 1st of May 1904 and was
to continue in force until the date of termination of the next Eastern
Mail Contract, subject however to a minimum term of 7 years and to a
maximum term of 10 years and 9 months from the date of its commence^
ment.t The total annual subsidy under this contract payable by
Government to the British India Steam Navigation Company for its
services in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. is Bs. 4,26^12-4, and of this the sum of
Bs. 3,00,000 is on account of the fast mail service. The Company are
at liberty, on expiry of the first three years of the term of the contract
and provided that notice in writing of the intention to do has been given
by the end of the second year of that term, to determine the contract in
so far as it relates to the fast Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. line; and, in the event ot
their exercising this right, the Government of India have the option o
continuing the rest of the contract on a total subsidy to the Company o
Bs. 7,00,000, as against a present total subsidy of Bs, 10,00,000, or o
determining the contract altogether.
The round voyage from Karachi and back is now made, under the
conditions as to speed laid down in the contract, in about twelve days by
the fast, and in about three weeks by the slow steamers. Masqat, wnic
* For subsequent changes in the Kuwait servicej see next page,
f The Eastern Mail Contract of 1897, which was due to expire on the 31«fc ^
January 1S05, was extended for three years, viz., to the 31st January 1908} an
August 1907 a neW contract was concluded with the Peninsular and Oriental fetea .jj
Navigation Company, which came into force on the 1st of February 1908 an *
terininate on the Slst of January 1915. The object of the peculiar maximum
arranged with the British India Steam Navigation Company was to secure a 81111
taneous falling-iii of the contracts with both Companies.
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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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