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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2452] (969/1262)

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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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2462
Nasiri, 1904-
07.
Bushehr,
1864-1905,
Lingeh,
1867-1905.
Steamer communication on the Karun River between Muhammareli
and Ahwz having been opened by the Euphrates and Tigris Steam
iSavigation Company, letters addressed to Muhammareh began to be
posted at Basrah. ^ The British Vice-Consul at Basrah arranged at
nist £or^ their distribution at IVluhammareh through the agents of the
steamship company; but the necessity for a regular post office at
JMuhammareh soon became evident, and one was instituted on the 19tli
of July 1892. A Persian Post Office had been opened there in February
1892, and in 1892-93 a Persian postal service between Muhammareh,
Shushtar and Dizful was established ; this service collapsed in November
lb94 for want of funds, but it was subsequently re-established.
1 he Indian post office at Muhammareh has been from the first
under purely departmental management; but it is located in the British
Consulate building, and the Consul exercises a general supervision and
decides questions that are referred to him.
There is no regular British post office at Nasiri, but, since the
opening of a British Vice-Consulate there in 1905, the Vice-Consul's
mails are carried overland between Muhammareh and Nasiri, and vice
versa, by couriers who are maintained as a part of his official establish
ment.
The Bushehr post office shares with that of Masqat the honour
of priority in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; it was opened on the same date, the
1st of May 1864. r lhere was then no Persian post office, and the
delivery of letters, not only in Bushehr but also in some of the adjoin
ing villages presumably only those of the peninsula, was undertaken
by the Indian post office, and in 1869 a special postman was added
to the staff for the better performance of this duty. The Bushehr
post office was established within the precincts of the British 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. ,
where it has since remained; and it has been subject from the first
to the control of 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 occurred one of the very few discreditable incidents
belonging to the history of the Indian post office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
In 1886 the postmastership was held by an Asiatic who had served the
British Government for upwards of 20 years, first as an interpreter
in the Indo-European Telegraph Department and then for about
15 years in the Postal Department. A serious accumulation of
unadjusted accounts having been observed, the removal of the post
master was directed and a departmental enquiry was ordered, though
there was as yet no suspicion of fraud. The enquiry, however, showed
that ^ the posmaster had been guilty during several months in 1886
of misapplying Government money, and that he had committed defalca
tions amounting to upwards of Rs. 5,000. H e was subsequently tried
by the Sessions Court of Bombay and sentenced to six years' rigorous
imprisonment.
The office at Lingeh was established on the 1st of April 1867,
on the recommendation of Mr. Vears ; it was located at first on the
sea-front, later at the back of the town, and finallv, in 187l>a
ouse engaged by the 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. Agent upon the seashore about iOl
yards from the Customs house. So long as the British occupation

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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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