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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2473] (990/1262)

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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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Muhammareh
Bnshehr
Lingeli
Bandar 'Abbas
JSshk
Gwadar
19th July 1892,
1st May 1864.
1st April 1867 (Made
permanent in 1868).
Do.
Sub-office.
Head office.
Sub-offiee.
Sub-postmaster
1 postman.
Do.
1st September 1880. Branch office.
12th April 1868
(Made permanent
from 1st January
1869).
Comb i n e d
sub-office.
and
postmaster, 1
clerk, 2 probationary
clerks,t 1 Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. ,
and 2 postmen.
Sub-postmaster, 1
postman and 3 Per
sian guards.
Sub-postmaster and 1
postman.
Telegraph clerk in
charge; 1 postman.
Sub-postmaster and i
postman.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do,
Money order
busi n e s s
transacted.
Weekly fast and slow
mails in both direc
tions.
Do.
Fortnightly slow mail
towards India and
weekly slow mail in
the opposite direc
tion.
Weekly slow mail in
both directions.
Fortnightly slow mail
in both directions.
Fortnightly slow mail
in both directions.
Totals
1,367
3,930
450
1,750
255
781
17,719
2 ,140
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1,308
1,188
516
756
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•Postal insurance is not undertaken by any of the offices.
Since April 1902 these two probationary clerks have been maintained at Bushehr to fill casual vacancies in the offices of the Gulf Division.

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Content

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.

Physical characteristics

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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2473] (990/1262), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514764.0x0000bc> [accessed 4 December 2023]

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