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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2523] (1040/1262)
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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that amelioration of local conditions unfavourable to health and the
effective isolation of the sick were the principal safeguards against
cholera; the inutility of land quarantines was reasserted; and it was
distinctly laid down, for the first time, that articles need not be regarded
as infected merely because they came from countries where cholera
prevailed and that, unless there were evidence of their having been
exposed to infection, such articles need not be disinfected.
The period of detention to which persons arriving in infected vessels Treatment
should be subjected was reduced to 5 days from a previously established g
minimum of 7 ; for Mediterranean ports, however, a period of 3 to 6 days J or s lps,
detention was recommended in the case of arrivals by " suspected"
vessels, that is by ships free from suspicion of cholera on board but
coming from infected or suspected places. The precautions recommended
by the Conference consisted, in the case of suspected ships at ordinary
ports, in a medical inspection to be made with the object of ascertaining
that all was well on board and that measures of disinfection and cleanli
ness had been carried out at departure and during the voyage, as required
by other findings of the Conference ; and this inspection was to be
followed, if the voyage had been of less than 10 days' duration, by 24
hours' detention and by disinfection of dirty linen and articles of personal
use. As no special reference was made in the findings to India or to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the procedure in both of those regions was probably
intended to be regulated by the ordinary rules.
Tttfkisli quarantine in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1881-88.
In this connection we may observe that since 1881 the Turkish
sanitary authorities at Basrah had persistently disregarded clean ^ bills
of health in the case of vessels from Bombay and had subjected
all ships from India, on the pretext that India was constantly a lieu
contamine," to 24 hours' detention and observation irrespective of the
length of the voyage* At one time in 1888 this period of detention was
increased to 3 days.
Epidemic of cholera in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, 1889-
In 1889 cholera broke out in Turkish 'Iraq for the first time, so far Movements in
as can be ascertained, since 1871. It first appeared at the end of July ,™ii
or the beginning of August in the Muntafik country; on the 2nd ot
August it was at Nasiriyah; on the 6th it had reached Basrah, on the
13th Baghdad and on the 31st Karbala; and it ultimately completed
the circuit of the entire province by arriving at Najaf on the 7th ot
September. The mortality was considerable, amounting probably to over
1,500 at Baghdad and to more than 400 each at the towns of Nasiriyah
and Karbala. At ; Basrah, where the disease lingered until October, and
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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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