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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎2569] (1086/1262)

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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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confiscation, and British and Persian vessels of war were empowered to
search Bahrain vessels in British, Persian or Bahrain territorial waters,
and to confiscate arms and ammunition on board if intended for India,
Persia or Bahrain. Annexure No. 3 to this Appendix contains the text
of the Agreement, Proclamation and Notification.
After this prohibition came into force small seizures of contraband
arms were made from time to time by the Shaikh's officials.
The trade at Kuwait, 1898-1905.
The arms trade did not begin at Kuwait until after the accession of Beginning
Shaikh Mubarak in 1896 ; it appears to have been prohibited by his of the trade,
immediate predecessor from fear of the Turks. At Kuwait its develop
ment was probably slower than elsewhere, for it did not attract notice
until 1899, when it was reported that fairly large quantities of arms
were passing from Masqat to Kuwait. A duty of was at this time
levied on each rifle by the customs contractor of Kuwait port, and a
further royalty of $4 apiece was taken by the Shaikh himself.
Shortly after this, though arms continued to be imported in small Momjnal
quantities only and not On a large scale, there were indications that Kuwait prohibition of
was likely to succeed Bahrain as the principal arms mart of the upper 19 Q 0 same '
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Measures were at once taken to prevent, if possible,
such a result; and, on the ^th of May 1900, Colonel Kemball, the
British 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. , was successful in persuading the Shaikh to
execute an Agreement and to issue a Proclamation and Notification by
which the trade was prohibited in Kuwait territory and powers of search
and confiscation were conferred on British and Persian vessels of war,
analogous to those secured from the Shaikh of Bahrain by the Agreemen
of 1898 : the documents in question are reproduced in Annexure No. 4 to
the present Appendix. Shaikh Mubarak entered into these arrangements
with unexpected readiness ; but the circumstance that Kuwait boats then
flew the Turkish flag made it inexpedient for British war-vessels to
exercise their right of search ; British interference with the importation
of arms at Kuwait was avoided also for the additional reasons that Ibn
Sa'ud of Southern Najd drew his supply from this place, and that to cut
it off would have been to influence materially the course^ of Centra
Arabian affairs. It is probable that, with the exception of those received
through Qatar, nearly the whole of the arms and ammunition imported
into Najd for use in the wars of 1900-1904 were brought into the
country through Kuwait, the remainder of the Kuwait ^P^ts bemg
divided at this period in almost equal proportions between ^ ^urkii
and the Persian dominions, into both of which they were smuggled. ^
In Februarv 1904 the ubiquitous M. Goguyer paid a visit to Kuwait, Continued
where he remafned for some time, practically as the guest of the Shaikh^; t
ami shortly afterwards the rate of xmportaUon became ve y rap ^ JL
Goffuver's consignments being introduced, it was said, as the bhaikh s
private property^ In the first week of August 1904, 12 cases of arms

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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:

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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' [‎2569] (1086/1262), 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_100023514765.0x000054> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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