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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2575] (1092/1262)
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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has been made above, had probably a salutary effect in deterring adven
turers from experiments in that quarter. In 1898 it was stated by
headmen of the Wazirs that most of the Gulf rifles in the possession
of their tribe—for even at that date there were some, thoug-h they had
not as yet been identified by the local officers —were such as, drifting
northwards from hand to hand, had reached the Helmand valley
in Afghanistan, and had been brought thence by Powinda traders to
Waziristan : they added that attempts had been made to bring arms by
direct caravan, meaning probably from the Makran coast, but had
failed.
Up to the beginning of 1898 the Afghan traders in arms seem to Growth of an
have resorted freely to Masqat and to have made their purchases in
person ; but, during the next few years, their orders were placed for the Bandar
most part with agents at Bandar Abbas. Some of these Afghans habi- 'Abbas 1898.
tually travelled to Bandar J Abbas by steamer from Karachi, at the time
of the annual spring migration of the Powindas from British to Afghan
territory, while others were accustomed to proceed thither in the autumn
months with large caravans of camels from the neighbourhood of
Ghazni—a custom of ancient standing, dependent on considerations
of general trade, but one which at this time lent itself to the develop
ment of the arms traffic. The leading spirit among the Afghans who
went to Bandar ^Abbas by land bringing their transport with them was,
at first, one Nur-ud-Din Khan, Lohani ; but, by 1903, the chief place
bad been taken by a certain Ghulam Khan, Nasir. The success of the
Afghans stimulated the Balfichis of the Khanu neighbourhood in
Rudbar to compete, and in 1903 the latter had. secured a considerable
share of the traffic. The arms ordered from Masqat by the Afghan and
Baluchi dealers were mostly smuggled in sailing craft to lonely places
on the coast near Bandar 'Abbas and Minab, where they were picked up
by the purchasers, and on the journey inland they were carried concealed
in camel-litters and in the framework of camel-saddles.
The bulk of the Afghan trade seems at this period to have passed Direction
across the Narmashir district to the east of Bam ; and, up to 1901, a very ^ J" ' e
northerly route into Afghanistan by Sistan and Mashhad appears to have BaIldar
been in favour. In the summer of that year, 26 rifles and a large quan- 'Abbas,
tity of ammunition were captured through the efforts of Colonel G. F.
Chenevix-Trench, then British Consul-General at Mashhad, from a
single Afghan caravan, Ghulam Khan, the dealer, being arrested and
sentenced to imprisonment in this case by the Consul-General ; this inci
dent, which made a great stir among the Afghan community at
Mashhad, was probably one cause among others of the trade subsequently
adopting a more southerly course.
At the end of 1901, as indicated in an earlier paragraph, there were Approaching
symptoms of the opening out of new channels through Makran, and transference
about this time two natives of Swat were seen at Sarbaz in Persian of the trade
Baluchistan, whither they had come in quest of rifles. But it did not "
appear that the westerly route through Narmashir had as jet been
superseded.
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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).
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- 1 volume (1165 pages)
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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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- 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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