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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2598] (1115/1262)
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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2598
Position as
regards
Turkey and
Egypt-
Principles
and. revision^
The only power besides Russia^ wliicli had a cuBtoms tantt, as
distinffuished from a most favoured nation arrangement, with Persia
was Turkey; and the situation, as between Persia and Turkey, was
o-overned. in regard to customs duty, by the Erzeroum Treaties of
and 184)5. Under these Treaties the rate of duty payable by importers
was fixed at 4 per cent, ad valorem j but the Persian Government claimed
the riffht to levy an additional duty in case of the goods being
subsequently sold in Persia; and they actually collected 6 per cent, upon
coods imported from Turkey and 12 per cent, upon goods exported to
Turkey, no stipulation in regard to export duty being contained m
Treaties. The Porte retaliated with duties of equal amount; and tne
commercial regime thus established had existed, in 1901, since about
six years.
The mutual obligations of Persia and Egypt were still regarded as
defined by the Erzeroum Treaties, inasmuch as Egypt^ which at a later
date obtained independence in its commercial relations, was m 184 an
integral part of the Turkish Empire.
Such was the position when M. Naus, as Minister of Custom^,
be^an to press for revision of the Persian tariff. His plan, framed m
accordance with his general ideas, on reform, was to substitute a specitic
tariff, yielding larger revenues, for the existing duty of 5 per cent, w ic
applied to the goods of most foreign countries, and to abolish most expor
duties except those on opium and grain.
The Russo-Persian Trade Declaration of 1901.
Conclusion of
the Russo-
Persian De
claration,
27tli October
1901.
failure of
an attempt
by Kussia
to obtain
permanent
control of
Persia's
commercial
relations.
Kegotiations Were opened in the first instance with Russia alone ,
and, though His Majesty's Government became aware of their progress
in 1900, the British Minister was not successful in obtaining admittance
to the discussion. Assurances were given by the Persian Government
that nothing would be finally settled by them with Russian without
previous consultation of the British Government, but they were vioiatedi
The Declaration by which the new commercial arrangement between
Persia and Russia was constituted was signed at Tehran on the 27t
October 1901; but no copy of it could be procured by the British Lega
tion, and it was only in February 1902 that Sir A. Hardmge was
able to obtain, from a secret source, a statement of its principal con i-
tions. The terms of the Russian Declaration need not be stated here >
those of the British Convention of 1903, which We shall shortly nave
occasion to describe, were almost precisely similar.
The Russian delegates to Tehran, headed by M. Goluboff, made
strenuous efforts, in negotiating the Convention, to obtain from Persia
an engagement that she would conclude no fresh commercial arrangements
with other foreign powers except after previous agreement wit ,
and through the intermediacy of Russia; but their design was
frustrated by the firmness of M. Naus, who pointed out to the Persian
Government that the stipulation proposed involved all the inconvenien-
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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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