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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part II. J G Lorimer. 1915' [2616] (1133/1262)
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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2616
Campaign in
the Persian
Assembly
against M.
Naus and his
Belgian
Officials,
1906-07.
Dismissal of
M. Naus,
1907.
M. Nans had already sounded the Belgian market, but unsuccessfully,
under a Russian guarantee. Capable, energetic and ambitious, he had
gradually brought the whole financial system of the country under his
control; he made no concealment of his power; and it was expected
that he would be employed, in September 1906, to represent Persia in
certain financial negotiations at St. Petersburg. The Persian Govern
ment, however, made suspicious by the anxiety of Russia that he should
be sent, declined to nominate him.
On the 7th of October 1906 the new Persian Assembly began its
sittings at Tehran; and M. Naus and his subordinates were at once made
objects of attack by a party headed by the Sa'ad-ud-Dauleh. The
charges against M. Naus were, mainly, that he had been guilty of
corruption and extortion and had amassed a large private fortune by
improper means; that he had provided too many appointments, upon
large salaries, for Belgians ; and that, in the selection of native employes,
he had favoured Armenians at the expense of Muhammadans. With
regard to the first of these accusations it was subsequently stated, on
the authority of a high Persian ofiicial, that there were no grounds for
believing M. Naus to have committed malversations, but that for three
years he had rendered no formal accounts, and that it was difficult to
verify or arrange the papers which he had submitted. The Assembly,
notwithstanding the opposition of a moderate section who were aware
of the value of M. Naus's services, now yielded to popular clamour and
opened a campaign against the Customs Department enquiring whether
M. Naus was a responsible minister and pointing out that thei
Customs, Treasury, Post Office, and Mint were now under his contro
but that, when information in regard to these branches of the
administration was demanded by the Assembly, M. Naus did not appear,
while the Minister for Finance professed himself merely an accountant
and stated that M. Naus was not under his control. Finally the Assembly
insisted that a li^u of responsible ministers should be furnished; the
Sadr-i-A'zam complied; and the name of M, Naus was not found in
the list.
The Assembly were now in a position to require that M. Naus, not
being a minister, should be deprived of his title as such and of his
powers of control. The Shah reluctantly submitted and removed M.
Naus from the ministry, and M. Priem. from the Director-Generalship
of Customs. This change took place, apparently, on the 9th of February
1907, less than a month after M. Naus had been confirmed in his position
and his powers extended by the new Shah. No decided action was takert
by any of the foreign Legations at Tehran, not even by those of Belgium
or Russia, and the future of the Persian Imperial Customs was
plunged into uncertainty.
ANNEXURE NO. I.—TABLE OF LEASES OF SOME OF THE
CUSTOMS OF SOUTHERN PERSIA BEFORE THE CREA
TION OF THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.
In the table below are given in chronological order, with the date
where known, the amounts for which some of the customs of Southern
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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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- 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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