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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [146] (289/1782)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (1624 pages). It was created in 1915. It was written in English. 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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146
Re-institution
of friendly
relations
between the
British and
Karim Khan,
1775.
Position of
the British at
Basrah and
Bushehr
during the
Persian occu
pation of
Basrah,
1775-79.
Effects of the
Persian occu
pation of
Basrah in
Bushehr ileet from below Basrah to join that of the Ka'ah, which had
already gone above the town, the Agent and Council became alarmed;
and on the Uth of April 1 77 5 they quitted Basrah for Bushehr, leaving
the Company's
factory
An East India Company trading post.
and the goods in it unprotected. On their
wav to the Gulf they engaged the Bushehr fleet, which was on its way
up the river, and drove them into the mouth of the Kaiun,
More useful assistfvnce was received by the links fiom the Imam of
'Oman, whose strong fleet in August 1 775 defeated a part of the Persian
navy, opened the navigation of the Shatt -al- ; Arab, and enabled the
defenders of Basrah to reprovision the town.
Meanwhile, on the very day that the siege of Basrah began, Mr.
Garden arrived at Bushehr on a mission from the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
to Karim Khan. For the sake of restoring good relations, if this could
not be done in any other way, he was authorised to re-establish a British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bushehr, though this was contrary to the orders of the Court
of Directors ; and by an intelligent use of his powers he succeeded, not
only in procuring the release of Mr. Beaumont and the leturn of tli
" Tyger, JJ but also in arranging for the security of the Company s pio-
perty at Basrah in case the town should be taken by the Persians, b'
he did not so much as refer to the still outstanding claim for damages
on account of the Ka'ab piracies of 1765, perhaps from a consciousness
that it was now too old to be revived with decency or any chance f
success.
On the capitulation of Basrah the representatives of the East India
Company were at once replaced in possession of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
, which was
found undamaged; but the form of government established h}
Persians,—a purely military occupation in face of hostile sunoumlhigs,
—was unfavourable to trade, and the violence of the Persian Govei'iK
under Sadiq Khan gave frequent cause for complaint. Karim Khan,
is true, was always ready to correct abuses when brought to h -
but the outlook at Basrah was so disheartening that the ( onrt
Directors of the East India Company at one time contemplated a
entire withdrawal from the place, and the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
there was act y
reduced to the status of a
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
.
At Bushehr, where the local administration was as favourably
asthe Yakil himself, everything proceeded smoothly until the end
Karim Khan's reign.
A noteworthy consequence of the Persian occupation of Basra j 11 ^
the migration of a number of merchants to Kuwait and the lemou
others, who did not feel themselves secure even there, from Kuwait
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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) 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 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .
Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:
- 'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);
- 'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);
- 'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);
- 'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);
- 'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);
- 'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);
- 'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);
- 'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);
- 'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).
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- 2 volumes (1624 pages)
- Arrangement
Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to 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 annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.
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Foliation: 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. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:
- Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.
- Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:130, 1:778, iv-r:iv-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, v-r:v-v, 779:1098, 1131:1146, 1099:1130, 1147:1484, 1489:1496, 1485:1488, 1497:1624, vi-r:vi-v, back-a-i
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