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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎838] (993/1782)

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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Thomas Aid wort appointed chief of the Surat Factory An East India Company trading post. on its founda
tion at the beginning of 1613 ; was soon engaged in a search for new
markets outside India, and reported upon Bahrain, during his first year
of office, in the following terms : " I find there is a seaport town called
" Bareyn, whereunto a ship of 2 or 3 ' hundred tons may come, and 1
" understand this country spends much cloth, for the Venetians bring it
" overland and so carry with them again all sorts of Persian Silks, which
" trade is, as it were, offered us, and surely 1 think in short time will be
" able to vent as much cloth as Suratt/'
The Company soon after this selected Jashk, and subsequently
Bandar ''Abbas, as their port in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; but occasional
references to Bahrain continue to occur in their records, as for example in
1625, when some information regarding the pearl fishery with its head
quarters in Bahrain was extracted from Portuguese deserters.
In 1700-01, when, after a brief re-approchement, the relations of the
Old Last India Company with the Persian Government bad again become
unsatisfactory, it was suggested by Mr. ()wen, the Company's Agent in
Persia, " that, if in future it should become necessary for the Company to
u employ force lor the preservation of their privileges and trade in Persia,
" it would be expedient to take possession of the Island of Barrein near
f Bassorah, a station which would not only afford a proportion of Persian
a produce, but enable the Company's cruisers to overawe the trade. "
In 1751, when an attack on Bandar 'Abbas was feared, the
Company's representatives there asked that they might be authorised to
remove elsewhere and pointed out that the present was "a fine opportw-
nity of seiziu g the Persian Fleet and settling at Bahreen; " but
the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. in reply to these proposals, while they sanctioned
a temporary transfer of the Factory An East India Company trading post. to some other place, strictly forbade
any interference with Persian vessels.
In L7o2, the project of a removal from Bandar ' K*;™ .fill
Company's operations in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
selected a century and a half before.
Place." Eventually, in
hrain as the base of the
just as Jashk had been

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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' [‎838] (993/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575945.0x0000c2> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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