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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎922] (1077/1782)

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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First Exclu
sive A g ree-
ment of the
Shaikh with
the British
Government,
22nd Deoem-
her 1880.
Final Exclu-
sive Agree
ment by the
Shaikh with
the British
Government,
13th March
1893.
We have mentioned above the Turkish scheme of 1879 for establish
ing- a coal depot in Bahrain and the subsequent visit of Turkish ships
to Bahrain in November 1880 ; and here we may add that there were about
the same time indications of an awakening interest in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
on the part of several foreign powers, and that French, American and even
Japanese vessels had visited its waters. In these circumstances Colonel
Ross, the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , believing that Bahrain as one of the
principal commercial centres would soon become an object of foreio-n
attention, and finding on a visit to the islands that the Shaikh was
disposed to conclude a special arrangement with the British Government,
took the opportunity to obtain his signature to an Agreement which
he immediately submitted for the approval of the Government of India.
This Agreement, which was executed on the 22nd of December 1880^
bound the Shaikh to abstain from entering into negotiations or making
treaties with other Governments except by the sanction of the British
Government, and to refuse permission to any Government other than
the British to establish diplomatic or consular agencies or coaling dep6ts
in Bahrain territory, unless with the consent of the British Government
It was stipulated, however, that the engagement should not apply to or
affect customary friendly correspondence with the local authorities of
neighbouring states on matters of minor importance; and that the
va i i y o e Agreement should depend on its approval and acceptance
by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council. In justi-
exteTce of acti0n C*- 1 explained that the
British , oi t f beades being desirable from the
Pd o U ret 1 be C0UVenie " t t0 the Shaikh . ^
pon.t to it in refusing to aecede to the overtures that he might reeeive
Evssrr G " m "'" , " j »- m 4 ts
enter however fn , 7 " " rU,e ineXP * iient for ^ to
; t guardedly^ mto negotiations of such a kind without srecial
nstractions, recommended the Agreement to HW M * n
for acceptance; and, with the approval !f U S ^
India, it was ultimately ratified in 1881. ^
In 1892, in circumstances which arp ovWi„* j • ,.
Tracial 'Oman, Colonel Talbot, the Resident in the PersiaTa }(
zrztXTJtr* r- • p
the Trucial Shaikh . n r Vernm , e!itS ' Sh0uld ^ included with
-nt of India, *** * the Govern-
Shaikh of Bahrain, on the 13th March 1892 of^ 'l 6,SnatUre ^ the
marcn 1892, 0 f a smadar document. In

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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