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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [930] (1085/1782)
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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was really engaged in preparations for farming- them out for a fresh
period upon more favourable terms. At length, at the end of 19()] ; it
became known that Shaikh 'Isa had extended the customs lease in favour
of the actual holders to the end of February 190G.
1903 r ^ ie question of the Bahrain customs was after this allowed to rest
until Lord Curzon's visit to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in November 1903, when
it formed the chief subject of discussion between His Excellency the
Viceroy and the Shaikh. Shaikh 'Isa was unaVie to show that the
change proposed in the customs arrangements was ; n any way detrimental
to his interests, or to answer Lord Curzon's arguments that it would
extricate him from his pecuniary dittieulties, increase the revenues of his
state, and secure a sound position for his successor Hamad, whom the
Government of India had agreed to recognise: he took refuge, instead,
in assertions that the matter was one which only concerned himself;
he asked that the question might be postponed until his death ; and in
the end, he said that he must consult his son and brother. His Excel
lency then gave the Shaikh a final warning that the matter could not
and would not be dropped ; and so the discussion terminated.
1904. An enquiry by the Resident, Colonel Kemball, which followed Lord
Curzon's visit, revealed a state of matters worse even than had been
suspected. It was shown that the Shaikh had already leased his customs
on the basis of a 5 per cent, duty up to April 1906, and on the basis
of a 4 per cent, duty up to January 1908. The amounts of the contracts
were as follows :—
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
rs.
1,16,200
1,17,500
1,23,200
96,200
96,200
or Rs. 5,49,300 in all; and against this amount the Shaikh had already
drawn three sums aggregating Rs. 2,12,000 from the farmers. More
over it was calculated that the customs should yield, under direct manage
ment, about Ks. 3,50,000 per annum, or three times as much as was
actually being obtained by the Shaikh.
To coerce Shaikh 'Isa into acceptance of the much needed reform
would ha"\e been easy, but it was thought better that he should
pontaneously consent. The proceedings were therefore again dropped
^teps weie taken, with the object of acquiring greater iniluence
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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'
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- 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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