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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [937] (1092/1782)
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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administrative rightB existed, it was unnecessary and undesirable
to invoke publicly the terms of the Agreement of 1892. The first hospital
and dispensary in Bahrain, with 21 beds, was opened by the Mission
in 1902 under the name of the " Mason Memorial Hospital."" From
the 1st of November 1901 the services of the physician attached to the
Arabian Mission were retained by the Government of India for the
benefit of their political representative in Bahrain; and in 1903,
notwithstanding the decision to establish the "Queen Victoria Memorial
Hospital," it was resolved to continue this arrangement on account of
the good work done by the Mission.
German interests in Bahrain, 1895-1904.
The appearance in Bahrain in 1901 of a German firm, doing business
in mother -of-pearl shells, gave rise to various political questions; it was a
branch of the Hamburg house of Traun, Stiirken & Co. and was
established by a Mr. Wonckhaus, after whom, as he was a partner in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
branch of the business, it was styled Robert Wonckhaus & Co.
This Mr. Wonckhaus, who originally came to the Gulf in 1897 and who
until 1901 resided chiefly at Lingeh, was believed to have relations with
the German Government; and, on a visit to the coast of Trucial ; Oman,
he succeeded in obtaining by an artifice copies of the Treaties of
the Trucial Shaikhs with Great Britain. Except an
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of the
British house of Gray, Paul & Co. of Bushehr, who since about 1890
had been represented at Manamah by an English-speaking native, this
was the first European firm to secure footing in Bahrain.
As the Shaikh of Bahrain had reason to suppose that the new firm,
then about to be established, would endeavour to deal in cheap spirits, he
published, in 1900, an edict prohibiting the introduction of alcoholic
liquor into Bahrain under penalty of confiscation ; and the interdict, on the
understanding that it should not be interpreted as preventing the import
ation of liquor by Europeans for their own consumption, was held by the
Government of India to be unobjectionable.
The question of the purchase of house property by Mr. Wonckhaus
soon arose; and in 1902 it was ruled by the Government of India that,
as the question was one of private ownership merely, no opposition need
be made to the acquisition of premises by Mr. Wonckhaus, but that it
EstabUsh-
ment of the
firm
Messrs. R.
"Wonckhaus
& Co., 1901.
Importation
of alcoholic
liquors into
Bahrain pro
hibited, 1900.
Questions of
status and
protection.
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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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