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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1002] (1157/1782)
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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Opening of
British
relations
with Kuwait,
1775-78.
Kuwait a
depehdency
of Basrah,
1775.
Arrest of a
French officer
at Kuwait by
a member of
the H. E. I.
Company's
Basrah
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
,
1778.
1002
The recorded history of British relations with Kuwait opens in 1775
when, on the investment of Basrah by the Persians, the British desert
/mail from the Gulf to Aleppo began to be despatched from Kuwait
instead of Zubair. This arrangement was continued during the Persian
occupation of Basrah until 1779, but it did not work very satisfactorily
as the messengers were not under any proper control, and one packet was
lost^w rou f e about the end of 1778.
In 1775 Kuwait was regarded as a dependency of Basrah; and, at
the breaking up of the Anglo-Turkish squadron at the mouth of the
Shatt-al-'Arab on the departure of the British
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to Bushehr, it
Was considered a safe place at which to drop the Turkish and Arab
personnel.
An unusual incident occurred at Kuwait at the end of 1778, or
possibly in January 1779. On the 3rd of August 1778 M. Borel du
Bourg, a young French officer, left Marseilles with despatches in cypher
for the French authorities in Pondichery and Mauritius. He was trav
elling from Aleppo to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, when, in the desert at about 15
days' journey from Basrah, a party of Bedouin Arabs threatened him,
and he had the misfortune to shoot one of their number. Severely
wounded by a sword cut on the head, he saved his life by throwing
himself on the protection of the oldest of the robbers and promising to
pa> a sum equal to £100 English on condition of being conveyed in
safetv to Kuwait. On arrival at Kuwait he succeeded in borrowing the
promised amount fiom an Armenian of the place, after which he wrote
to M. Rousseau, the French Consul at Basrah, desiring to be supplied
with the means of continuing his journey to Pondichery. The French
Resideut having refused or hesitated to honour the draft of his fellow-
countryman, it was carried by the Arab messenger to the British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Basrah, of which the staff in this manner became aware of M. du
Bourg s presence in Kuwait.
A difficult question was thus raised, for a report had reached Basrah
of war having been* declared between Britain and France, in which
uould be incumbent on British officials abroad to seize wander 4
mg French emissaries; but, on the other hand, the consequences to the
tis esident weie likely to be serious if he took action against
• u ourg on information which subsequently proved to be
orrect. Mi. . Digges Latonche in charge of the British Factoryj
France and Brif 1"^ ^ nCOr^ect • ^ rom 1778 to 1783 there was war between
the United Star ^f 1 a Con8equence of tll e former power having oponly sided witfc
the United States of America in their War of Independance.
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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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- Title
- '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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