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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1045] (1200/1782)
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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instructions of His Majesty's Government, in July 1905 expressed his
willingness to adopt a flag o£ crescent design distinguished from the
Turkish flag by the addition of the word « Kuwait/' as also certificates of
nationality for vessels belonging to his port. In March 1906, however,
Shaikh Mubarak demurred, in the absence of an explicit guarantee
tuat Kuwait vessels would not be harassed at Turkish ports, to the
use of Eoman letters on the flag; but he agreed that the name
" Kuwait" might appear on it in Arabic characters. The adoption of
the proposed flag, as thus finally modified, was then approved by His
Majesty's Government; but again, in September 1906, the Shaikh
represented that even the slight innovation to which he had consented
might lead to unfavourable treatment of Kuwait vessels in Turkey, and
requested an assurance on the subject by the British Government. The
matter was then once more referred by the Government of India to His
Majesty's Government.
taken of
Advantage
was
the favourable disposition of Shaikh Land explo
Mubarak, after the appointment of a British
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Kuwait, marine 3 ^
to obtain fuller information about the surroundings of Kuwait both on surveys,
land and at sea. In December 1904 a party of officers employed on
this Gazetteer marched by land, in company with Captain Knox,
from Kuwait to the Turkish border ; and the opportunity was utilised
to carry a plane-table survey, on a large scale, from Jahrah and the north
ern shores of Kuwait Bay up to the Turkish frontier posts of Safwan and
l.Imm Qasr. In April 1905, Captain Knox made a tour into the country
to the south of Kuwait, and in January 1906 he attained the distant but
important point of Hafar, never before visited by a European, on the
border between Kuwait territory and Central Arabia, Bedouin e?- 'orts
being provided on both occasions by Shaikh Mubarak. In the winte. i
1906-1907 the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
made two more interesting journeys to the
south of Kuwait, on the first of which it was found possible for Mrs.
Knox to accompany him.
A marine survey of Kuwait Bay by the R.I.M.S. "Investigator"
was begun in November 1904, and continued season by season until
November 1907, when the work was completed.
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Relations with Persia, 1904-1907.
In September 1904 considerable feeling was aroused at Kuwait by Harassment
the unjustifiable seizure of two Bums belonging to the port by the ot Klnuut
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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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- 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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