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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1186] (1341/1782)

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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1186
or on account of some breach of conditions by the Persians, it was
revoked, and over 20,000 of the defeated army were massacred. A few
days later a g-eneral slaughter of the civil inhabitants of Baghdad took
place under the orders of Murad, infuriated at the explosion of a powder
magazine which had caused great loss among his troops. The Sultan
remained in 'Iraq until February 1639, possibly visting Najaf, where
one of the * town gates is still called after him " Bab Murad at his
departure from Baghdad he is said to have passed through the Bab-al-
Tilism, which was then bricked up and has never since been opened.
A strong Turkish garrison, commanded by a capable officer, was left at
Baghdad ; and from that time to the present the city has remained con
tinuously under Turkish rule, but it has never again been visited by the
Turkish sovereign.f
Peace with In 1639 a permanent peace was arranged between Turkey and Persia
Persia, 1639. ^ c > • /« i ^ • t • , '
the common trontier or the two empires being at the same J; time fixed
in general terms by a Treaty drawn up after " much stormy discussion"
between the Ottoman Prime Minister and a Persian Commissioner. The
terms of this settlement, which was reaffirmed in 1746 and again in 1823,
will call for notice hereafter.
Internal history, 1622—40.
Probably about the beginning of the 17th century, the Pashsliq of
Basrah came into the possession of Afrasiyab Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , already mentioned,
a man of good position in the neighbourhood, who, according to one account,
obtained the government by paying 40,000 piastres to Aiyud, the official
nominee of the Porte. The Turks, having regard to the strength of Afrasi-
yab's local influence, to the excellence of his administration, to his profes-
*Looa1 tradition asserts that Murad, to show his respect for 'Ali, entered Najaf on
foot, and that in passing through the gate in question his turban was thrown from
his head by the jostling of the crowd. This story appears highly improbable, bnt
it does not follow that Murad did not visit Najaf.
t The above account of the recovery of Baghdad is mainly from Professor Creasy'?
History of! the Ottoman Turks, Volume 1, pages 408-11. Tavernier in his Persian
1 ravels, Book TT, Chapter VII, gives a different version of the affair, whicfi,
though obtained upon the spot and almost contemporaneous, seems improbable. Both
accounte agree that over 20,000 of the garrison were massacred after having received
quarter.
X The substance of the treaty of 1639 is given in RwWnson'a Memorandum on
the Turko-Persian Frontier, 1844.
The Pashaliq
of Basrah,
1622-40.

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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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