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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1193] (1348/1782)

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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1193
Internal affairs, 1687—1730.
The slightness of the English official relations with Basrah during the
period and the general absence of accounts by private travellers leave us in
almost complete ignorance of the state of ""Iraq between 1687 and 1730.*
During a series of years, ending in 1091, Basrah appears to have been
occupied by the Persians ; this occupation must apparently have begun
during the period last described (1648—87), and it may have been a con
sequence of the retirement to Persia of Husain Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the rightful
governor, on his expulsion from Basrah, as already related, by a younger
relation. No facts concerning the Persian administration of Basrah are
on record, but it is stated to have been favourable to trade. In 1691
the Persians withdrew from Basrah in consequence, it would seem, of a
severe epidemic of plague; and thereafter the town remained in a
politically derelict condition and partly deserted by the inhabitants until
1695, when the Ottoman Government resumed possession.
In 1702., when a certain Hasan Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. was appointed for the second
time governor of Baghdad, the province of ■'Iraq and its dependencies was
in a miserable state of disorganisation. The Janissaries were masters of
the city of Baghdad, and the Arabs held the surrounding country ; security
of trade did not exist; and most of the local merchants had migrated
to Isfahan. The neighbouring district of Kurdistan was ruled by an
independent Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of the first class ; the governor of Mardin was appointed
direct from Constantinople ; and even Basrah was a Pashaliq altogether
separate from that of Baghdad, Hasan Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who must have been a
man of strong character and who derived additional prestige from his
ability to intervene with advantage to Turkey in the distracted affairs
of Persia, succeeded in the course of his rule of 21 years in remedying
these evils. In the Baghdad Pashaliq he broke the power of the
Janissaries and the Arabs, re-establishing security of life and property;
he obtained the addition of Mardin to his own territories; and, by
persistently creating difficulties for the Pashas sent from Constantinople
to take charge of Basrah, he in the end secured that government for his
own son Ahmad. On his death, in 1723, he was succeeded by Ahmad,
who so recommended himself to the Porte by his conduct in Persian
# Hamilton {vide his New Account, Volume I, pages 75 to 88) appears to be the only
contemporaneous authority havinsr local knowledge. A list of the Pashas of Baghdad
is given, however, by Niebahr in his Voyage en Arable, Volume 11, pages 362-3.
Persian otcu-
paUon of
Basrah, end
ing 16H.
Administra
tion of
Baghdad and
amalgama
tion of the
Baghdad and
basrah
governments,
1702—23.

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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.

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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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