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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1197] (1352/1782)

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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1197
The Company's goods at Basrah seem to have consisted at this time The Cora-
ohiefly of broadcloth, " perfects/'* " long ells " and other kinds of cloth ; ^ ade
but iron also was imported, apparently for the markets of Hawizeh and at Basrah,^ 0
Shushtar. From October to December was the best time to obtain 17S7 ' 28 •
freights for India, for the boats from Baghdad and the caravans from
Aleppo ordinarily reached Basrah in those months.
The amount recovered at Basrah between the 31 st of July 1737 and
the 1st of January 1728 as "consulage due to the Company amounted
to 26,904 Mahmudis and 19 Qurush. This consulage" was a duty
recoverable by English Ambassadors and Consuls on goods carried in
English ships, and was recognised by the 35th Article of the Capitula
tions j and, fiom its being collected at Basrah by the Company's
representative, it appears that he must have been invested with consular
status.f The rate of consula at this time is not stated.
MAH MUD I.
1730-54.
Relations of Turkish 'Iraq with Persia, 1730-54,
As explained in the chapter on the general history of the Gulf, war
prevailed, at the accession of the Sultan Mahmud I in 1730, between
Turkey and Persia; and it continued, with varying fortune and an
interval of peace after 1736, until 1744. The principal events of this
contest were, in ' Iraq, the operations of Nadir Shah against Baghdad
in 1733 and two attempts by the Persians to capture Basrah, of which
the second was made in 174 3.
In 1733J Nadir Shah, who had recently become regent of Persia on che Nadir Shah's
deposition of Shah Tahmasb, invaded Turkish 'Iraq and laid sieo-j to 0 P e y ations
Baghdad, of which Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the able and energetic son of Hasan Baghdad,
* r\ . „ •— — 1733.
* Quaere, perpets.
f It was apparently hi the power of the English Arnbassador at this t-*ine to appoint
a Consul anywhere in the Turkish Enapire—see Article 14 of the Capitulations in their
original form, as given in the Precis containing Information in regard to the first
Connection of the Honourahle Fast India Company with Turk 'sh Arabia, 1874,
Appendix A—but, from the circumstances in which a "Consular/ Birat " for Basrah
was obtained in 1764, [vxde page 1223 post) it would seem that until that year the con
sular character of the Company s representative there had not been formally admitted
by the Porte.
J According to Niebuhr, Nadir's siege of Baghdad lasted eight months, and in that
c^se it must have begun in December 1738.

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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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