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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1202] (1357/1782)
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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1202
Baghdad. In 1752 the effects of Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
J s administration be^an
to be perceptible in the greater security which prevailed around Basrah,
and the British Resident was able to report: " For some time past this
" country has been in perfect tranquillity ; the Arabs kept under due
" restraint; grain of all kinds been very cheap ; the merchants of the
c< city unmolested, and the place in general in a more quiet state than for
'■ many years before.''''
British political and general relations with Turkish 'Iraq, 1730-54.
British political relations with Turkish ''Iraq still consisted solely in
the dealings of the East India Company's servants with the local
government.
Reference has already been made to the difficulties in which the British
were involved at Basrah, about 1735, in consequence of hostilities there
between the Persians and the Turks, and to the concessions which it was
found necessary to make in the matter to Nadir Shah ; but the British
Besident at Basrah was not withdrawn, as had at one time been
intended, for the purpose of convincing the Persians that the British had
no leaning towards the Turks; and the Agent at Bandar 'Abbas, who
had been invested at the end of 1735 with discretion to prevent ships
under the Company's protection from visiting Basrah, found no occasion
to exercise his powers.
In March 1/ i_G Mr. Irench, the British Resident, had lately returned
to Basrah from Baghdad; the object of his journey to the capital, which
htems to ha\e been undertaken on his own responsibility, was to obtain
redress from the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
for misbehaviour on the part of the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
of Basrah j and in this he was entirely successful.
In 1738 Mr. Dorrill, the Assistant to the Resident at Basrah, was
sent by Mr. Whit well, the Resident, to wait on Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at Baghdad
with a present and solicit his aid in recovering debts due, especially from
Bedouins, to the estate of Mr. French, who had died in the preceding
year. Mr. Dorrill had visited Baghdad in 1737 also. After 20,000
« Telotas " * had been recovered in barley, dates and wheat, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
recalled the Agha whom he had sent to Basrah to manage the business;
and, as it was seen that nothing further could be expected without more
payments, Mr. Dorrill was ordered to return to Basrah. The cost of
Mr. Dorrill s mission was charged to Mr. French's estate, of which
30,000 Telotas remained unrecovered.
Difficalties at
bmtah,
1735.
Reiident's
journey to
Baghdad,
1785.26.
Journeyi of
the AssistaDt
to the Resi
dent to Bagh-
dftd, 1737-38
* The value of this coin is not stated.
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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.
- 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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- '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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