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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1205] (1360/1782)

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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1205
1731.
■'Iraq were greatly disturbed by the Persian invasion of that year; but
about 1737—39 the trade of Bandar •'Abbas, being seriously hampered by
the Persian campaigns in ^Oman which were being conducted from that
port, was largely diverted to Basrah, and the proportion of the
Company's consulage collected at the two places was reversed. Copper in
particular, imported into the Gulf in ships from Bengal, now went chiefly
to Basrah. In 1741 the British woollen trade at Basrah benefited by a
prohibition which the local authorities had imposed on the passage of
caravans between Aleppo and that market. In 1753 and 1753 there was
a great demand for perpets in Turkish J Iraq.
The question of the consulage and other dues collected by the Company's
representative at Basrah is frequently noticed in the correspondence of
the day. In the sense of the Capitulations all the collections of the
Company at Basrah were "consulage " •, but the Company seem to have
restricted that name to a portion which they allowed their officers to keep
for themselves and to have styled the rest " customs.'"
In 1731 Mr. French, the British Resident, obtained a Farman from the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. restricting the Customs duty leviable on British goods at Basrah to
*3 per cent.; and, as Mr. French had made the disbursements necessary to
secure this concession from his own private means, while the concession
was expected to be highly advantageous to trade in general, he was
authorised to charge the outlay to the Company, together with an hono
rarium of 3,000 Qurush for himself. An additional duty, in the shape
apparently of one per cent, imposed on the Company's own goods and
an extra one per cent, on the goods of private traders, was at the same
time laid on all British trade at Basrah ; and it was ordered that this
arrangement should remain in force until the whole amount, with the
interest accruing thereon, should have been recovered.
In 1733 no consulage at all was obtained at Basrah, in consequence of 1733.
a cessation of trade due to the nearness of the Persian armies.
In 1735, whether before or after the charge created in 1731 had been
cleared off, an additional duty was again imposed by the Company at
Basrah in recoupment of the expenses incurred by them in connection with
the first Persian attempt upon the town. A separate account for the
fund thus formed was opened under the heading " Basrah Troubles. >}
Mr. French, the British Resident at Basrah, was awarded 100
Tumans by the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. in partial repayment of the expenses
of his journey to Baghdad in 1736 ; and he was " directed to charge it to
* This was the rate fixed by the Capitulations of 1661 but see footnote on page
1195, ante.
Consulage
and other
dues.
1735.
1736.
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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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