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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1207] (1362/1782)
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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1207
At this time Basrah was^ as a rule, a far healthier station than Bandar
Abbas. In the year 1737, however, which was a very unhealthy one,
sickness carried off " all the English gentlemen* except one Mr. Sterling/^
" Purser of the Poultney, who prudently sealed up the warehouses ; " and
among the victims was Mr. French, the Resident, who died on the 7th
of November. No other deaths during this period among the Company's
servants at Basrah are recorded,
is n fe
id 82 k
h
15 K M
1131) and 15
The Dutch in Turkish 'Iraq, 1730—54.
The Dutch, during the greater part of the period which we are now examin
ing, had a
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Basrah ; and from it, at the end of 1747, a gentle
man was sent to re-establish a Dutch settlement that had formerly existed
at Bushehr. In or about 1752, however, calamity overtook the Dutch
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
at Basrah, of which the head was then the well-known Baron
Kniphausen.f The Baron was arrested one day by the Turkish authorities
on a charge of having had relations with a Muhammadan prostitute, and
he was not released until he had paid, it was said, a bribe of Rs. 50,000;
and large sums were extorted at the same time from other persons
belonging to or connected with the Dutch
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
. On his release the
Baron sailed for Batavia, where he arrived simultaneously with a letter
Containing complaints against him, sent by the Turkish governor of
Basrah through the Dutch
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Bandar ""Abbas; and, whether at
or after his departure is uncertain, the Dutch
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Basrah was with
drawn. Having cleared his character to the satisfaction of the Dutch
^authorities in the East Indies, Baron Kniphausen, as we have seen else
where, returned to the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at the end of 1753 and proceeded to
feettlei with a naval and military force on the island of Kharag; and
mfeanVdule the Dutch Ambassador at the Porte had procured a Farman for
the re-hoisting of the Dutch flag at Basrah. On arrival at Kharag the
Baron sent to Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
a letter from the Dutch General in Batavia
demanding repayment of the sums extorted from the Dutch Company's
servants and the reception of Kniphausen himself at Basrah, and threatening
that, in event of non-compl iatiLfe, force would be used ; but the reply of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
seems to have been that he would refund nothing, and that he
would only admit a Dutch h esident if he were somebody other than
* Number not stated.
7 't aui^DfiU«y on tWfe 'gentietaati* character and proceedinfje are specified in a
footnote on page 129 ante. .p ;'il' iiabh
11
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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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- '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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