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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1210] (1365/1782)

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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expense to which the Resident had thus committed himself without proper
authority ; but they agreed that ; provided the terms of the new Farmaa
were respected by the Turks and no aaphpra^e dues ^collected by them,
the money spent might be recovered in the manner suggested; and
recoveries continued to be made until 1760, when, the whole amount
having been made good, they ceased. It was hoped that by tte removal
of the anchorage dues ships which had hitherto been accustomed to turn
back from Bushehr, Bandar 'Abbas or even Masqat would be induced
to visit Basrah.
Trouble appears to have been caused from time to time by gentlemen
of the Company's Bengal establishment who carried on a trade at Basrah,
at Basrah an ^ an( ^ w ^ 0 8ome times tried to ignore the Resident; one of the principal
1 '""' "" offenders was a Mr. Baldrick who had business there in 1754. Early in
1757 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. , "being sensible of the ill-effects of the
" Bengal gentlemen endeavouring to evade any dependency on the
" Hon'ble Company's Resident," empowered that officer to prevent any
application being made to the Turkish authorities, except through himself.
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Misbehaviour
of Bengal
servants of
MUSTAFA III.
1757—73.
Sulaimau
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , till
1762.
The history of Turkish 'Iraq during the reign of Mustafa III was
little affected by events in other parts of the Ottoman Empire, except in,
so far as war with Russia prevented the Sultan of Turkey from enforcing
his authority over the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad. The peaceful relations at l^st
established between Turkey and Persia were not disturbed. Mustafa
died in the last days of 1773. , .
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Pashasiof Baghdad from 1757 to 1773.
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t)uring this jperiod the whole of Turkish 'Iraq continued to be governed
by a Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad ; and that office was filled by a series of men
possessing local influence, with whose services the Porte, however much
they might wish to do so, found it impossible to dispense.
Sulaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who had seized the government of Baghdad ia 1749
and wafe afterwards confirmed therein by the Porter retained his posit-ioii
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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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