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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1211] (1366/1782)
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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until his death on the 14th of May 1762, More than one attempt was
raade^ probably from Constantinople^ to destroy him by foul means, but
all were unsuccessful; and, so far from his paying 1 any substantial tribute
to the Sultan, he was in most years able and ready to prove that he had
spent, on behalf of the Turkish Government, more than he had received.
I e the administration of his province he showed great energy, and he
made himself the terror of the thievish Arab tribes, whom he reduced to
tolerable order, and who surnamed him "Abu Lail ^ on account o£ his
nocturnal raids upon them. At Baghdad he was known as " Sulaiman
the Lion." In his time the journey between Baghdad and Basrah,
whether by the Euphrates or by the Tigris, is said to have become safe
even for travellers unaccompanied by a tribal protector; and the security
that prevailed in his dominions, while disturbances were rife in Persia,
had the effect of drawing a large proportion of the Indian trade, which
had formerly sought Bandar ^Abbas and Isfahan, to Basrah and Baghdad.
He was however influenced, to an undue extent, by his wife 'Adilah
Khatun, who gave audiences, interfered in public business, and even
instituted an order of merit of her own, of which the badge was a silk
ribbon worn round the head; and it was at her instigation that, in 1758,
lie invited Salim, the Kurdish chief on a campaign against whom her
father Ahmad had expired, to Baghdad and treacherously put him to
death by strangling. In 1758, at the time of Dr. Ives' visit to Baghdad,
Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was a childless man over sixty years of age, but addicted
to unnatural vices.
On the death of Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
without children, 'Ali Agha,
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, who had formerly been Governor of Diwaniyah
and who in that capacity had given Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
invaluable aid in
seizing the Pashaliq, contrived, by means of the recommendations of the
local Baghdad officials supplemented by bribes at Constantinople to
obtain the vacant post for himself. His appointment took place in July
1762, and the governments of Baghdad and Basrah remained, contrarv
to the general expectation, a combined charge. The first danger with
which 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had to cope was a rising of the Janissaries at Baghdad^
which obliged him temporarily to abandon the city; but very soon, with
the help of the country Arabs and of the most influential citizens, who
were all upon his side, he was able to suppress the revolt and even to
punish the ringleaders with death. After this he reduced Kurdistan
to obedience and undertook various expeditions, which are noticed further
on, against Arab tribes of the province ; but, of these last, one against
the Khaza'il ended disastrously. His fall, however, which occurred in
'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
1762—64.
J i;:fc
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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)
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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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