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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1212] (1367/1782)
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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'Umr Paslia,
after 1764.
1704, is believed to have been due chiefly to the intrigues of'Adilah
KhatiiUj in whose father's household he had been brought up, but whom
he had rigorously excluded from power and whom he was suspected of a
design to remove from Baghdad. 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who was of humble paren
tage, happened to_be a Persian by race; and this fact invested with sone
plausibility the assertions of his enemies that he was a Shi'ah in disguiie,
prepared to hand over the country to the Shah of Persia,—a notion
which to many minds was confirmed by his successes against the Sunni
Janissaries and Kurds and his failure against the Shi'ah Khazs'il.
'Adilah Khatun at last succeeded in persuading some of the principal
officials, who had hitherto been among "'Ali's sincere supporters, to believe
that he intended to put them to death, and to consult their own safety by
raising an insurrection against him ; and this they did so suddenly and
so successfully that he was obliged to hide himself, as best he could, in
the city of Baghdad. A few days later he was arrested in female attire
while attempting to escape to the country, brought back to the Sarai, and
executed.
Ali was succeeded as
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad by 'Umr, the second husband
of a younger sister of 'Adilah Khatun, whose first husband that masterful
woman had induced Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, on false evidence, to put to death.
' Umr
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was regarded as a man of mediocre ability, and his elevation
to the Pashaliq cannot have been agreeable to 'Adilah Khatun ; but his
name was pioposed by a council of the chief officials at Baghdad and was
accepted by the Porte,
'Ali Agha,
1761.
M ah mad,
I76i.
Sulaiioan
Agha, 1765—
68.
Mutasallims of Basrah, from 1767 to 1773.
Basrah, with the districts dependent on it, was administered, as it
had been since about 1720, by Mutasallims or Deputy-Governors whom
the Pashas of Baghdad appointed and removed at will.
Ali Agha, afterwards
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, appears to have been
Deputy-Governor of Basrah in 1761, in which year he commanded an
expedition against the Ka'ab tribe.
In the summer of 1704 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 was one Mahmud,
who had the reputation of being a good soldier, and who, it was thought,
might have become a candidate for the Pashaliq, had he been present at
Baghdad at the time of 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's death.
Mahmud appears to have been succeeded by Sulaiman Agha, a
Georgian, who was destined to play a long and important part in the
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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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- 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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