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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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Baghdad Pashaliq, he became a nominee of the Baghdad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and his
authority was greatly curtailed. The abode of the Kapitan Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in
1765 appears to have been almost precisely at the spot occupied by the
Turkish Commodore at Basrah at the present day. At Basrah, as at
Baghdad, there was a considerable body of officials, including a Qadhi
sent annually from Constantinople; and 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,
like the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad, was required in serious questions to consult
his Council, on which the Kapitan Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Qadhi, the notables of the
country and others had seats. The notables, among whom was the
Naqib of Basrah, were collectively known as the* AjaUal-Balad; their
privileges included exemption from the land-tax, and rights of
private jurisdiction upon their own estates. The Janissaries at
Basrah, being removed from under the eye of their own principal officers,
who were stationed at Qurnah, were even more troublesome than at
Baghdad ; and on the death of Sulaiman Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in 1762 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. ,
with all his troops, was unable to prevent them from plundering in
broad daylight the houses of Armenians, Jews and Hindus, and even
those of such Muhammadans as had not enrolled themselves in a Janis
sary Corps. In the disorders which occurred, the Janissaries frequently
came to blows among themselves, and as many as eight to twelve of
them were often killed in a single day, besides an equal number of
ordinary peaceful citizens. It might be supposed that a 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. ,
surrounded by so many independent forces, must have been practically
powerless; but such was not the case; and it was observed that an
able man, skilled in playing off one faction against another, was able
not merely to maintain his authority at Basrah, but even to amass con
siderable wealth by extortion.
Two other important official centres besides Baghdad and Basrah Diwaniyah
were iwaniyah, generally known as Haskah, and Hillah, through both and
of which Dr. Ives and his party passed on their way up the Euphrates
finding in charge of the former 'Ali Agha, afterwards Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad
w o struck them as a " generous, genteel, worthy man." The juris-
diction of the governor of Dlwaniyah at that time extended to Qurnah
on the one side and Hillah on the other.
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deputy
Internal tribal affairs, 1757—73.
Notwithstanding the severe punishment which Ahmad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. and
JHilaiman Jaeha had from time to ti me meted out to the Arah clans,
'So Nietmh,-, bat in the English official record, of the d. y they .eem to be generally
mentioned a. the " Ion.," by which, presumably, the lerm Ajin i, intended.

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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Reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
Title: '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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