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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1227] (1382/1782)
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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flift
swil:
lot li'-
1227
was driven to complain to the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad by letter of the and his
injustice, oppression and rapacity of his representative, and in particular
of his tyrannical treatment of the Armenians and other Christian
merchants.* At the same time he mentioned, as illustrations of 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.
's attitude towards the British, that within a week he had
allowed two of his attendants to strike with clubs the horse of a gentleman
who was at the time in the company of the Agent, and had caused the
porter of the British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
to be imprisoned and beaten, for no reason
that could be ascertained unless that he was a Christian and a servant
of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
. Before the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's answer, which merely stated that
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.
had been reprimanded and ordered to make reparation
for his conduct, reached Basrah, Sulaiman Agha himself had expressed a
wish for a reconciliation and had promised to comply with the following
conditions laid down by Mr. Moore, the two last of which throw an
interesting side-light on the question of consulage and customs and on
that of repayment of the debt due by the Turkish Government to the
Company :—
First.- —That 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.
should send a deputation to the British
Agent to apologise for the insults to which he had subjected him,
especially in the imprisonment of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
porter, and to promise
amendment of his conduct in future.
Second. —That 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.
should give the British Agent an
order for 20,000 Quriish on account of the duty on the goods landed by
native merchants from certain specified British ships, and that he should
agree to the Turkish customs on the goods landed by the British from the
same ships being retained by the East India Company in part payment
of the debt due to them by the Turkish Government.
Third. —That the customs on the cargoes of the other ships expected
during the season should be divided in the following manner, viz., " the
" 3 per cent, on all English property to be all paid to the Honourable
" Company,• ,, and " the 7 per cent, on all country property whatever,
" whether sold by the English or country merchants, to be equally
a ,divided between the
Mussaleem
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.
and the Honourable Company, or 3^ per
ff cdnt. each.^
From these conditions it would appear that a number of the native
merchants were still in the habit of landing the goods which they impor-
* In fairness to Sulaiman it should be recalled that Mr. Moore, as proved
by his whole conduct at Basrah, was a peculiar and fligbty character; and that
Sulaiman, as we have seen already and shall see again hereafter, lived on excellent
terms with other British officials. In the text we have only Mr. Moore's version of
the case.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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