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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1237] (1392/1782)

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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Agent, ag-ainst Mr. Skipp on account of the divergence of their PersiaD
policies, found Mr. Skipp guilty of an error of judgment only, removed
his suspension, and restored him to his standing, at the same time,
however, requiring him a to make good the difference on the price of
the shaloons and the amount of Mr, Lysterns debt to the warehouse. 33
The Bombay Government, while they thought Mr. Skipp's suspension
not unwarranted in the circumstances, " highly condemned" the Agent
and Council for having ordered it without allowing Mr. Skipp any
opportunity of explaining hi? conduct.
Overland commuuication between Basrah and Europe,
1757-73.
We have already alluded, in connection with Mr. Shaw's case, to Mails,
the interest shown by the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company
in the efficient maintenance of overland communication between Europe
and India by way of Basrah. Here we may add that on the same
occasion they described the care of this u important channel" as an
essential part of the Resident's duty and ordered the Bombay Govern
ment, in the following terms, to insist on his exact performance of the
same: " whoever in future is appointed to Basrah (you) will keep
" a watchful eye over his conduct; and if he ever fails in a punctual
" correspondence with us or yourselves, or is ever found to delay advices
" to or from India, call him immediately to Bombay ; for early advices
" may prove of the greatest consequence to our affairs, in time of war
" especially. "
The Basrah overland route was frequented, to a limited extent, by Travellers.
European travellers, generally servants of the East India Company,
between Europe and the East; but to those using it without proper
arrangements it sometimes proved dangerous. A Captain Ivers was
plundered in September 1757 on his way from Basrah to Aleppo;
and at the beginning of 1758 Mr. Barton, a retired East India merchant,
who after living for some time the life of a country gentleman at
home, had determined to revisit India, was robbed and very nearly
killed between Aleppo and Baghdad. Dr. Ives and his companions,
who were in Turkish 'Iraq from April to June 1758, and the
scientific traveller Niebuhr, who spent in the country the period from
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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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