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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1245] (1400/1782)

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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elapsed between the investment of Basrah and its surrender was ample
to admit of succour being sent from Baghdad^ or even from Constantino
ple; but it is probable that neither the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,* "a weak and needy
ruler/'' nor the Sultan was in a position to render effectual aid.
In the autumn of 1773, when the British Agent and his staff were
on their return journey from Bombay, it was whispered for the first time
that S-arim Khan had designs on Basrah. The Persian Governor of
Kirmanshah, All Quli Khan, was known to have made preparations
foi invading Kuidistan, then a district of the Baghdad Pashaliq,* and
it was feared that a fleet and land force which were being assembled
on the Persian coast under the orders of the Vakil Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator. , ostensibly for service
against Masqat, were really intended to operate against Basrah the
apprehension excited at Basrah at this time was so lively that Khojah
Petrus, in whose charge the goods of the East India Company had been
left, thought of shipping them to Baghdad for greater security; and the
Agent himself purposed, if on his arrival at Basrah he saw that an
attack was imminent, to embark as much of the Company's goods as
possible on the vessels "Revenge" and "Drake", which he brought
with him.
The actual position at Basrah was found less critical than had been
feared; but id February 1774, some six weeks after the re-establishment
of the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Karirn Khan was said to have requested
apparently through 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, the co-operation of the
Turkish and British fleets against the Imam of ^Oman, with whom he
was at war, and to have threatened in case of non-compliance to attack
Basrah. This inteJligence was fully confirmed by letters received from
Messrs. Beaumoct and Green, two of the East India Company's servants
who were then confined by Karim Khan at Shiraz. Mr. Moore at once
apprised the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad that, so far as British vessels were
concerned, the \ akil s demand was inadmissible, adding: "In my
" humble opinion, therefore, it behoves Your Excellency t^o'order down
^ Your troops immediately for the defence of this place and give orders to
the different tribes of Arabs to march down to the banks of this river
^ to prevent the Persians from landing on this side of it—the sooner this
" is done the better, as Bussora according to my notions is in no state of
" defence whatever• and at the same time he was careful to inform the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. that the British ships then at Basrah could not be spared, partly
* Whom Brydges and Olivier both call 'Umr Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , but who cannot well have been
he I mi that succeeded Ah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. m 1764 unless he was also called Hamad See
note on page 1242 ante. -nrtinaa, s>ee
Events
leading up
to the siege
of Hasrah,
1773-1775.
February to
March 1774.

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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.

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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