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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1259] (1414/1782)
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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premise that, in event o£ a settlement, a British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
should be
re-established at Bushehr and British trade with the eountrj i-e-opened
Mr Garden s first letter to 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.
at Shiraz was despatched on the
11th of April; and on the 16th, on the arrival of Mr Moore and his
companions at Bushehr, he wrote again to Karim Khan, begging him to
arrange that British property at Basrah shonld be respected,-a request
which he repeated direct to Shaikh Nasir of Bushehr, then serving with
the Persian army before Basrah. On the 33rd of April a favourable
answer was received by Mr. Garden from Karim Khan, which removed
anxiety for the future, and which at the same time laid - the blame of
he late disturbances between the English and the Persians entirely on
Ivlr. Moore.'"
The Persians at first met with little success in their attempts to reduce p ro „ re8S o£
onTlT fT -i y a , S rei ' 01 ' tetl ln a ' etter written from that place on the 4118 «'<«<>,
20th of April • tnat the Monteficks and Bencchalid Arabs had assembled i£Lu915
^ or its protection, that the desert was overflowed, and the town was in
very little danger from the Persian army." On the 6th of June a 50-
pounder gun which had belonged to the Portuguese was successfully
s ipped at Bushehr, amid general rejoicings, for employment against
Basrah; and during the rest of that month there was a constant coming
an going of small craft between the two places. But the Persian
artillery, notwithstanding that it was directed by two European artiller
ists, still failed to produce any serious effect on the Turkish defences-
the astrologers advised delay whenever an assault was proposed; and the
siege by degrees degenerated into a blockade. In August 1775 after
dispersing a squadron of Persian Gallivats under the command of Shaikh
f T t ,!ushebr ' a P owerful fleet sent by the Imam of 'Oman to the aid
of the Turks took up its position at the mouth of the Shatt-al-'Arab and
secured for a time the control of that river. Advantage was taken of the
opportunity to bring an abundance of provisions into the town, which was
thus put 1,1 a position to make a longer defence. It would seem, from the
tact that in 1798 and again in 1826 a Turkish subsidy was claimed by
the ruler of 'Oman on account of the services performed by his ancestor's
navy at the siege of Basrah, that some sort of pecuniary induce
ment must have been held out by the Turks to the 'Omanis before
obtaining their assktance. The Persians, on their part obtained valuable
ai lrom Khaza'il tribe of the Euphrates, who, though Arabs, were
bj lelig-ion Shi^abs like themselves.
In reply to a question by Mr. Garden, Mr. Moore had stated, on
.is .unving at Bushehr, that he intended to return to Basrah, should tterifch^
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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.
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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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- 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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