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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1277] (1432/1782)
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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3 per cent, at that port, paid the same again on reaching 1 Baghdad, and
even a third time on reaching Aleppo ; and export duties at 8 per cent,
were levied also. Native merchants on the other hand paid per
cent on " fine goods received at Basrah from the sea or from Baghdad
and Si per cent, on " gruff " similarly received ; the rates on the goods
exported from Basrah to Aleppo were similar; and 5.^ per cent, was
charged on all native exportations by sea. To escape these dues, some
times aggregating 17 per cent, on the same goods, native dealers fre
quently resorted to smuggling. They made use for this purpose of the
town of Zubair, first bringing their goods there by stealth from landing
places on the Shatt-al-'Arab, and afterwards introducing them secretly
into Basrah or despatching them undetected, by a caravan from Basrah,
across the desert to Aleppo. Kuwait also afforded opportunities, which
were not neglected, for contraband trade.
The cost of caravan and water carriage at this time is noticed,* being Transport of
a question of general importance, in the chapter on the history of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
as a whole.
The above details are mostly derived from a report on trade furnished
by Messrs. Manesty and Jones, the East India Company^s representatives
at Basrah, in 1790.
British political relations with Turkish Iraq, 1779—89.
The dealings of the representatives of the East India Company with Relations of
Sulaiman Pasha—then Sulaiman Agha—during his Mutasallimate of th . e British
Basrah are the subject of some remarks in an earlier paragraph of this Sulaiman
chapter, and we have already observed that his release from detention in
Persia seems to have been due in part to British influence ; but some facts
regarding his subsequent connection with British officials remain to be
stated.
When Sulaiman in 1779 became an aspirant to the vacant Pashaliq
of Baghdad, it was resolved, inasmuch as he personally owed large sums
to individual members of the Basrah
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.
staff, while the Govern
ment of Baghdad itself was similarly indebted to the East India
Company, that the lactory should support his candidature, the success
of which would enable both sets of obligations to be discharged. Funds
were accordingly remitted by Mr. Latouche, acting on the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's
behalf, to the British Ambassador at Constantinople for distribution
Vide page 167 ante.
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
1779-89.
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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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- 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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