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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1283] (1438/1782)
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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consisted of 4,000 mounted and 2,000 unmounted men ; but of purely
Turkish cavalry there were not more than 1,200 iu the province. The
number of effective Janissaries was not ascertainable. The garrison
of Baghdad city comprised about 8,000, and it was believed that more
than 15,000 could be assembled there and elsewhere, if required; but
the Janissaries could not be employed by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
except for the
defence of the stations at wbicb they were posted, only the Porte
having the power to order them on other service. Much reliance was
placed on the military contingents provided by Kurdistan, then
governed by three chiefs who were nominated by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad
and graded as Pashas of one horse-tail, and whose forces amounted in
the aggregate to some 12,000 or 15,000 mounted men. From the
Arabs of the province it was possible to'raise a force of 10,000 to 12,000
mounted men, but this was an unrelia,ble and expensive levy. Unorgan
ised bodies of musketeers could also be collected, in an emergency, in
numbers dependent on the prospect of booty and success. The military
force of the Pashaliq was estimated at 40,000 to 50,000 men, all told;
and it was understood that this number could be maintained in the
field without drawing on revenues external to the province.
The fiscal receipts of the local Government amounted in an ordinary
year, according to M. Olivier, to about 4,000,000 francs, derived from
taxes on land, assessments on Arabs and Kurds, contributions of non-
Muhammadans, customs, etc. The income from customs had been of
especial importance since the diversion in part of the Indian trade from
Persia to Turkish 'Iraq—which took place in the time of Kanm Khan.
The proportion of the local revenue remitted to the Porte did not exceed
one-eighth, the remainder being absorbed in local expenditure ; and in
years of war with the Kurds or the Arabs the remittances to Constan
tinople were liable to serious diminution.
According to Mr. Jones, who went to Baghdad as British Resident
in 1798, the revenue of tbe Pashaliq for some years previous to 1797
was not less than * £1,000,000 per annum, out of which the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
sent
less than £100,000 to the Porte and laid by, on his own account,
£100,000 to £150,000.
Early in April 1802, bubonic plague again made its appearance at Plague at
Baghdad, and by the 9th of May it had carried off, it was estimated, fsosl^*
about 2,000 souls; but from the absence of later references to the
disease it may be assumed that the epidemic was not of Jong duration.
* Tho annual revenue of tho modern WilfiyHts of Baghdad and Basrah together
is about £400,000.
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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)
- 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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