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===Maps===
===Maps===
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022744604.0x0000b6 1928 Map of Persia and Afghanistan]  Qatar Digital Library
*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022744604.0x0000b6 1928 Map of Persia and Afghanistan]  Qatar Digital Library
*Also see below ''Gazetteer, Volume I, Part III'' by Lorimer
*Also see below ''Gazetteer'' by Lorimer


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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**[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
**[https://archive.org/stream/persia005437mbp#page/n161/mode/2up  "Persia and the Great War"] page 154
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027822679 ''The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway''] by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
*Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition of ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer are available to read online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011590480 Hathi Trust Digital Library]
*''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer, published 1908 to 1915. Volume I, Historical consists of  Part I being  the 'Arabian' portion of the History and  Part II being  the 'Persian' section of the History. Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts.
**Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition are available to read online at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011590480 Hathi Trust Digital Library].  The volumes are Volume I: Historical: Part I (in two parts) and Volume II: Geographical and Statistical (in two parts)
**The Qatar Digital Library  contains copies of the original editions held at the British Library. Note: these webpages may be very slow to load at times
***[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575941.0x00000d Volume I: Historical: Part I] IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1. The 'Arabian' portion of the History
***[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023514760.0x00000b  Volume I: Historical: Part II] IOR/L/PS/20/C91/2. The 'Persian' section of the History
***[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515185.0x00000f  Volume I: Historical: Part III] Geneaological Tables and a Map IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3
***[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515711.0x00000d  Volume II: Geographical and Statistical] IOR/L/PS/20/C91/4. Includes alphabetical entries for tribes, towns and regions, from ‘Abdalilah to Zubārah. It also contains fifty-six reproductions of photographs taken by British colonial officers and others.
***[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023463659.0x000001 1905-1908 Map of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia]  compiled in the Foreign Office, Simla, by Lieut. F.F. Hunder IOR/L/PS/20/C91/6
***Click on “About this record” for information about the contents. To select a particular page,  click on “View all items”.
**Three volumes of the ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, being Parts I and II  of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
***Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133.  Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047
**[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn2552250 Volume I, Part III] of a reprint edition is available on the National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2552250 Catalogue entry]. It contains two maps (including the map of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia) and genealogical trees.


:Three volumes of the ''Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia'' by    J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, being Parts I and II (missing Part III), of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
:British Library Untold lives blog [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/02/persian-gulf-tragedy-the-death-of-john-gordon-lorimer.html ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer] 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
:Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts. Part I consists of the 'Arabian' portion of the History. Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II consists of the 'Persian' section of the History. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Part III (a portfolio of genealogical trees of the ruling families) is not available on the Digital Library of India.
:Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047 and appears to be all  Geographical. The Statistical portion is perhaps another volume, which is not available online.


:The Qatar Digital Library  contains (at October 2014), copies of the original editions,
::[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023514760.0x00000b  Volume I: Historical: Part II] and
::[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023515711.0x00000d  Volume II: Geographical and Statistical]
: Click on “About this record” for information about the contents. To select a particular page,  click on “View all items”.
:[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-vn2552250 Volume I, Part III] is available on the National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps  [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2552250 Catalogue entry]. It contains two maps and genealogical trees.
:British Library Untold lives blog [http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/02/persian-gulf-tragedy-the-death-of-john-gordon-lorimer.html  ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer] 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
*''Persia and the Persian Question''  (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon  (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''Persia and the Persian Question''  (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon  (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez  pages 12-29 ''Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record  1907 Third Series Volume 23'' is available to  read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.
*Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez  pages 12-29 ''Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record  1907 Third Series Volume 23'' is available to  read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.

Revision as of 05:22, 31 January 2015

Iran was previously known as Persia. This page also includes the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas.

Also see

FIBIS resources

Records

The journal Iran is available at the British Library. These articles may also be read in full through the website JSTOR, including through the free access provisions, see Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free
There are also some records for Iran in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch

FIBIS resources

John Isaacson, who at the time was described as a "Sergeant, RE", arrived in Persia on 11 November 1863 and was posted to the Persian section of the IETD. He died in Bushire in 1892.

External links

  • Qatar Digital Library has content from the India Office Records at the British Library
  • Bushehr (Bushire) Wikipedia
  • Indo-European Telegraph Department in Iran Encyclopaedia Iranica. While the IETD was an autonomous department for much of its existence, between February 1888 and April 1893, it was under direct auspices of the Director General of Indian Telegraphs. The IETD was dissolved in March 1931. There was significant intermarriage with Iranian Armenians.
    • "Scientific Instrument with a Story to Tell" by John Packer Bulletin of the Scientific Instruments Society No. 92 (2007), pages 17-18. html version, original pdf
  • "The Raj Reconsidered: British India’s Informal Empire and Spheres of Influence in Asia and Africa" by James Onley Asian Affairs Volume XL, no. I, March 2009 original pdf
  • Britain and the Gulf Shaikhdoms, 1820 - 1971 by James Onley 2009 Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) html version ,download a pdf
  • Armenian Graves in Bushire Chater Genealogy

Maps

Historical books online

British Library Untold lives blog ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)

References