Colonial Knowledge: Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
Resource type
Learning object
Creator (person)
Lowe, Daniel
Date published
August 21, 2015
Abstract
J. G. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia has long been used as a central source for the study of the region. Yet, it is essential to understand the contexts of its production in order to fully appreciate its content. It has long been pointed out that John Gordon Lorimer’s encyclopaedic 5000 page Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf , Oman and Central Arabia is ‘without peer’, providing ‘a source on subjects as diverse as political narratives, economy, slavery, telegraphs and tribal gazetteers’. Although scholars and researchers mine the content of the Gazetteer – or ‘Lorimer’ as it is simply referred to – for information, often little attention is paid to the colonial context in which that knowledge was produced.
Publisher
British Library
Qatar Digital Library
Place of publication
Doha, Qatar
UK
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In Copyright