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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [784] (939/1782)
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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784
regarded .trikinff corroboration of the correctness of this view was obtained. By
SoW a. a crowded assembly which mclnded the Sultan of Oman s Acting Wall
belonging to n u was stated, without one dissentient voice, that the coast trom
S ah ' Khor Kalba to Dibah, inclusive, belonged to the Shaikh of Sharjah.
.' • By 1905 the Shaikh of Sharjah had apparently abandoned all hope
SlmiBailijah, of reducing the headman of Fujairah to obedience ; and in that year it
1905-07. W as ascertained that Hamad -bin-'Abdullah held adverse possession of the
following places in addition to his own village of Fujairah : —Bithnah,
Gharaifah, Marbah, Qaraiyah, Qidfah, Saqamqam and Sufad. In April
1906, as mentioned* in the general history of Trucial 'Oman, the Shaikh
of Abu Dhabi, in a written agreement between himself and the Shaikh
of Umm-al-Qaiwain, claimed the headman of Fujairah as among his own
political dependents, and no protest was apparently entered by the Shaikh
of Sharjah.
ANNEXURE No. 7.—MUTUAL AGREEMENT ENTERED
INTO BY THE SHAIKHS OF TRUCIAL 'OMAN ON THE
24TH OF JUNE 1879.
Preliminary,
Since it is to the interest of all the Trucial Chiefs to combine mutually
for the prevention of their subjects absconding for fraud from one
territory and taking asylum in another, especially as regards divers and
sailors, on this account we, whose seals and signatures are attached to
this document, hereby agree and bind ourselves in the presence of
Haji Abul Cassim,
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.
Moonshee, specially deputed for giving
effect to this object, and Haji Abdur Rahman, Government Agent, to
give aid in every way possible in preventing such runaways from obtain
ing aid or asylum in our countries.
Therefore, in accordance with this agreement, we consent
1st. In the event of a runaway seeking refuge in our territories,
wheth 0 !- by sea or land, to consider it our duty to at once restore him to
the Unet from whose jurisdiction he may have absconded.
I>V ^".^ eev ® nfcof i ''seeing proved that a runaway is protected
dem^L K 'fK ,> n0t deUvered up ' or his ,iabilit y acce pt('d whei
fae of sn^f! • Go ™ r ". ment A (?fnt, such Chief si,all be liable to a
runaway " t0 a11 ^ c,aime Fovea against and,
deliver him'un'nr'ft th ®. C ¥ < ; f .'. larl > 0 ; lria g such runaway refuse to
A^ent and ZLT P f ^ , ! h<in d < !mM <led V the Government
™ca L su^ ri, T t?rfi- t0 v , the P 6 " 11)8,1156 "''pursuance of his
the ranaway' ^ 100 ^ ^
* Vide page 754 ante.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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