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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [902] (1057/1782)
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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902
territory." In reply to this remonstrance, however, the Ottoman
Minister was informed that the British Government could not recog-nise
the Turkish claim to the sovereignty of Bahrain.
SHAIKH ^ISA-BIN-'ALI,
from 1869,
The reign of Shaikh 'Isa-bin-'Ali, begun in the somewhat striking
manner described above, was disturbed during a number of years by
the ambitious projects of the Forte and the formation of an Ottoman
province upon the adjoining mainland. Against the danger of annexation
by the Turks, however, Bahrain was steadily protected by the British
Government; and in 1895, with the frustration by a British naval force
of an invasion of the islands which had been attempted by Arabs with
the countenance of the Turks, fear of aggression finally passed awav.
Affairs Arising out of the Turkish Annexation of Hasa, 1871-72.
Turkish ex
pedition to
Hasa pre
vented from
approaching
Bahrain,
1871.
The lurkish annexation of Hasa in 1871 was accompanied by
unmistakeable symptoms of a desire on the part of the Turks to lav claim
to all the districts, including Bahrain, over which the Wahhabis had atanv
time exercised even transient sway. In 1870 Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Wali
of Baghdad, the prime mover in the affair, formulated a definite claim
to Bahrain and its dependencies " as appertaining to the " Qaim-
Maqamliq of Najd, and therefore to the Ottoman Empire ; and in 1871
the British Resident at Baghdad received information to the effect that,
if the contemplated expedition to Najd were successful, the Turks would
next turn their attention to Bahrain, Trucial 'Oman and the 'Oman
Sultanate. Timely British protests, however, made at Constantinople in
April and Mav 1871, drew from the Porte a repudiation of their supposed
designs on these countries ; and the leaders of the Turkish expedition
received instructions from their Government which debarred them from
even approaching Bahrain. At the end of May 1871, Colonel Pelly,
"M ritl6l ;, Pollt ^ al Resident, was instructed to visit Bahrain with the
Magpie/' Bullfinch » and « Hugh Rose " ; to inform the Shaikh
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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