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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1120] (1291/1782)
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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in the Amir's unscrupulous and fanatical entourag-e ; the manner of his
confidential secretary Mahbub, a " frivolous and vindictive mongrel"
suddenly became insolent; Lieutenant Dawes' sketches were burnt & as'a
precaution; and on the 8th an attempt was made to detain the British
party at Riyadh by withholding their camels. No arrangement for a
final interview with the Amir could be made, and, in the afternoon
Colonel Pelly thought it necessary to proceed without an appointment to
the fort, where, however, he had a farewell meeting with the Amir, no
less friendly than the interviews that had preceded it. The Amir, on this
occasion, requested that he might be informed of cases of piracy or
wrecking upon the Hasa coast, with a view to the severe punishment of
the offenders; he asked that his maritime interests upon the coast of
Persia might be protected by the Resident; he assured Colonel Pellr of
his own sincere friendship; and, finally, he expressed a wish that corre-
spondence should be maintained between them. About 9 p.m . on thd 8th
of March Colonel Felly's caravan cleared the town of Riyadh and the
next day the march to the coast was begun in earnest; on the 17th of
arc i the travellers passed Hofuf, and on the 18th they embarked on the
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.
steamer at 'Oqair.
From this adventurone journey, as we shall shortly see little or no
political beneat resulted, probably in consequence of the' helpless state
nito which the Amir sank only three months later; but the observations
of Lieutenant Dawes supplied invaluable data, to which no addition has
s,ncc bcenma<e,for a correct map ot the most important district of
Rivadh" l" 3 ff leutenant Dawes had a sunstroke on the way to
anJ Suffered m " lch from tev er during the return journey.
Relations of the Wahhabi Amir with France, 1843-65.
Mr. Pal-
grave's mis
sion, 1862.
Correspon
dence witb
tho French.
Colonel Polly was preceded at Riyadh by the traveller Air W G
acro ^bl ^ ^
was not undertaken on behalf of tht British'^' SUbjeCt,
conjectured that he represented Napoleon III ' whTT ? ^ ^
ill Syria and Egypt, and who may at this ti!n hi , "
to Najd in connection with the Sne z Canal, a^ pr^w
having w LTv^SSf 1 ^ Ami - ^
the latter of these 0^ ^ fr0m the Krenoh ^ ^
synchronised somewhat closely with
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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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- Title
- '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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