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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [748] (891/1782)
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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748
of these belonged to the Sultanate, the influence wielded by Shaikh
Zaid-bm-Khalifah far outweighed that of Saiyid Faisal -bin-Turki.
Other foreign relations of Tnicial 'Oman, 1892-1907.
Tlie Turkish
Government
informed of
the relations
between Bri
tain and Tru-
cial ' Oman,
1893.
Turkish case,
1896.
The Perpetual Treaty of Peace of 1863 had been communicated to the
Porte m 1891; and in 1893 the Turki.h Government were informed
by Her Majesty s Government of the Exclusive Agreement of 1892
between the Trucial Shaikhs and Great Britain.
Ibrahim
Effendi,
Turkish
subject,
1900-1907.
Turkish claici
to 'Odaidj
1&02-08.
lnlS95 a Turkish subject, while proceeding down the creek at
Ajmau to embark on a vessel outside, was shot dead from the bank bv
a watchman who had challenged him and his companions without obtain",
mg a rep y, he matter was adjusted by the Resident with the Turkish
a^tnonhes through the British Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Basrah and
tlie Turkish V.ce-Consul at Bushehr, the relations of the deceased in the
end waiving their claims, which an 'Ajman Shan,' court had held to
ic against t e watchman personally and not against the Shaikh of the
principality.
In later years, in consequence of the pacification of the country and
he development of trade, the attention of foreigners, sometimes of
d sirabfe character, was attracted more frequently than before to
ia Oman. One of these, calling himself Dr. Ibrahim Effendi,
ettled as a vaccinator at Sharjah during a smallpox epidemic in 1900, fled
araimnn 4 on the appearance of plague in the Gulf, and on hie
eturn to the coast made his head-quarters at Abu Dhabi. This individual,
0 was originally a Jew and afterwards became in succession a
- ^ f" ah M-hammadan and a Wahhabi, was for some time
assisted m his business by 'Abdur Rahman, a proselyte from Hinduism
1 lam. I„ 1901 Ibrahim Effendi visited Bombay and there volunteered,
■ terms which were uot accepted, to expose the intrigues of a
Wfhesr r,n f T 1 ?' ,(W Ab0Utthe he also memorial-
as his ch i" t0 ! ' ra " , 1 " m a ' 1 alIowailce for what he described
as his charitable work in Trucial 'Oman.
bv the P 90 !" 03 ; ^ eXpIained ^ the hist0r ^ of " °>»ve was made
Dhabi SWh. 6 r Sh a TUrki8h Mulirate at ' 0 ^ - Abu
Government ' ^ checkmated ^ the actio n "f the British
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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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