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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [751] (894/1782)
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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whom he had collected at Zora in support of the Bani Qitab, then
at war with their neighbours ; but, the other Trucial Shaikhs having
o
thrown difficulties in the way, he found himself unable to turn the
authority thus granted to account. In 1897 a section of the Sudan
tribe under Sultan-bin-Nasir requested the leave of the Resident to
colonise Zora; and in 1900, on the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi offering to
protect the settlement and promising to assist the inhabitants with
non-military stores sent by sea, the desired permission was given:
Shaikh Zaid, it may be observed, was himself a Suwaidi on his
mothers side, and a daughter of the Suwaidi Shaikh Sultan-
bin-Nasir was among his wives. The Zora scheme was however
alarming to the Ghaiiri Shaikhs; the Shaikh of 'Ajman at once took
steps to protect himself by building a fort near one of the fords con
necting Zora with the mainland; and the Shaikh of Sharjah, in
September 1900, appealed to the Resident to prevent the establishment
of anon-Qasimi stronghold in the midst of Qasimi country. The permis
sion given to colonise was accordingly revoked, to the intense annoyance
of Shaikh Zaid, who saw himself thus deprived of one of the chief means
on which he had counted for the extension of his influence over all Trucial
J Oman, Ruus-al-Jibal, Shamailiyah and Baraimi. It may be added that
in March 1905 Major Cox, the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, made a personal
inspection of Zora and came to the conclusion that the proposed settle
ment should not be authorised, unless with the unanimous assent of all the
Trucial Shaikhs, which it was unlikely would ever be given.
In 1900, on the death of Hamaid -bin-^Abdullah of Ras-al-Khaimah,
that place and its dependencies were re-incorporated with the principality
of Sharjah from which they had been separated since 1869. Ihe number
of the Trucial Shaikhs was thus reduced from six to five, the latter being
their original number.
The troubles which arose in 1902 between the Shaikh of Sharjah
and his vassal the headman of Pujairah in Shamiliyah are fully narrated
in an Appendix to this chapter, and at present we are concerned onh
with their effects upon the relations of the 'IVucial Shaikhs w ith one
another. The cause of the rebellious headman, who had appealed to the
Sultan of Masqat and to the Shaikh of Dibai, was espoused m Trucial
'Oman by the Shaikhs of Dibai and 'Ajman, with whom the Shaikh of
Umm-al-Qaiwain, on account of neglected claims by his subjects
Sharjah, afterwards associated himself; but the influence of t ie iai <
of Abu Dhabi, who, with a view to propitiating the Shaikh of Snarja
in the Zora case, had recently formed a close alliance with him, was
Disappear
ance of Has-
al-Ebaiwab
as a separate
Shaikhdom,
1900.
The Shamai*
liyah case,
1902-05.
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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)
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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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- 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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