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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [753] (896/1782)
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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advice; but the young chief of Umm-al-Qaiwain bad in reality not the
slightest intention of deferring to the venerable doyen of the Trucial
Coast, and only a few weeks later he conducted the two leading Shaikhs
of the Bedouin Bani Qitab to 'Ajman and Sharjah, where, obviously
with the aim of stultifying the policy of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, he
reconciled them to the ruling chiefs.
Meanwhile, in July or August 1905, a quarrel had arisen in the Furthev
Dhahirah district of the 'Oman Sultanate between a Baluch colony at
J arising fvon^
Aflaj Bani Qitab and their overlords, the sedentary Bam Qitab of the Bani Qitalj
same place; and attempts were shortly made by the latter to capture the *90^06
Baluch fort in the hamlet of Mazim. The Baluch thereupon appealed
to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi for help, and he accordingly tried to prevent
the nomad Bani Qitab from joining their kinsmen in the assault upon
M azim, but without success; the garrison of M azim, however, continued
to hold out. The quarrel w T as at its height in December 1905 while
Major Cox, the British Resident, was journeying from Ras-al-Khaimah
to Baraimi, and there was at that time some talk of a combination
between the Shaikhs of Umm-al-Qaiwain, Sharjah and 'Ajman for the
purpose of supporting the Bani Qitab against the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi; but in reality the Ghafiri Shaikhs were not prepared to go far,
and a remonstrance which Major Cox addressed to Shaikh /aid, refer
ring to the threatened danger of a Wahhabi incursion, was not without
sedative effect. But the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi was still anxious to
convince the Bani Qitab of the impossibility of opposing bis wishes and
the Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain of the folly of attempting to
compete with his influence in Bedouin affairs; so in February 1906,
after notifying a demand for blood-money on account of Balnch slain,
he collected his forces and prepared to move against the Bani Qitab. In
this extremity the tribe appealed first to the Shaikh of Dibai, who inti
mated that he regarded the claim for blood-money as just; then to tbt
Shaikh of Sharjah, who declined to have anything to do with the
matter; and finally to the Shaikh of Umm -al-Qaiwain, who, doubtless
under great pressure from the Bani Qitab, in the end undertook theii
case, so violating his recent promise not to afford them encourage
ment. Finally counsels of moderation prevailed, and a geneial meeting
of chiefs was held at Khawanij near Dibai, which resulted in a settle
ment. A written agreement, dated about the end of Apiil 1006, was
also drawn up, in which the respective spheres of tribal influence of the
Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi and Umm-al -Qaiwain were defined; m this ocu-
ment the Bani Qitab, the Ghafalah and the Bani Ka'ab were assigned 0
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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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