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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [759] (902/1782)
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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Udr
759
Resident could not hold converse with " one so recently and so fearfully
polluted/'
Early in 1860 the Shaikh of Sharjah, \yj which term must be
understood at this tme either Shaikh Muhammad or Shaikh Khalid,
called upon the headnan of Hamiiyah to assist him in a land attack in
which lie was engageo upon the villages, then disaf ected, of K han and
Abu Hail. 'Abdur Rihman-bin-Saif was rash enough to respond by
proceeding to the scene of hostilities by sea with armed men and muni
tions of war and was ined $250 by order of 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.
.
This sum he duly disbursed on a demand for payment being preferred by
Commander Cruttenden.
Co-operation
of the head
man of
Hamriyah
with the
Shaikh of
Sharjah,
I860.
Shaikh Kialid-bin-Sultan, 1866-1868.
On the death of his father Shaikh Sultan in 1866 at the ripe age of
over 80 years, Shaikh Khaid, the murderer of his own nephew Muham
mad, succeeded to the Shakhdom of Sharjah, while 1 biahnn-bin-Sultan
proclaimed his independenc at Bas al-Khaimah. In May 1867, howe\er.
Shaikh Khalid made a suxcessfiil attack on Has-a-Khaimah, expelling
Ibrahim and re -incorporathg the town and its dependencies with the
principality governed from 5harjah. In 1868, as explained in the history
of Trucial 'Oman, Shaikh Khalid died of a wound received in single
combat with the Shaikh of A.bu Dhabi : he expired on the 14th ol Apn .
Ras-al-Khai-
mah separat
ed from, and
again reuni
ted with
Sharjah,
1866 to 1867.
Shaikh Salim-bin-Sultan, 1868-1883.
The place of the deceased Shaikh Khalid, whose mother was a
Qasimi, was taken by Shakh Salim, the son by a slave uoman o a
Sultan; and the adminisfation of Bas -al-Khaimah was at the same
time conferred on, or assuaed by, Shaikh Sahm s n^piew ,
'Abdullah, who in 1869 proclaimed himself independent of Sharjah and
so remained until the end of his days. _
In April 1869 the agent of the ^ahhabis at Baraimi came o
Sharjah, and. under cover of arbitrating in some dispu es u l ,i ^
proceeded to plot the imprisonment of Shaikh Salim, 1 transfer of
of his brother Shaikh Ibfahim at X \n
Shaikh Hamaid-bin-'Abdullah "wahlibi agent
affray however arose m the town ; and tiie deatn ji _ ^ -i i. Calim
who was struck by a bullet, put an end to these Watl j iabi Amir '
apparently with a view to disarming the resentment o favour of his
then went through the form of resigning the
brother Ibrahim; but the two remained in close relations, and
Separation
once more
of Ras-al-
Kbaimah
from Sharjah,
1869.
Pretended
resignation
of Shaikh
Salim, 1869»
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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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