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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [796] (951/1782)
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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796
1826-28.
Shaikhship; and he was followed by Smvaidan-bin-Za J al, a discontented
member of the Maharibah section of the Bani Yas, who quitted Abu
Dhabi in 182£ but did not apparently settle in Qatar until some time later.
In January 1823 Suwaidan, who was then supposed to be living at Yas
Island^ was said to have at command about 1,000 armed supporters and
to possess a fine Batil and 50 smaller boats. Among his followers, were
Saif-bin-Dhaikhan (or Tikhan) and ''Obaid-bin-Sa''adun J whose names
were before long to be associated with piratical outrages.
1823-24. Towards the end of 1823 Muhamad-bin-Shakhbut, then domiciled at
Dohah in Qatar, made an unsuccessful attempt to recover his position at
Abu Dhabi, in the history of which Shaikhdom his expedition is described ;
and, on his return to Qatar, he appears to have shifted his headquarters
from Dohah to Huwailah. Early in 1824, a piracy by Muhammad-bin-
Shakhbut on a vessel of Dibai—a place then in alliance with Abu
Dhabi-having been reported, the British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
somewhat hastily required Shaikh 'Abdullah of Bahrain, as ruler of
Qatar, to take action against Muhammad, and even offered him the assist
ance of a British squadron ; but the supposed piracy was in the end shown
not to have occurred.
In 1826 a number of piratical offences, noticed in the history of Trucial
Oman, were committed from Dohah in Qatar by 'Obaid-bin-Sa'adun and
Saif-bin-Dhaikhan (or Tikhan), the followers of Suwaidan-bin-Za'al; they
carried their plunder at first to Dohah, but soon afterwards they decamped
from that place.^ The Shaikh of Abu Dhabi was, with some difficulty,
restrained by British influence from declaring war on account of these
incidents against the Shaikh of Bahrain, and it does not appear that
any corrective action was taken by the British political authorities;
but m 1828, on the return of Suwaidan and his followers to Abu Dhabi!
the depredations of the gang came to an end.
Meanwhile, however, in May 1827, a heinons piracy had been
committed by one'Obaid (or 'Abdallah)-bin-Mahanna, a tribesman o£ the
Manarfr, who had recently settled at Dohah in Qatar. With some com
panions among whom was a certain Hnsain-bin-Jasim of Bahrain, ho
attacked a Biishehr Batil off GaMveh, on her way to Dilam; a nnmber
o he occupan s were pat to death, and the remainder, after bein^ com-
pletdy strips, were landed on the coast near Burdakhan. a " small
latd^f thrrrv 1 R und r edwasrecovered in ,!ahraiii; but to the
Til -v tl,e ® Ilt ' 8h ReS1,lent fOT the ™™nder of 'Obaid and Husain
i!md to btil ^ fled bey01,d hi8 jurisdiction, which
ie case. Enquiries, however, continued; and in April
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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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