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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [800] (955/1782)
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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Visit of the
Wabbabis
Amir to
jr, 1851.
Political
position of
Qatar, 1866-
67.
In 1844 the ex-Shaikh Abdullah, sailing from Naband on the coast of
Persia, sought to surprise ^Isa -bin-Tarif at Dohah ; but the attempt
failed, and he sought another field of operations. In 18i-7 the contest ior
the Bahrain Shaikhship was practically ended by a decisive battle on land,
fought near Fuwairat in Qatar; in this engagement 'Isa-bin-Tarif, who
had meanwhile changed sides and become the mainstay of Abdullah's
party, lost his life, and the hopes of the ex-Shai!<h perished with him.
Early in 1851 Faisal-bin-Turki, the AmTr of the Wahhabis, in the
course of a tour through his dominions, arrived within two stages of Dohah
in Qatar; and the people of that place, as well as of Wakrah and
Fuwairat, immediately evinced an inclination to throw off their alle
giance to the Shaikh of Bahrain and to become subjects of the Wahhabi
empire. A timely peace, however, arranged in July 1851, removed the
risk to which the Al Khallfah were exposed of losing their possessions
in Qatar as they had already lost Dammam in Hasa.
In 1866 it was reported by Colonel Pelly, the British Resident in
the Gulf, and in 1867 the view was accepted by the Government of
India, that the Shaikh of Bahrain probably owed fealty to the Wahhabi
Government on account of his possessions in Qatar, but that, in regard
to the Bahrain islands, he was altogether independent of the "Wahhabis ;
and the tribute of $4,000 a year which the Bahrain Shaikh now
rendered to the Wahhabi Amir was regarded as a payment made to
secure his subjects in Qatar from aggression by other tribes of the main
land. At one time betw r een 1852 and 1866 the Amir appears to have
had a representative of his own at Dohah; but it is probable that this
agent was only the local Shaikh.
Attack on Qatar by the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, and
its consequences, 1867-68.
Cause and A remarka HY treacherous and destructive attack was made in Octo-
clrcumstauces 1867 on Dohah and Watrah, the principal places upon the eastern
1867.' ' 0 coast ot Q atar > the Shaikhs o£ Bahrain and Abu Dhabi actinw
together ; the motive, on the part of the Shaikh of Bahrain, was a desire
to punish the inhabitants for some restiveness against his authoritv
which they had lately exhibited. The proceedings of the allies are fullv
described in the history of Bahrain, to which they properly belong, anil
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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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