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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [806] (961/1782)
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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Disturbances
1887.
Visit of the
WAli of Base
rah to Do hah
and replnce-
ment of the
Turkish
military
ganision,
1888.
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Muhammad -bin-'Abdul Wahhab, so irritated Jasim that he again
attacked the place, but this time without success. Muhammad, after
urging the establishment of a regular Turkish customs house at Dohah,
went away to Hasa; but he returned in May with 50 Dhabitiyahs, of
whom 20, it was said, would be posted at Ghariyah. By these proceed
ings Jasim was greatly incensed and at first threatened to withdraw
from D6hah and commence hostilities against Muhammad; but in July
a reconciliation was arranged. In the winter of 1S86-87, Muhammad,
who all the time kept up an active correspondence with the Turkish
authorities in Hasa and 'Iraq, visited Bahrain ; he was met there by febe
inhabitants of Ghariyah, whom^ apparently with the approval of the
Turks, be then settled at Darin on Tarut Inland, Ghariyah being thus
almost depopulated.
The next year was of one considerable unrest in Qatar. Shaikh
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Jasim, who greatly feared the establishment of a customs house in Qatar
and was generally upon bad terms with the Turks, considered that the
best means of frustrating Ottoman designs would be to destroy the
importance of Dohah, a task which he now set himself to accomplish ;
retiring to Dha'ain, he announced that he had severed his connection with
Dohah and was no longer responsible for the affairs of Qatar, which would
in future be "first referred to God and then to the Turkish Government."
Distm bances in Dohah and its neighbourhood, probably instigated bv
Shaikh Jasim, followed j and in June or July the bazaar was plun
dered by Bani Hajir Bedouins, the principal sufferers on this occasion
being some Persian traders who had incurred Jasim's displeasure. In
August the mischief extended to British subjects, and piracy at sea began,
with the icsult that the British
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.
was obliged to take
action in the manner described in a later paragraph. By the middle of
October all was quiet again.
The year 18S8 opened with a visit to Dohah by Nafiz
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
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ol Basrah, who had an interview with Shaikh Jasim and promised him a
title and decoration ; a coal depot was established; and, a little later, a
military garrison of one infantry battalion or 250 men was stationed at
o ia i an a steam launch placed there. These arrangements may
av e . een ^ iem onstrances of the British Government regarding
piracies in Turkish waters or to the disorders at Dohah in the previous
year, but they were suspected by the British authorities to be prepara
tions for a Turkish advance in the direction of 'Oman—the more so
w^i-i 6 l ' r '' ,ml " a,l "' e acquired in Najd by the Amir of Hail over the
Wahhahi ruler of Riyadh was B „ prwsed to favour a (orward „ in
Arabia on the part of the Turks.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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'
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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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