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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [809] (964/1782)
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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In 1876 Shaikh Jasim ; who had then recently been appointed hy the ^
Turkish Government to be Qaim-Maqam of Qatar, took advantage of his traders, 1876-
new powers to vent his spite against Chela and llama, two of the Biitish
Indian subjects for whom compensation had been obtained by Captain
Fraser in the previous year ; this he did by causing them to be sum
moned to the distant provincial capital of Hofuf on the frivolous ground
that their depositions were required.
In 1879 a fresh ease occurred, in which a Hindu was beaten and
otherwise ill-treated by the Turkish officer at Dohah for having exported
dates—an act not known to be prohibited. Notwithstanding a recom
mendation by the Government of India to Her Majesty's Government that
compensation should be claimed on behalf of the Hindus Chela and Rama,
no satisfaction had as yet been obtained in the case of 1876 ; and Colonel
Ross was inclined to recommend that, in view of the unfortunate effect
of such incidents as these upon British prestige in the Gulf, steps should
be taken to withdraw all British subjects from Dohah. The Government
of India, however, thought it better to press for the removal from Dohah
of the offending Turkish officer, by name Muhammad Agha ; and this,
in the end, was obtained.
In 1879 a warning by 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.
against connecting
themselves with the Bani Hajir pirates, who at this time were giving
Warning ad
dressed to
the Shaikhs
much trouble along the Arabian coast, was conveyed to the Shaikhs of ^Qatar^and
Qatar by Captain W oodroffe, accompanied by the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent in w ith Turkey,
Bahrain. This was done in connection with a case in which the Bani 187.. 1881.
Hajir buccaneer Zaid-bin Muhammad, having seized two vessels belong
ing to the Mahandah of Khor Shaqiq, used them to plunder a fishing
vessel anchored off Ras Laffan to the amount of 2,000 Qrans, one of
the crew also being killed.
It should be noted that in March 1881 Shaikh Jasim represented
to the British Resident that his authority did not extend to the whole
Qatar coast and that he was only responsible for Dohah and Wakrah
under the Agreement of 1868 ; he requested therefore that the people of
other ports, such as Fuwairat and Ruwais, should be compelled to
remove and settle in his territory, after which he would answer for their
behaviour.
A discussion with the Porte, relative to piracies off the Arabian
coast generally, took place between 1879 and 1881 and is fully related in
the history of Hasa.
In 1881, in consequence first of threats of an invasion of Bahrain by Q ae stion of
Nasir- bin-Mubarak with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim of Dohah, and dealings and
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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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