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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [815] (970/1782)
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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Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
were his subjects and had acknowledged the fact in the pre
sence of Colonel Pelly, the late Resident. Colonel Ross, after receiving
a report on the subject from his Assistant in Bahrain, Major Grant,
informed Government that the sovereignty of Qatar was indeterminate,
though the whole of the coast had lately fallen under Turkish influence;
and, the rights claimed by the Shaikh of Bahrain being uncertain and
beyond the power of the possessor to enforce, he at the same time asked
Major Grant to disuade the Shaikh, as had been done in the past, from
entangling himself in the affairs of the mainland. Colonel Pelly, the
ex-Resident, to whom the papers were referred for opinion, considered
that the question of territorial sovereignty should still, so far as possible,
be avoided; and he thought that the Shaikh of Bahrain, while he was
acknowledged to possess certain rights of pasturage, etc., on the Qatar
coast, should not therefore be held to be empowered to put to sea for the
purpose of coercing any port in Qatar. Meanwhile, in September 1873,
the Shaikh of Bahrain had again asserted his claim to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and the
obedience of the Na'un tribe and asked whether he must relinquish it;
and at length, towards the end of the year, the Government of India
expressed their general concurrence in the view that the Shaikh of
Bahrain had no clear or important rights in Qatar and that he should be
restrained, so far as possible, from raising complications on the mainland.
In September 1874, after attempts on their part to cross over from Zubftrah at-
Qatar into Bahrain bad been foiled by movements of vessels of the ^^foreed'by
Bombay Marine
The navy of the East India Company.
, the Bani Haj ir turned their attention to the Xa'im the Shaikh of
Bahrain
village of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
; and, but for the appearance of the " Hugh Rose "
gunboat there, they would probably, notwithstanding a brave resistance
bv the small summer garrison, have taken the place and obtained posses
sion of boats with which they might have invaded Bahrain The delay
gave the Na'im time to return in strength from Bahrain and the pearl
banks to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, where they shortly inflicted a decisive defeat upon the
Bani Haj ir. Before the end of the year Nasir-bin-Mubarak, a Bahrain
refugee, appeared upon the coast of Qatar, and the prospect of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
falling into his hands caused great alarm to the Shaikh of Bahrain, who
asked permission of Colonel Ross, the Resident, to reinforce
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, on
the ground, first, that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
was a dependency and invaluable outwork
of Bahrain, and again that, if he failed to help his allies the Na^im in
their extremity, he would forfeit their support for the future. Colonel
Ross was moved by these arguments to agree to the reinforcement of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
as a purely defensive measure ; but his action was not altogether
approved by the Government of India, who considered that, in view of
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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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- 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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