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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [828] (983/1782)
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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828
Insult to the
British flag
at Dohab,
1894.
Attempted
invasion of
Bahrain from
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
,
1895.
i
Question of
a Turkish
sanitary post
in Qatar,
1897.
Question of
the renewal
of treaty re
lations be
tween Great
Britain and
the Al T hani
About the same time it was observed by Her Majesty's Government,
in correspondence with the Government ot India, that, as the actual
authority of the Turks appeared to be confined to the town of Dohah,
there was no sufficient reason for allowing the pretensions of Turkey to
interfere with British liberty of action in Qatar or prevent the Govern
ment of India from making such treaties with the chiefs of Qatar as
might be considered advisable.
In the spring of 1894 a vessel owned by a British Indian subject was
boarded, on entering the port of Dohah, by a party of Turkish soldiers
who at first hauled down and took possession of her British flag ; on
being satisfied, however, that the vessel was British and had a British
certificate^ they restored the flag. 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.
from Biishehr
then visited Dohah in H.M.S. "Sphinx," but the local Turkish
officials, on the ground that the Resident's direct request was irregular,
refused to offer any explanation of the incident and referred him
to the superior Turkish authorities. The Government of India instructed
the Resident to take no further action in the matter inasmuch as the
mistake had been rectified as soon as discovered, while to press for ex
planations would only be to elicit an assertion of the Porte's jurisdiction
at Dohah, all occasion for which it was desired to avoid; but the Wali
of Basrah, having been informed of the occurrence by the British
representative there, denied the lowering of the flag and gave assurances
of the friendship of Turkey for Britain.
The history of an attempt to invade the Bahrain Islands, made by
Shaikh Jasim in 1895 with the countenance of the Turks, is given at
length in the history of the Bahrain principality. As there related, the
attempt was frustrated by the forcible action of British war vessels at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, and provided Her Majesty's Government with an opportunity
of informing the Porte that they could not admit the part of the coast
on which
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
was situated to lie within the jurisdiction of the
Ottoman Empire.
In 1897 the Constantinople Board of Health proposed to establish a
sanitary post in Qatar; but the project was defeated by the opposition
of the British delegate, who explained that Her Majesty's Government
did not recognise the existence of Turkish jurisdiction over Hasa.
The admission of Shaikh Jasim in 1882 that the Agreement of 1868 was
still valid and his willingness in 1893 to renew that Agreement or to contract
engagements similar to those accepted by the Shaikhs of Trucial'Oman
have already been mentioned. In 1898, at a private interview with Lieute-
nant Robinson of H.M.S. - Sphinx, - Shaikh Ahmad, who then represented
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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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- '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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