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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [833] (988/1782)
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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After ] 900 there were no further complaints of piracy on the Qatar ip 06 . 07
coast until the 8th of January 1906, when the crew of a Persian boat
belonging to Rig arrived in Bahrain and stated that in the previous
month, after being driven by stress of weather to Abu Dhuluf in Qatar
and compelled by the elements to jettison part of their cargo, they had
been plundered and otherwise ill-treated by the inhabitants of the
village. Captain Prideaux, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Bahrain, proceeded
in H.M.S. e Sphinx ' to the scene of the accident, where he
remained from the 28th to the 30th of January ; but ^ Isa-bin-Hamad^
the headman of the place, though assured of good treatment, refused to
come on board and professed himself a subject of the Shaikh of Bahrain.
Captain Prideaux accordingly wrote to the headman requiring Lis
presence before him in Bahrain and returned to his headquarters, but
bad weather prevented the removal of two boats belonging to Abu
Dhuluf which it had been intended to take away as security
for the headman's appearance. ' Isa-bin-Hamad eventually arrived
m Bahrain on the 1st of IVTarch and stated that nothing had been taken
from the Persians except salvage which they voluntarily paid ; but, in
the meanwhile, his contumacy had been reported to the Government of
India and orders requested. In June 1906 a protest was lodged by
the Turkish Ambassador in London, to the effect that Captain
Prideaux's action would have a disturbing effect on the tribes and might
give rise to difficulties. The Persian complainants, though duly
summoned, did not return to Bahrain to answer the objections of the
headman i and the case, as one of piracy, was then necessarily dropped,
the headman being merely cautioned as to his future behaviour.
Some points, however, had been raised by the incident in regard to Orders of
which the Government of India considered it necessary to issue instructions
for the future guidance of their officers. These instructions, after being to piracies,
approved by His Majesty's Government, were issued in Febmary 1907: So™ 7
their substance was that, as action against piratical communities on the
coast of Qatar, especially when the sufferers were persons not entitled to
British protection, required careful consideration, all cases of piracy and
maritime disturbance should be reported, as they occurred, to the Govern
ment of India. This form of procedure the Government of India con
sidered to be preferable both to the grant of discretionary powers to local
officers and to the laying down by themselves of any general rule, and they
did not anticipate that the slight delay which it might involve would
have an disadvantageous results in regard to the final settlement of cases.
They added that it appeared unnecessary to make a rule, as had been
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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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