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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [848] (1003/1782)
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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848
Preliminary
Treaty of
Peace, 5th
February
1820.
General
Treaty
Peace, 23 rd
of February
1820.
authorised to do bo by the British authorities. The agreement, it
is obvious^ was merely temporary, and jit must have been meant to
facilitate the destruction of piratical craft which was then proceeding- upon
the whole Pirate Coast.
On the 5th of February 1820 a Preliminary Treaty of Peace, binding
Salman-bin-Ahmad and ^Abdullah-bin-Ahmad, Shaikhs of Bahrain, to
prevent the sale of plundered goods, likewise the supply of |necessaries to
pirates, at places in their dominions and to deliver up all Indian
prisoners, was executed at Sharjah by Saiyid 'Abdul Jalll, a
Wakil
Elected representative or attorney, acting in legal matters such as contracting marriage, inheritance, or business; a high-ranking legal official; could also refer to a custodian or administrator.
representing the Shaikhs.
Finally, as guaranteed to them in this Preliminary Treaty, the
Shaikhs were admitted to the benefits of the General Treaty of Peace.
It was signed by their ag'ent at Sharjah on the same day as the Prelimi
nary Treaty, and by the Shaikhs themselves in Bahrain on the 23rd of
February ] 820.
Events from the British expedition against Ras-al-Khaimah to
the thiid and last attack on Bahrain by the Saiyid of 'Oman
1820-1828.
Treaty and The engagements with the British Government into which the 'Atbi
relations Shaikhs had entered were, upon the whole, satisfactorily observed ; and
BriL. " T as " 0t f0U,lll necessal T for to watch the ports of Bahrain,
during the next few years, as those of the Pirate Coast were watched.
Shaikh 'Abdullah-bin-Ahmad, on his part, went so far as to claim
that the General Treaty of Peace established relations of protection and
dependence between the British Government and himself; but this
impression Lieutenant McLeod, 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.
, was careful to
remove, while on a visit to Bahrain in 1823. A British marine survev
of the waters surrounding and lying to the east of Bahrain was in pro-
fZ! I ! ^T' rl ™ 5 aSSiStotl b - V al1 the e ^ li01 and chiefs
concerned to the best of their ability.
At the end ef 18 2a a boat belonging to Bushehr was seized by a
entertained 0,1 f" Cla "" ^ the Wner of the lattCT
p lri toT" 6 '' 0f Iia6hehr: an<1 ' the case «rst
appealing' to be one of niracv flip TU'tI „ i i
the Shatt-al-'Arab by H M s' "S aul an<1 ^ crew WCTe captured in
I" this ease the Shaikh of Bahrai 1 "" ^ BOrabay -
Bahrain made no attempt to shield his
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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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