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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [857] (1012/1782)
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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unfriendly conduct in locating Bashir-bin-B/ahmah on Tarut Island
opposite to the town of Qatif, where he was joined by a majority of the
Al Bu Samait, the constant allies of his father and the inveterate
foes of the "'Atbi rulers of Bahrain.
In 1833 Shaikh ''Abdullah of Bahrain was encouraged by the depar
ture to Masqat of Bashir-bin-Rahmah, who soon found his position on
Tarut untenable in consequence of the enmity of the people of Qatif, to
throw off his allegiance to the Wahhabis. As the Shaikh had been
careful, before venturing on a complete rupture of relations, to assure
himself of the neutrality of the Saiyid of 'Oman, and as he was
supported by the Arab tribes of the mainland, especially the 'Amair
section of the Bani Khalid who immediately began at his instigation to
harrass the Wahhabis in Hasa, the ruler of the Riyadh was unable to
make any effective rejoinder. In 1834 Shaikh ^Abdullah assumed the
offensive and blockaded the Wahhabi ports of Qatif and ■'Oqair. The
assassination of the Wahhabi Amir a little later, by his nephew Mashari,
was generally attributed to the machinations of the Bahrain Shaikh, who
celebrated the event with firing of guns and other demonstrations of joy,
and who immediately profited by it to obtain possession, not without
some expenditure in bribes, of the Island of Tarut opposite to the town of
Qatif. In 1835, on the failure of an attempt by the new Amir, Faisal-
bin-Turki, to recover Tarut, Shaikh 'Abdullah resumed the blockade of
Qatif and 'Oqair, which he had suspended, and began to plunder the
shipping of both places.
In 1833, at the time of his breach with the Wahhabis, Shaikh
'Abdullah with his sons Mubarak and Nasir had for some time been
residing in Qatar to watch the proceedings of the enemy; but he
seems thereafter to have returned to Bahrain. By the death of
his nephew and colleague Shaikh Khalifah-bin-Salman, which
occurred on the 31st of May 1834, Shaikh 'Abdullah soon afterwards
became sole ruler of Bahrain ; but so headstrong and impatient of his
authority did his near relations, including his sons, now become, and so
corrupt was his partiality, so undue his leniency and so excessive his
general misgovernment when left to himself, that the internal affairs of
the Shaikhdom soon began to wear a most serious aspect.
In 1835 the people of Huwailah in Qatar revolted against him and
entered into a correspondence with the VVahhabis ; one of his sons rebelled
in concert with the Huwailah insurgents and began, with the assistance
of some hundreds of Wahhabis, to commit depredations upon the
sea-borne commerce of Bahrain ; and another son named Ahmad, after
Supremacy of
the Wahhabi
Amir repu
diated by the
Shaikh of
Bahrain,
1833—1835.
Donoestic
affairs of the
Al K hallfah
family, 1833-
1835'
Rebellion in
Qatar, 1836.
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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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