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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [859] (1014/1782)
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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The part played by Shaikh 'Abdullah, who was generally—but, as his
subsequent doings proved, erroneously—supposed to have become effete
by reason of old age, was ignominious in the extreme ; he redressed no
injuries, but merely advised the people to keep out of the way of his sont-
and their followers. In 1886 he declared that he was about to remove to
Khor Hassan in Qatar ; and the prospect of his taking such a step,—one
for which they were unprepared and from which they augured trouble,
—elicited transient professions of obedience and regret from the
junior members of his family. That the Shaikh intended to make
Qatar a base for operations against his unruly progeny in Bahrain appeared
probable from a warning not to look to him for protection or redress
in future, which, in the presence of the British Agent, he addressed to a
Bushehri merchant for the general information of the foreign mercantile
community. In 1887 he took further steps towards the execution of his
threat by sending two of his wives, with their families and the furniture
and even the doors of their houses, to Khor Hassan ; by this proceeding
his sons and other relations were considerably intimidated and induced to
reform their conduct for a time.
betweei
British relations with Bahrain, 1830-1839.
One consequence of these differences in
the A1 Khalifah Insult to the
British
familv was an insult offered to the
native Agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
of the British Govern-
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
ment in Bahrain, which almost brought about a rupture of relations
between Britain and the Bahrain Government. The sons of the Shaikh, 1834.
being aware ihat a sum of money on account of mercantile transactions
was due b/ the Agent to their father, claimed that it should be paid to
themselves instead ; and on this pretext, by dint of abuse and ill -treat
ment tluy succeeded in extorting some large amounts from the British
representative. The Agent, from whom the Shaikh appears to have
with hell his protection, then hid himself to escape from further
exactions ; but, having been obliged to appear for the official purpose of
visitiig a British ship in the harbour, he was again set upon and molested.
Reparation having been refused, a British naval force was despatched
to Bahrain to obtain it, by coercion if necessary. Under this compulsion
the Shaikh yielded to the demands which were now made upon him : viz.,
that one of his sons, or in default thereof the Shaikh himself, should
come off to the vessel of the Senior Naval Officer, bringing with him a
robe of honour for the Agent; and that the persons who had taken an
active part in the ill-usage of the latter should be flogged in presence 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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