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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [867] (1022/1782)
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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Bahrain j and this refusal was repeated by the British Resident on a
visit to Qais in May 1841. The technical ground of objection was the
violation which such hostilities would involve of the Restrictive Line
established in 1836. It is possible that the estrangement between the
British authorities and Shaikh ^ Abdullah reacted unfavourably upon the
position of the latter in his own Shaikhdom; and it may have even con
duced to the troubles that now began.
In 1840 ; on the retirement of the Egyptians from Hasa, the inhabi- ^reach^
tants of that province, or some of them, sent one Mushrif to Bahrain shaikh
to propose to Muhammad -bin-KhaUfah-bin-Salman, grand-nephew of the ^J^ 1 '
principal Shaikh of Bahrain, that he should himself assume the Govern- grandnephow
ment of Hasa and protect the people from Khalid, the usurping Amh of ^j u } iamraa( \ >
the Wahhabis. Objections entertained by Shaikh 'Abdullah to this 1840 1842.
proposal led to a violent difference of opinion between Shaikh Muham
mad and himself, which was temporarily smoothed over by a hollow
reconciliation; but a little later, after offering his seivices to the
British Government and soliciting their assistance against his grand-
uncle, Shaikh Muhammad left Bahrain for Qatar, where he ingratiated
himself with the inhabitants and set on foot a vexatious opposition to
his aged relation. The sons of Shaikh 'Abdullah, also, had now provided
themselves with retinues of 100 to 300 desperadoes each, and openly
defied their father's authority; anarchy and confusion had overspread
the whole Shaikhdom ; and the trade of Bahrain quickly declined to little
more than a half of what it had been only a few years before. In 1842,
when Khalid, the ex-Amir of the Wahhabis, paid a visit to Qatar and
Bahrain, Shaikh 'Abdullah and Shaikh Muhammad had apparently
exchanged places, for the former was then at Khor Hassan on the
mainland and the latter in Bahrain.
Such was the position of affairs when an open conflict was suddenly ^gkaijih
precipitated by an attempt on the part of Shaikh Muhammad to prevent Muhammad
the marriage of a young girl, belonging to Muharraq town, with Ahmad, 'Abdullah,
a son of Shaikh 'Abdullah. The old chief came over from Qatar to 1842.
arrange a settlement; but, having failed in his endeavours, he took up
the cause of his son. Both factions then began to enlist fighting men,
chieflv Bedouins who poured over from the mainland in the hope
of plunder. Muharraq was the headquarters of Shaikh Abdullah,
Manamah that of Shaikh Muhammad, and the possession of a superioi
marine force enabled Shaikh 'Abdullah to blockade effectually the har
bour of his antagonist. Indecisive skirmishes followed, in which Di'aij,
a brother of Shaikh Muhammad, was killed upon the one side, and
64 4.
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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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