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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [871] (1026/1782)
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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871
pain of destruction of the liouse, its inmates, and all that it
contained, the instant surrender of these obnoxious refugees 3 whereupon
the Agent, losing Courage, caused them to be thrown from the roof, and
they were cut to pieces almost before they had reached the ground. The
unwarrantable and impolitic behaviour of the Agent on this occasion
was punished with immediate dismissal, and the countenance of the
British Government was finally withdrawn from the Shaikh, on whom,
however, it was not considered necessary, in the circumstances, to make
any express demand for reparation.
In March 1843, after the landing of Shaikh Muhammad'^ partaans
on Bahrain Island, an order was promulgated by Shaikh 'Abdullah, harbour,
then at Muharraq, thatno vessel should anchor near Manamah town. 1813
This regulation having been broken by a Ghunchah which was entitled to
use the British Hag, and which carried a packet and stores addressed to the
British Commodore at Basidn, two boats manned by Bedouin mercenaries
were sent with an order to the Niikhuda to move over to Muharraq ;
but these unreliable and dangerous messengers, on reaching the vessel,
boarded her, plundered the cargo, including the British packet and stores,
and hauled down and tore to pieces the British flag. On behalf of
the Shaikh, who denied having ordered or in any way countenanced this
outrage, it wag urged that the Ghunchah had not shown her colours on
entering the harbour ; that her use of them was suspected to be a mere
ruse ; and that the fleet of ' Isa-bin-Tarif and Bashir-bin-Kahmah was
at the time momentarily expected. A British war vessel was immediately
despatched to Bahrain to make full enquiries ; but. before any result had
been reached, the expulsion of Shaikh 'Abdullah by his rival rendered
further action useless.
About the same time as the last affair, but possibly before it, a Charak
boat under the Persian flag, into which goods from Bombay consigned to
Hindu merchants in Bahrain had just been transhipped, was plundered
in the harbour of Manamah by Bani Hajirand Sulutah Arabs subject
to the authority of Shaikh 'Abdullah. The hostilities in Bahrain
prevented immediate attention being given to this case, and on t le
first accession of Shaikh Muhammad to power it was considered inexpe
dient to press the claim upon him too strongly; but in February of
the following year (1844), on the matter being brought to his
notice, he submitted without demur to the British demanu 01
compensation.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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