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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [879] (1034/1782)
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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and mislead that overweening ruler. Steps taken by the British Resident
at Baghdad resulted, however, in the discontinuance of the correspond
ence, on which the offending Persian functionary pretended that he
had entered in ignorance of its impropriety.
The struggle between the chiefs was at length brought to an end by
the death of Shaikh 'Abdullah-bin-Ahmad, apparently in 1849. This
event took place at Masqat, in the course of a voyage undertaken by the
ex-Shaikh with the object of persuading his former enemy, Saiyid Sa 'id,
then at Zanzibar, to assist him in recovering his ancestral dominions.
Death of the
ex-Shaikh,
1849.
Relations of Bahrain with the Wahhabis from the accession of
Shaikh Muhammad to the death of the ex-Shaikh Abdullali;
1843-1849
t?
The interference of the Wahhabi Amir in the dynastic quarrels of the
A1 Khalifah, resulting in the transference of Dammamfrom their posses
sion to his, has already been described ; but it remains to notice some
other transactions between the Wahhabis and the Shaikh of Bahrain
which had no very direct connection with the dissensions among the Al
Khalifah.
In the operations against Dammam the Amir Faisal and Shaikh
Muhammad acted in concert; and, on the fall of that place, it seems to
have been arranged that the Shaikh, in return for the aid lent him,
should acknowledge the supremacy of the Wahhabis and pay an annual
tribute, with arrears.
Before the end of 1844 a demand for settlement of the arrears had been
twice presented by the Amir and as often evaded by the Shaikh ; and m
1845 it became known that 'Abdullah-bin-SaH the Wahhabi Governor
of Qatif, was plotting an attack upon Bahrain. The Wahhabi official,
his plans not being yet matured, pretended unusual friendliness for
Shaikh Muhammad ; but the latter, who without difficulty penetrated this
artifice, assumed the offensive, placed the ports of Hasa under blockade,
and engaged in his service a noted pirate named Hamaid-bin-Majdal.
At this" juncture Shaikh 'Abdullah, the ex-chief of Bahrain, landed
secretly near Has Tanurah, and sent messengers to his son Mubarak and
to the Wahhabi Governor; his proposal was that he himself, with his
vessels, should decoy the blockading force away from Qatif, and that,
during its absence, Mubarak should cross over from the mainland and
Rupture
between the
Shaikh of
Bahvain
and the
Wahhabis,
1845-1847.
1845.
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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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