'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [887] (1042/1782)
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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887
Notwithstandine: the peace arranged in 1851, tension continued Benewed
between the Wahhabi Amir and the Shaikh of Bahrain, and a vigilant from the
watch was maintained by the local British authorities. In May 1853, ^^the'sons
with reference to one of the alarms of an invasion of Bahrain that of the
from time to time occurred, the Government of India authorised the . Ab( j ul ] a ^
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
to offer every obstacle to an attack upon
those islands by the Wahhabi Amir—who was now nominally sub- action, 1859.
ject to the Ottoman Porte—on the ground that Her Majesty 's Gov
ernment would not permit the occupation of Bahrain by the Turkish
Government, or by any one acting' for them or in their interest. In
1859 matters again came to a head, and, notwithstanding the presence
at the time of a British corvette in Hasa waters, preparations for
a descent on Bahrain were made at Qatif and Dammam by the
Wahhabi governor of the littoral and by Muhammad, a son of the late ex-
Shaikh 'Abdullah ; the object of the movement was to place Muhammad-
bin-'Abdullah in possession of Bahrain, and the excuse was that the
Shaikh of Bahrain had instigated certain tribes of Qatar to attack the
subjects of the Wahhabi Amir. Some Turkish and Persian vessels were
seized by the coDfederates in a piratical manner and their crews impressed
for service on the intended expedition. The British Resident imme
diately despatched Commodore Balfour to Dammam with the Persian
Gulf squadron; and so threatening was the attitude assumed on
arrival by that officer, whose conduct afterward received " the marked
commendation of Government,^ that the allies at once discontinued their
proceedings and the Wahhabi governor even sued for pardon.
An inconclusive correspondence then followed between the Wahhabi
ruler, who was much annoyed at the intervention of the British autho
rities, and the British Resident, Captain Felix Jones, who believed that
the fixed object of the Wahhabis was universal dominion along the
coast/'' The Amir asserted authority over Bahrain and declared himself
a vassal of the Sultan of Turkey. The Resident, in reply, informed him
of the determination of the British Government to preserve the independ
ence of Bahrain, and remarked on the inconsistency of piratical
seizures of Turkish shipping with professions of dependence on the
Porte.
To Government Captain Jones made a recommendation that punitive
action should be taken against the ports of Hasa; and a discussion was
initiated as to the advisability of requiring Muhammad-bin- ; Abdullah to
leave Dammam,
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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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