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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [893] (1048/1782)
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 imprisoned Bedouin ^nd the headmen of Qatar apologising to the
Shaikh for their behaviour; but on the part of the ruler of Bahrain
the proceedings^were merely a blind to cover preparations for revenge.
Jasim-bin-Muhammad, one of the Al Thani Shaikhs of Dohah
whose influence afterwards became paramount iv. Qatar, having been
invited to Bahrain for the purpose of making a perinanent arrangement
in regard to the administration of the promontory, was on his arrival
treacherously cast into prison ; and no sooner had this capture been
effected than Shaikh Muhammad despatched a fleet of 24 boats,
carrying 500 men, under the command of his brother 'All, and a land
force of 200 men under Shaikh Ahmad, his agent, to punish the people
of Dohah and Wakrah. At the same time he sought assistance from
the Shaikhs of Dibai and Abu Dhabi; and the latter, disregarding
the advice of the British Agent at Sharjah, sent about 2,000 armed
men in 70 boats to the Qatar coast; but the Shaikh of Dibai, with
greater prudence declined to join. The Abu Dhabi fleet was the first
to arrive on Qatar, and succeeded in pacifying the suspicions of the inhabit
ants until the arrival of the Bahrain armament, by which about
40 vessels belonging to Qatar had been captured on the way
over. The towns of Dohah and Wakrah were then sacked by the allied
forces, even the rafters and doors of the houses being removed; and
the inhabitants, who had been ordered to go forth and settle elsewhere,
were plundered, when they tried to obey, of such possessions as remained
to them. A number of the people were deported, and most of those
who were left then voluntarily dispersed and sought asylum at various
places on the coasts of Arabia and Persia. These events took place in
October 1867. The damage inflicted on the people of Qatar was
estimated at over §1200,000.
The victims of this treacherous outrage immediately appealed for
redress to the A\ahhabi Amir, who maintained a claim to authority over
Qatar, and it was soon reported that he had received their representa
tions sympathetically and had assured them that, " as his intentions
and those of the British Government coincided," no further harm should
befall them from the direction of the sea, A demand by the
Amir for the return of the spoil taken and for the repatriation of the
exiles was flouted, however, by the Shaikh of Bahrain, and led only to
the deportation afresh of certain Qatari families who had meanwhile
been allowed to return to their homes. Instructions were then issued
by the Wahhabi Amir to his representative in Hasa to prepare for an
attack on Bahrain ; but, beyond the plunder of some Bahrain subjects
by a tribe]of the Hasa coast, no visible results followed.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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