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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [905] (1060/1782)
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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interference on his part with the principality ; and this result was felt,
throug-hout the whole Gulf, to be a salutary and well-timed cheek to
Turkish pretensions and encroachments. At the beginning of 1872 an
assurance was obtained from the Porte that they did not contemplate any
change of policy and that they had no idea of extending Turkish
sovereignty to the " independent tribes " of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; but,
during most of this year also, the British Assistant
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
continued to reside in Bahrain.
General history of Bahrain from the Turkish annexation of Hasa
to an attempted invasion from the mainland, 1871-95.
In August 1871 ^Abdul 'Aziz, a son of the late Wahhabi Amir
Sa^ud, visited Bahrain and was received by the Shaikh with much
ceremony. In October 1871 a misunderstanding arose between
Shaikh ^Isa and two of his brothers in consequence of a claim by the
latter to one-half, instead of one-third, of the revenues of the prin
cipality ; and, rather than compromise his position at a time when his diffi
culties with the Turks were at their height, the Shaikh appears to have
conceded the demand.
No event worthy of notice occurred after this until 1874, when, in
the course of the summer, fears began to be entertained of a descent by
the tribes of Qatar upon Bahrain. The danger was a real one inasmuch
as Manamah and Muharraq were both open towns, while the Shaikh
maintained no armed force, except a small guard, and was inclined to
neglect all precautions and look to the British Government for protection.
For the hostile movement Nasir-bin-Mubarak, who lived in Hasa and
was dependent on the bounty of the Turks, appears to have been partly
responsible ; and it should be observed that a request of his to the British
Eesident to intercede with the Shaikh of Bahrain in regard to some
ancestral property had at the time been recently rejected. In August some
300 or 400 of the Bani Hajir, headed by blood-relations of Nasir-bin-
Mubarak, collected upon the Qatar Coast and made serious efforts
to obtain boats for a piratical descent upon Bahrain; but their
proceedings were regarded with disfavour by Shaikh Jasim of Dohah
and were frustrated for the time by the presence" of the Bombay
Marine vessels "May Prere'' and "Hugh Rose/"' Eventually the
would-be raiders procured a few boats from Dohah and plundered a
Miscellaneous
affairs in
Bahrain,
1871.
Threatened
invasion of
Bahrain and
the question
of Zubarab
in Qatar,
1874.
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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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- 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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