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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [914] (1069/1782)
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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914
Sojourn of
the WahtiSbi
'Abdur Rah
man in
Bahrain
before his
invasion of
Hasa, 1874,
Alleged Bri
tish fortifica
tions and
projected
Turkish
lighthouse
at Manamah,
1875.
Claimi of
Qatar sub
jects pressed
on the Shaikh
of Bahrain by
the Wali of
Basrah, 1875.
" Assarthe incident, on investigation, proved to be wholly
imaginary.
The Turks having alleged, as a serious grievance, that the invasion
of Hasa by the Wahhabi 'Abdur Rahman-bin-Sa'ud, described in the
history of Hasa, had been undertaken from Bahrain, the circumstances
of his descent were strictly investigated by the British authorities. It
was found that the conduct of 'Abdur Rahman during his stay of about
two months in Bahrain had been outwardly correct; that the Shaikh of
Bahrain, beyond entertaining him as a visitor and presenting him at
his departure with a sum of about Rs. ^00, had given him no assistance
whatever; and that no military force had been raised by him in Bahrain,
though about 50 armed Najdis had followed him from Bahrain to the
coast of Hasa in a boat which they themselves hired. The Wali of
Baghdad appears to have requested leave of the Porte to proceed to
Bahrain and punish the Shaikh for his complicity' in the enterprise of
Abdur Rahman, but it was not given; and meanwhile, as a precaution,
a British naval force was sent to protect the islands.
The Porte in 1S75 complained to the British Ambassador at Con
stantinople of the erection of British fortifications at Manamah in Bahrain,
where, they seemed to suppose, asylum would be given to fugitives
from Turkish authority in Najd; and again the ungrateful task of
inquiring into supposed misdeeds by their officers devolved upon the
British Government. In the end it was shown that the Shaikh of
Bahrain had, in May or June 1875, repaired his fort at Manamah, but
at no British official oi British subject had been in any way concerned
with the work. Immediately afterwards it became known, through
the British Legation at Tehran, that the Turks themselves contem
plated^ building a lighthouse at Manamah; and the British Govern-
t in their tuiu enteied a protest, with the result that the project
was abandoned.
In the same year the claims of two Qatar pearl merchants were
presse upon the Shaikh of Pahrain by Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Muntafik Wali
ot Basrah, m a manner which seemed to indicate that the object o{
he Wall was not so much to obtain satisfaction for the Qataris, who
might have had recourse to the ordinary Salifat-al-Ghaus, as to raise
til'"'!? 103 .] < ' UeS ' 10n ^' le ^aikh of Bahrain was accordingly advised by
e esi ent, under orders from the Government of India, to deal with
the claims m a fair and courteous spirit j and at the same time remons-
Constantinople. '' ^ ^ tl ' r0,lgl1 the Britisl1 Ambassador at
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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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- '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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