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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [940] (1095/1782)
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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940
Visit of the
Political
Eeflident to
Bahrain, 30th
November to
10th Decern*
ber 1904.
Ultimatum
presented to
the Shaikh of
Bahrain,
25th Febru
ary 1905.
demanding redress, and in reply was referred by him to the British
authorities. The Persian sufferers also had telegraphed to the Shah and
had been informed in answer that the British Government would take
action on their behalf.
Major Cox, the British
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, arrived
at Manamah on the 30th of November, and the case of the German
merchant was taken up first. On the 14th of December it was settled
by the payment of Rs. 1,000 as compensation, and by a sound flooding
publicly inflicted on four of the ringleaders in the assault, who were
sentenced in addition to banishment from Bahrain. The next four days
were spent in discussing the case of the Persians, but without result.
The Shaikh at Inst endeavoured to argue that the Persians were the
aggressors : but, the evidence being conclusively against this view, he
eventually fell back on his original position, that the Persians were
amenable to his jurisdiction alone, and that their case must therefore be
tried by the Bahrain courts. The status of the Persians as foreigners
resident upon an island under British protection, together with the certainty
of injustice being perpetrated should the case be made over to a Sunni
tribunal, forbade any concession on this point; and a deadlock ensued.
Major Cox quitted Bahrain on the 10th of December to report the
situation to Government, leaving the " Redbreast" to maintain order at
Manamah. In virtue of an undertaking by the Shaikh that 'Ali and
his followers, within a week of the Resident's departure, should leave
Bahrain for a period ot three weeks, the turbulent young man sailed for
Qatar on the 1 7th of December : his last act in Bahrain was to seize, for
his own use, three Baghlahs which were at the time actually employed
in discharging the cargo of the British steamer " Kanora
On the 23rd of February 1905 Major Cox returned to Bahrain as
bearer of the demands authorised by His Majesty's Government upon
a - He had ^ een empowered to enforce compliance with the
same by the naval force, if necessary; the British cruiser " Fox " and the
gunboats "Sphinx" and "Redbreast" were now assembled in the
harbour; and preparations had been made for landing a force of 150
seamen and marines to protect the lives and property of foreigners in case
acmn y t e ships should be required. On the morning of the 25th of
ehruary an ultimatum was presented to the Shaikh and 24 hours were
g anted for fu falment of the terms. The demands of the British Govern-
H 'tr? M ^ ^ the l ' m ° leadersin Ae attack on the Persians, whose
wM. tb w established, should be expelled from Bahrain, and along
them the four delinquents who had been banished in the former
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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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- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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