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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [944] (1099/1782)
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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throng'h increase of influence with the Shaikh and by gaining hig confi
dence and trust. In 1905 the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
was authorised to maim-
mit slaves, in suitable and deserviDg cases, without reference to the
Resident at Bushehr; and in that year and in 1906 efforts were made
to obtain confirmation, through the Shaikh of Bahrain, of an informal
undertaking given in 1S95 by some of the chief men of Bahrain to the
commander of H.M.S. u Pigeon " that they would not in future buy,
sell, or give away slaves; but the endeavour was not successful.
British In the season 1904-05 a marine survey of Khor-al-QalaPah was
surveys, ti,. carr { e( j ou ^ H.M.S. a Redbreast/' Commander Somerville; and in
1905 a plane-table land survey of the islands of the Bahrain archipelago
was made on the scale of one inch to a mile. Excavation of some of
The sepulchral mounds for which Bahrain is famous was commenced
during the winter of 1906-07 by Captain Prideaux, the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
,
in the neighbourhood of 'Ali.
Turkish rela- The Turkish Government showed an undue interest in the crisis
between the British Government and the Shaikh of Bahrain in
1904-05; and, thougli reminded that the Bahrain Islands and the
inhabitants were under British protection, thev continued to press for
explanations until His Majesty's Government cut the matter short by
declining to continue the discussion. With an interval, possibly from
the autumn of 190o to the spring of 1907, during which they were sent
by land, the Turkish official mails between'Iraq and Hasa continued to
be exchanged vid Bahrain, as they had been for a long time previously;
and in 1907 it was ascertained that a Turkish employe was maintained i?i
Bahrain lor the purpose of making the arrangements. Shaikh ^sa^s
relative and principal adviser, the Turkish subject Muhammad-bin-'Abdul
W ahhab of Darin, maintained a pernicious influence over him; and in
1906 rumours were current, which were apparently not altogether devoid
of foundation, that the Shaikh desired to place himself under the protec
tion of Turkey.
Persiau rela. The Persian Government, though they gratefully concurred in the steps
taken by the Biitisli Government in 1905 to obtain redress for their
subjects who had suffoied at Manamah, re-asserted in the same year their
ancient claim to so\ereignty over Bahrain; and they obstinately refused
to consider natives of Bahrain, while residing in Persia, in any other
ig t than that of Persian subjects. In February 1906, after a
pro onged argument and not without instructions from His Majesty's
Government, the British Legation at Tehran declared that they main-
ainfd the British right to exercise good offices on behalf of Bahrainis in
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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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