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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [960] (1115/1782)
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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960
Relations of Hasa with Bahrain during the same period,
1840-71.
Invitation to
the Bahrain
Shaikhs to
annex Hasa,
1840.
Friction
between the
Wahhabis
and Shaikh
'Abdullah of
Bahrain,
1842-44.
Recovery of
Da mm am by
the Wahha
bis, 1844.
The affairs of Hasa at this time however, are of little interest apart
from the relations of the province with Bahrain, and these last are so
fully described in the history of Bahrain that it will be unnecessary to do
more than briefly refer to them here.
In 1840, on the retirement of the Egyptians from the country,
Shaikh Muhammad'bin-Khalifah of Bahrain was invited by a section of the
inhabitants throug-h one Mushrif, possibly a Shaikh of the Bani Khalid,*
to assume authority over Hasa and exclude the Egyptian puppet Khalid.
This invitation, which was declined through the influence of 'Abdullah,
the senior Shaikh, was one cause of the dissensions, ending in civil war,
which shortly broke out between the joint chiefs of Bahrain.
In the first phase of the struggle between the rival Shaikhs of
Bahrain, the elder, 'Abdullah, was successful ; and the younger,
Muhammad, in 1842 retired to Hasa and thence journeyed to Riyadh,
where the new Amir 'Abdullah showed a disposition to take his part.
The result was an estrangement between the Wahhabi Amir and the
reigning Shaikh of Bahrain; the Shaikh blockaded the coast of Hasa
and gave asylum in Bahrain to most of the inhabitants of Saihat, who
emigrated from that place on account of a grievance against the Wabhabi
Governor of Qatif; and the Amir, on his pail, arrested a chief of the
Bani Hajir, named Shafi', who was closely related to the Shaikh.
Dammam on the Hasa coast was still a dependency of Bahrain, but it was
claimed, as a paternal inheritance, by Bashir-bin-Rahmah. From the
course of the negotiations for the release of Sha{i , it appears that the
port of 'Oqair was also, at this time, held by the Bahrain Shaikh ;
but it cannot have remained long in his possession.
On his expulsion from Bahrain, in April 1843, Shaikh 'Abdullah
established himself with his sons at Dammam, his only remaining posses
sion , and there he was shortly blockaded from the sea bv Shaikh Muham
mad of Bahrain, assisted by Bashir-bin-Rahmah and 'Isa -bin-'Ali;
while on the landward side the place was invested, at the end of 1843, by
» There is nothing, however, to show whether this wes the Mushrif by whom
Captain Sadleir was uncivilly treated in 1819.
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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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