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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [967] (1122/1782)
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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967
in Najd, and that there w as no question of disturbing the peace at sea,
but only of transporting a force by water to a point on the coast from
which it could march into Najd. In May it was ascertained that Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who in 1870 had described Bahrain and its dependencies as
" countries of the Ottoman dominions, appertaining to the Qaim-Maqamliq
of Najd/' was aware of the pledges given by the Port; and he stated that
the commander of the expedition had received explicit instiuctions that ho
should on no account turn his eyes on Bahrain/ 5 Meanwhile the Shah
of Persia had enquired of the British representative at Tehran about
the intentions of the Turkish Government in respect of Bahrain,
and had been informed of the assurances given at Constantinople.
Considerable irritation at the interest shown by Great Britain in the
Turkish movements in Arabia was expressed by the Grand \ azir at
Constantinople ; and it became necessary to disabuse him of an impres
sion, which he appeared to entertain, that resistance by Arabs to
lawful authority of the Sultan of Turkey was encouraged by the British
Government.
The prospect of a disturbance of the peace of the Gulf, so unusual in BriUshpolicy
its nature, placed the Government of India in a difficult position; and the q u |£ in
narrowness of the legal or treaty basis on which the established connection
practice of interdicting all armed movements by sea rested now became Turkish
for the first time fully apparent. The question was one not of expedition,
hostilities between signatories of the Perpetual Treaty of Peace, but of a
possible war between signatories and non-signatories, for which that treaty
made no provision. The Resident in the Gulf, Colonel Pelly^ was soon
approached by Arab chiefs with indirect queries whether the British
Government would prevent the maritime tribes from proceeding to the
assistance of the Wahhabi Sa^ud, against the Turks ; and ba ud made an
explicit request in writing that either the Shaikh of Kuwait should be
prevented by the British Government from assisting the Turks or he
himself should be considered at liberty to take action by sea. On the ono
hand it was felt by the British authorities that to restrain the Arabs
would be to give indirect assistance to the Turkish expedition, on the
other that to let them loose might be to upset the political equilibrium
of the whole Gulf and at the same time to provide the Porte with an
excuse for conquering and annexing their countries. Lltimately, on the
30th of May 1871, the Resident was instructed to visit Bahrain and to
assure the Shaikh that, so long as he continued to observe hie
Convention of 1861 with Britain, the obligations of the British Govern-
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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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- 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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