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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [969] (1124/1782)
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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capturing there three guns und a (quantity ot aimnuiiition j it proceeded
next to Dammam, whicli fell on the 5th of June. 'Abdul 'Aziz, a son of
the Wahhahi Sa'ud, escaped from Dammam before it was taken ; he left
behind him a prisoner, Muhammad-bin-Faisal; whom the Turks released ;
and nine iron and two brass guns and a quantity of military stores also
came into their hands. At the end of June the Kuwait fleet had returned
home and the Turkish force was still in the Qatif Oasis; but an
advance was contemplated.
On his first reaching Qatif town a manifesto was published by Nafiz
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Turkish Commander, in which it was announced that the ^ Q a tif.
expedition had come to restore the authority of 'Abdullah, the Qaim-
Maqam of Najd ; that Sa'ud, the rival of 'Abdullah, and his supporters
would be pardoned if they came in and made submission j and that, in the
meanwhile, the tribes which remained peaceably in Qatif and Hasa would
enjoy Turkish favour and protection.
Early in July the Turkish force left Qatif for Hofuf : the march Advanc^by
across the intervening desert occupied, though unopposed, 15 days. There- i n to the Hasa
after, the Hasa Oasis having been occupied without any fighting, the Arab 0a ^ s -
contingent of Muntafik and others, as also the political intermediaries,
were dismissed to their homes; the cause of this appears to have been, m
part at least, commissariat difficulties ; and the Muntafik, who returned
by land via Kuwait, lost many horses on the way from scarcity of fodder
and of water. From the time of disembarkation the Turkish expedition
had been a prey to starvation, enteric fever and cholera; the march to
Hofuf had further weakened its strength ; and it was now brought to a
complete standstill in Hasa by hot winds and a violent outbreak of
malaria* In August, when the total Turkish force in Hasa was estimated
at 3,400 men,— viz., 2,500 at Hofuf, 500 at Qatif, 150 at 'Oqair and 250
on the march,—one third of the whole were reported sick and ineffec
tive; and the Turkish Commander, who had become uneasy m regar
to his communications with the coast, enlisted 900 natives of the country
as soldiers on pay of |6 a month. A shock was given to Muhammadan
sentiment throughout the province by the arrival at Qatif of a ship- oac
of wine sellers and Baghdad prostitutes; but the trading classes seemed
on the whole to prefer the disadvantages of Turkish administration to the
o-reater severities and exactions of the Wahhabis.
At the time when the Turkish force first landed in Hasa, the Wahhabi Mings
brothers 'Abdullah and Sa'ud were fighting with each other m the interior, Wahhabis.
at a distance of some 200 miles from the coast. The advantage appeared
to rest with Sa'ud, the opponent of the Turks, who had obtained posses-
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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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