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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [986] (1141/1782)
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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escort were for the most part, either killed or taken prisoners and kept
bv the Bedouins as hostages for the safety of fellow-tribesmen then in
jail at Hofuf. The booty of the robbers consisted of goods worth about
Hs. 1,00,000 in addition to some COO camels and 300 donkeys. In June
1902 Talib Pilsha arrived as Mutasarrif of Hasa, and in July the
Turkish garrison of the province was increased by 500 infantry, 200
cavalry and 4 light yuns, On the l()th of September a column, sent
out from Hofuf, succeeded in surprising a large camp of A1 Morrah
at Zarnuqah, about 40 miles south of the Hasa Oasis ; many Arabs were
killed, including a brother of one of the Shaikhs of the A1 Bahaih, and
much Bedouin property fell into the hands of the Turks. The new
Mutasarrif further interdicted the people of Hasa from trading with the
A1 Morrah ; and in October, after a skirmish with an Al Morrah escort,
a caravan of 80 camels, laden with rice and dates for the tribe, was
captured by the Turks ; on this occasion there were several casualties on
the Turkish side. Probably w r ith a view to strengthening their hold upon
the Arab tribes, as also to asserting their sovereignty over the coast to
the northward, the Turks, in 1902, established Dhabitiyah posts upon
the islands of Musallamiyah and Jinnah.
At the beginning of 1903 the internal position must still have been
unsatisfactory, for, in January of that year, another battalion was added
to the Hasa garrison.
In January 1006 a serious fracas occurred at Ruqaiqah, a great
Bedouin camping ground one mile to the south of Hofuf, between the
J A jman and Al Morrah tribes; but the Turks intervened and stopped the
fighting. A day or two later Muhammad-bin-Sharaim, the chief Shaikh
of the A.1 Morrah, was murdered, and the tribe seem to have considered
the Turks in someway responsible for the event; the result was that,
on the 3rd of March following, a large caravan on the Hofuf-'Oqair
road was ambuscaded by Al Morrah, Bani Hajir and Manasir at
Baraiman, a place only live miles from Qofdiyah, where a similar disaster
had taken place in 1902. On the present occasion the Turkish escort of
45 men and a number oi camelmen and travellers were killed, and property
to the value of Rs. 3,00,000 was carried off. No retributory measures
weie undertaken b^ the Turks ; and in April, August and September
other caravans were surprised and looted by Bedouins on various roads
lead, ng to oi from the Hasa Oasis. In August a collision occurred
between the inhabitants of Mubarraz and an encampment of the 'Ajman,
in which se\eial li\es were lost ; and in October a more serious conflict
took place between the townspeople of Kofuf, aided by the Turks, and
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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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