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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [991] (1146/1782)
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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991
of Umm Na'asan. On the 6th of September a Bahrain boat was
attacked near 'Oqair by Bani Hajir of the Al Muhammad section ; two
men were wounded and much property was carried away, of which the
bulk belonged to merchants of Hasa.
In the last of these instances Sa'id
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Mutasarrif of Hasa, Behaviour of
bestirred himself to the extent of sending out troops by whom tribal ^gard t^the
camels were seized and Shaikhs arrested, and the Irlasa merchants
received compensation, but none was obtained by such of the sufferers as
happened to be subjects of Bahrain ; and in the Shiqqatah and Has
Tanurah cases partial redress only was afforded to the Bahrain com
plainants. The matter was accordingly brought, through the British
Consul at Basrah, to the notice of the Wall ; but the latter treated the
subject nonchalantly and ultimately refused to discuss it on the ground
that Bahrain was a Turkish, not a British, dependency.
In August 1901 fresh demands for indemification and for the
suppression of piracy were made on the Wali of Basrah, but without
apparent result. So far as could be learned, the only Turkish measure
for maintaining security at sea off Hasa continued to be, as in the past,
the rare despatch from QatTf to Bahrain of an armed boat, which, after
remaining for a few days at Manamah, was accustomed to return direct
to the Turkish coast.
Accordingly, with a view" to ascertaining the steps, if any, taken Visit of
by the load Turkish authorities, a visit by H. M. S. Sphinx»SpWnx"
to Qatif was authorised, and in February 1902 was carried out ; but to Qatif,
the results were unsatisfactory, and no information of the kind desired
was obtained. On the other hand the Commander of the British vessel
and the Assistant
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 Bahrain, who accompanied him, were
treated with marked discourtesy ; they were detained first at the customs
house and then at the port office, they had great difficulty even in obtain
ing an interview with the Qaim-Maquam, and they were prevented from
entering the town.
In 190-2 a fresh series of maritime outrages began, and a new pirate Piracies of
, , . -t n Ahmad-bin-
leader made his appearance, w r ho soon proved himselt a worthy successor g a \ m an,
of Zaid-bin-Muhammad ; this was Ahmad-bin-Salman, the son of a 1902-1907.
member of the ruling family of Bahrain by a daughter of a Shaikh of
the Al Muhammad section of the Bani Hajir. Ahmad had been for
lono- an outlaw from the Bahrain islands and had lived for a time in
Qatar, but he was now virtually domiciled in Turkish territory.
Early in July 1902 this individual, with some Bani Hi^ir companions, 1902.
stole a boat from Saihat near QatTf and put to sea for nefarious pur-
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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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