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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1005] (1160/1782)
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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1005
During- the sojourn o£ the
factory
An East India Company trading post.
at Kuwait the "Wahhabis were at Wahhabi
war with the place, which they were anxious to reduce to submission, o^Kuwait
and they frequently showed themselves in the neighbourhood, causing
incessant alarms. The town was at this time poorly defended by a mud
wall, which, in the rainy season, frequently crumbled down in large breaches
to the great alarm of the inhabitants ; but the courage of the people was
sustained by their confidence in Shaikh 'Abdullah-bin-Subah, described
as a venerable old man of commanding appearance, whom they regarded
more as a father than as a governor. In general a Wahhabi attack did
not amount to more than a temporary seizure of the wells by a party of
ten or twenty Bedouins, whom the matchlockmen of the town ordinarily
succeeded in dislodging after a bloodless skirmish at very long ranges ;
but belated wanderers near the town were treated by the Wahhabis with
great inhumanity, the women being carried off and the men instantly
put to death. It is recorded, on the authority of Dr. Seetzen, that
Mr. Keinaud on one occasion actually saw two "W ahhabis murder an
unfortunate Kuwaiti upon the seashore and wash their hands in his blood.
During the stay of the East India Company's servants at Kuwait only
one serious attack in force, which was easily repulsed, was made by the
Wahhabis. The real attitude of the British
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
towards these
conflicts is uncertain : in theory it was one of neutrality.*
* The statements made by Sir H. J. Brydges in his Wahauhy (pages 12 to 16)
and by Mr. Reinaud in his con?ersationB with Dr. Seetzen (see Von Zach's Monatliche
Corren-pondenz, July to December 1805, pages 234 to 235) are irreconcileable.
Sir Harford represents the grand attack as having been made by about 500 Wahhabis,
who were driven off by a single shot from an old gnn that had been brought ashore
by the Shaikh from one of his vessels ; and he is careful to explain that the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
had no share in the proceedings, and that good relations were, on the contrary, stu
diously mainlined with Ibn Sa'ud. Mr. Eeinaud, on the other hand, places the
strength of the enemy at 2,000 camels, each carrying two men, the front rider armed
with a gun and the other with a lance to protect his companion while reloading ; he
alleges that, under Mr. Manesty's orders, two guns were landed from the British
cruiser, that the
sepoy
Term used in English to refer to an Indian infantryman. Carries some derogatory connotations as sometimes used as a means of othering and emphasising race, colour, origins, or rank.
guard of the
Factory
An East India Company trading post.
took part in repelling the attack, and
that the Wahhabis lost heavily in their flight along the beach by the fire of the cruiser
herself; and he adds that the resentment of the Wahhabis at this interference
expressed in depredations upon the Company's desert mail, was the cause of his own
mission to Dara'iyah. Sir Harford may be the more reliable authority ; but, on the
other hand, it seems unlikely that Mr, Reinand's circumstantial story should be
altogether a fiction.
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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