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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1009] (1164/1782)
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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1009
Kuwait affairs during the Egyptian occupation of Hasa, 1838-40.
In 1838, on reaching the coast o£ the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in Hasa, the
Egyptians sent an agent to reside at Kuwait, nominally to purchase
supplies ; and some boat-loads of barley, obtained from the Shatt-al-
Arab, were in fact forwarded by this individual to Ciatif, It was
believed, however, that his real functions were those of a political
emissary and news
writer
The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping.
, in connection with the design of Khurshid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to wrest ^Iraq from the Turks ; and he was treated with much
distinction by the Shaikh of Kuwait, who gave him the seat of honour
in all assemblies. The only consignment of military stores that reached
the Egyptians by sea during their occupation of Flasa was one brought to
Qatif, in November 1839, by a Kuwait Ghunchah from Hodaidah in
the Red Sea. The fleet of Kuwait, at this epoch, was said to be large
and well-appointed.
Shaikh Jabir of Kuwait had always been regarded as a good friend
of the British Government, and in his written correspondence he had
never failed in courtesy ; but in 1839, estranged possibly by the neglect of
the official representatives of the British Government to conclude treaties
or cultivate personal relations with him, and overawed, like the Shaikh
of Bahrain, by the successes of Muhammad 'All's troops in Arabia, he
was guilty of marked discourtesy to a British officer. On the 30th of
October 1 839, Lieutenant Edmunds, the Assistant Resident at Bushehr,
deputed by the Resident to interview Shaikh Jabir with reference
to the establishment of a British line of post across the desert from
Kuwait to the Mediterranean, arrived at Kuwait in a British war vessel,
which on anchoring fired the usual salute in honour of the Shaikh. The
salute was not acknowledged, and, when a letter from the Hesident was
sent to the Shaikh on shore, only a verbal message was returned pro
mising an answer the next day. The deputation of relatives and
followers, moreover, ordinarily sent on board by Arab Shaikhs to welcome
a British official visitor, did not make their appearance ; and Lieutenant
Edmunds remained an board his ship, without any further communication
taking place between himself and the Shaikh, until the third day. He
then requested a meeting with Shaikh Jabir, which was granted ; but
on his arrival the old man, whom he found surrounded by a concourse of
people, only half rose from his seat, did not lay aside the pipe which he
was smoking, and denied that it was a custom at K uwait to return the
73
Posting of
an Egyptian
agent to
Kuwait,
1838-39.
Discourtesy
of the Shaikh
of Kuwait to
the British
political
authorities,
October-
November
1839.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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