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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1012] (1167/1782)
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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1012
Relations of
Kuwait with
'Arabistan.
British
relations
with K await.
Relations of
Kuwait with
Turkey,
1840-63.
latter and the Turks; and it may have been at this time that, as described
in the history of Najd, he passed near to Kuwait in returning from a
raid upon the tribes of Turkish ; Iraq.
In 18il the Ka'ab Shaikh Thamir appears to have sought an
asylum at Kuwait for the second time, having been expelled from his
hereditary possessions in 'Arabistan by the Persian Governor ol that
province; but he soon migrated to Basrah.
Official intercourse between the British Resident in the Gulf and the
Shaikh of Kuwait appears to have been infrequent; but personal relations
continued on an excellent footing. On his visit to Kuwait in 1863
Colonel Pelly, the Resident, accompanied by Dr. Colvill, arrived at
Jahrah by land from Basrah on the 3rd of March ; the next day he was
conducted by Mubarak—a son of the ruler—to Kuwait, where he
spent a couple of days with Shaikh Subah ; on the 7th of March, under
arrangements made by the Shaikh, Colonel Pelly left Kuwait by sea for
Turkish territory; and he passed two days, on the way there, in the
Khors adjoining Bubiyan Island. Colonel Pelly's remarkable journey to
Riyadh in the spring of 1865 was begun at Kuwait, where he spent
several weeks, including one at Jahrah, in making his arrangements and
awaiting the permission of the Wahhabi Amir. The possible future of
Kuwait as a commercial port and as a meeting-place of sea-borne and
other trade, together with its suitability in certain circumstances for
the site of a British telegraph station or coal depot, were clearly re
alised by Colonel Pelly, who even remarked, with extraordinary pre
science, that Khor ''Abdullah might hereafter become the chief line of
approach by steamer to the commercial capital of Turkish ""Iraq, and that
its head might one day be connected by a railway with the Mediter
ranean. By April 1866 the steamers of the British India Steam Navi
gation Company had begun to call frequently at Kuwait; but their
visits were suspended soon after for political reasons which will presently
be explained.
The relations of other powers with Kuwait were less close however
than those, arising from contiguity, which were maintained by Turkey.
In 1847 the example of the Shaikh of Kuwait was quoted by the Shaikh
of Bahrain in justification of the latter's own avowed intention of placing
himself, in certain conditions, " under the guardianship of the Porte."
In 1863 Shaikh Subah assured the Resident that the rulers of Kuwait
had always been tributary to the Turkish Government; but it w r as ascer
tained by Colonel Pelly, from another source, that the use of a distinctive
flag had at one time been practised by the Shaikh of Kuwait for some
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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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