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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1013] (1168/1782)
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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1013
years tog-ether, and that it had only been discontinued because trade
carried on under it did not meet at Bombay with treatment so favourable
as that under a recognised flag-: the reason of discontinuance was
thus the same as that which in 1847 inclined the Bahrain Shaikh also
to seek the protection of Turkey. In 1863 there was no mention of
tribute paid by Kuwait to Turkey, but complimentary presents of dates
were sent to Kuwait by the Turks in token of their own suzerainty, and
as payment for the supposed protection by the Shaikh of the mouth of
Shatt-al-'Arab.
In 1866 trouble arose out of the possession by Shaikh Subah of
Sufiyeh, the estate on the Shatt-al-^Arab alleged to have been pur
chased by Shaikh Jabir from a member of the Zuhair family of Zubair
some 30 years earlier.* This property was now sequestrated by a
Turkish Qaim-Maqam in consequence of a claim, raised by the Zuhair,
that the vendor had been owner of a share only and not of the whole of
Sufiyeh. At the same time Shaikh Subah was required to expel from
other lands, owned by him at Fao, some cultivators who had immigrated
from Persian territory. The Turkish officials from the first showed a
strong prejudice in favour of the Zuhair claimants; and "'Abdullah-bin-
Subah, who went to Basrah as his father's agent in the case, narrowly
escaped being thrown into jail there because he refused to make payment,
on his own responsibility, of the value of seven years'" produce which the
plaintiffs were held by the Turkish authorities to be entitled to
receive. Eventually, however, the dispute was settled by the Wali of
Baghdad in favour of the Shaikh of Kuwait. The proceedings of the
Turks in this case were regarded by the inhabitants of Kuwait as in
tended to bring them into collision with those of Zubair ; but they were
prepared for a conflict; and the British Agent at Basrah, in reporting
the matter, remarked that rather than submit to a Turkish Govern
ment at Kuwait the people to a man would abandon the place." The
final order of the Wali, upholding the Kuwait Shaikh^s title to Sufiyeh,
was perhaps due to a report that Shaikh Subah, with the object of
attacking Zubair if the decision should go against him, had obtained
a promise of countenance and armed support from the Wahhabi Amir.
In 1866 Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the Turkish Governor of ""Iraq, evinced
intentions of converting the nominal suzerainty of the Porte over Kuwait
into a real control; the arrival of two Turkish corvettes from Constanti
nople was looked for; and it was apprehended by Colonel Kemball, the
British Resident at Baghdad, that " the prescriptive freedom of Kuwait
* Vide page 1008 ante.
Dispute
regarding
the Sufi3'eh
estate in
Turkish
territory.
Designs of
the Turks ou
Kuwaitand
suspenaion of
the British
steamer
service, 1866.
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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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