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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1014] (1169/1782)
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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1014
might shortly become a thing of the past. 1 he visits of British
merchant steamers to Kuwait were regarded with extreme jeahius^ In
the Turkish authorities in 'Iraq, and the latter appeared to be collect
ing statistics to prove that the prosperity of Kuwait was injurious to
Basrah. The Shaikh of Kuwait, alarmed at the prospects raised,
begged that his town might not be made a port of call by British
steamers ; and a suspension of the service was accordingly recommended
by Colonel Kemball.
SHAIKH 'ABDULLAH-B1N-SUBAH.
1866-92.
From the death of his father, probably in 1866, until his own demise
in 1892, Kuwait was ruled by 'Abdullah-bin-Subah.
Relations of Kuwait with the Porte, 1866-92.
Participation
of Kuwait in
tbe Turkish
expedition to
H»8a, 1871.
Visit of
Mid-hat
Pitha to
Kuwait, 1871.
During the whole period of his rule Shaikh 'Abdullah appears to have
maintained very close relations with the Turks, and to have been an
obedient and even enthusiastic instrument of Turkish policy. In 1870
or 1871 he became the medium of overtures from Abdullah-biu-Faisal,
the displaced Wahhabi Amir, for the assistance of the Turks. In 1870
he supplied sea transport, to the amount of about 300 native vessels, for
the Turkish forces sent to conquer Hasa; he accompanied the expedition
in person ; and it was chietly through his
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
that the Shaikh of
Dohah in Qatar was persuaded to accept the Turkish flag.
When Mid-hat
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Wali of Baghdad, went on a tour of inspection
to the new Hasa province at the end of the year, he halted on the way
for one day at Kuwait, where he was said to have " installed " the
Shaikh. The investiture of the latter was probably with the rank of
Qaim-Maqam on the part of the Turkish Government, which he
subsequently held; for, from language held by the Porte in 1901, it
appeared that the Turkish Government considered Kuwait to have been
annexed at the same time as Hasa.
Relations of Kuwait with the Wahhabis, 1866-92.
At some time between 1872 and 1874 ; Abdullah-bin-Faisal, a claim
ant of the Wahhabi Amirate whose attitude towards the Turks was
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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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