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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1020] (1175/1782)
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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1020
Overtures of
the Shaikh
for British
protection,
February-
Auguat 1897.
while he acknowledged the suzerainty of the Porte, wan in reality an
independent potentate and only nominally subject to the Sultan; but
the Government of India, considering that for practical reasons such
a view was to bea voided, were inclined, early in 1897, to advise that
the responsibility for the actions of the Shaikh should be fixed upon
the Turkish Government. At length, in consequence of information
supplied at Constantinople in March 1897 by Captain Whyte, who had
shortly before been Assistant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Basrah, Sir P. Currie
enquired the view of Her Majesty's Government regarding Turkish
authority at Kuwait. He was informed in reply that Her Majesty's
Government had never admitted Kuwait to be under the protection of
the Turkish Government, but that the existence of Turkish influence
would probably be difficult or impossible to deny.
No remonstrances on the crime by which he had attained the chiefship
were ever addressed to Shaikh Mubarak by the British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; but the Shaikh in July 1896, when his port was
visited by H.M.S "Sphinx," showed evident signs of alarm,
declined to visit the ship, and made evasive replies to questions about
his use of the Turkish flag. The impression formed by Commander
Baker on this visit was that Kuwait, in theory an independent
principality, had fallen greatly under Turkish influence, especially
since the accession of Mubarak. Matters remained unchanged until
February 1897, the month in which the Turks sent a sanitary official
to Kuwait, when Shaikh Mubarak suddenly requested an inter
view with Colonel Wilson, the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, or with an agent
deputed by him. In view of the rumours that had prevailed at Constanti
nople a few months previously concerning British interference at
Kuwait the matter was referred to Her Majesty's Government, who
replied that the interview might be granted, subject to the discretion of
the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
; and shortly afterwards it became known that the
object of Shaikh Mubarak was to ask for British protection. Mean
while the " Haripasa" piracy case had been proceeding; and
at the beginning of May, under instructions from Her Majesty's
Government, the Resident in the Gulf was directed to warn the
Shaikh of Kuwait, when he should meet him, that his responsibility
would be enforced if his subjects were not restrained in the future from
committing attacks upon British Bayhlahs ; this order was the first
sign ot a changed view of the political position of the Shaikh
ol Kuwait on the part of Her Majesty's Government. Towards
the middle of J ulv, or about three weeks after the attack attempted
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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'
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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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