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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1027] (1182/1782)
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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Basrah the head of the Commission had given out that it was the
intention of the promoters of the railway to deal with Turkey direct and
to ignore the Shaikh of Kuwait.
These proceedings of the Baghdad Railway Commission made it
necessary that the views of Britania in regard to Kuwait should be stated
clearly to the Porte and the German Government. Accordingly, on the
15th April 1900, His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople,
in the course of an interview with the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs,,
insisted on the fact that ; athough the British Government did not wish to
interfere with the Sultan's authority in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, still they were
desirous of maintaining the status quo, and could not view with indifference
any action which would alter it or give to another power rights or privileges
over territory belonging to the Shaikh of Kuwait. On the same day Sir
N. O'Conor saw the German Ambassador, and, in order that no doubt
should remain in his mind, placed before him in explicit terms the British
position with reference to Kuwait, making it clear that the Shaikh was
not at liberty to cede or in any way to alienate to the Baghdad Railway
Company either Kadhamah or any part of his territory, without the
consent of Her Majesty's Government.
We may now resume the main thread of our narrative. In the
summer of 1900 there began a series of movements which led, first, to a
remarkable incursion by Mubarak into the very heart of Central Arabia,
and eventually to the restoration of the Wahhabi dynasty in Southern
Najd. Since 1897, 'Abdur Rahman Ibn-Sa'ud, the rival in Najd of
'Abdur 'Aziz Ibn-Rashid, had been residing at Kuwait as a pensioner of
the Shaikh,—a circumstance in itself sufficient to predispose Ibn-
Rashid to enmity against Mubarak. The natural resentment of the
Shammar Amir against the harbourer of his enemy had doubtless been
inflamed by Mubarak's fugitive nephews and Yusuf of Dorah, who early
sought Ibn-Rashid's assistance and by 1900 appeared to have become his
permanent clients. How exactly hostilities in the interior commenced is
uncertain ; this much is known, that Ibn-Sa'ud departed from Kuwait
in August 1900 and in the following month, having achieved some
substantial successes, appealed to his protector Mubarak for reinforce
ments, About the same time or a little later, from his haunt on the
Euphrates, Sa'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, a Muntafik outlaw of Turkish 'Iraq, raided
some of the nearer tribes dependent on Ibn-Rashid •, and indications
were not wanting of his having acted, in this matter, in collusion with
the Shaikh of Kuwait. Shaikh Mubarak himself was absent from his
capital while the French Government vessel a Drome "was at Kuwait
F A
British
declaration to
Turkey and
Germany in
regard to in
Kuwait,
April 1900.
Outbreak of
hostilities
in Central
Arabia, 1900.
l.h i i
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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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