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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1029] (1184/1782)
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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Kuwait townsmen and refugees from Najd. At the beginning of
February 1901 the Shaikh was compelled, by the defection of some of his
Mutair allies, to fall back into the neighbourhood of Kuwait; but the
check was of short duration. He had before this been informed by
letter of the desire of the British Government that he should abstain
from compromising displays of activity; and, as he had disregarded
the advice, it was thought inexpedient to repeat it. The account of his
subsequent Central Arabian expedition will be found in the history of
-^ajd. At the outset it w T as a brilliant success : Qasim was occupied ;
the son of Ibn-Sa'ud was appointed titular governor of Riyadh j some
members of the family of Ibn-Rashid entered into negotiations with the
triumphant invader ; and Mubarak strengthened his position among his
Bedouin adherents by espousing a daughter of Sultan-ad-Dawish, a
leading chief of the Mutair. A severe engagement, however, which
took place on the 17th of March at Sarif, about 20 miles north-east of
Buraidah in Qasim, though it was attended by heavy loss on both sides,
so altered the aspect of affairs that Shaikh Mubarak was obliged to beat
a hasty retreat from Najd. Much anxiety prevailed in Kuwait and
rumours that the Shaikh himself was among the slain had obtained
currency there, when, on the 31st of March, he regained his capital safe
and unwounded, followed at an interval of four days by Ibn-Sa^ud and
Sa'dun. The dispersed Kuwaitan army straggled home in small
detachments during the following month ; but there were at least 50 *
who never returned, among them the Shaikh's brother Hamud with
his son Subah and the Shaikh's nephew Khalifah, all of whom fell in
the battle of the 17th March.
The seriousness of the situation created by this adventure was Visit of the
quickly brought home to the Shaikh. It seemed to be the intention of Wali of
the '! urkish Government to make the Mushir of Baghdad their agent Kuwaft and
in investigating the affair from their side,—a measure which would
have deprived Shaikh Mubarak of the benefit of his understanding with for British
Muhsin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and might even have brought that official himself into
trouble ; but, for the time being, the negotiations remained in the hands
of the Wali. Muhsin
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was the guest of the Shaikh at Kuwait
from the 19th to the 23rd of May 1901, and he took advantage
of Mubarak's dejection and alarm to press on him the acceptance of a
Turkish military garrison at Kuwait. The Shaikh, however, while he
treated his visitor with respect and courtesy and even accompanied him
* Possibly the loss was greater than 50. Local tradition already had it in 1907 that
no less than 700 townsmen of Kuwait fell, of whom 150 were put to deith as prisoners,
in cold blood, after the battle !
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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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