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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1034] (1189/1782)
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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Island, where it had been established onlv a fortnight before. In
March the Turkish garrison of Basrah was largely increased, and
it was feared that the occupation of ITaqaijah and possibly of
Sabiyah, two places on the mainland opposite to the west side of
Hubiyan, was contemplated; by way of forestalling such a movement
Shaikh Mubarak was advised to occupy Haqaijah effectively, which
he did by placing 40 men there. About the same time it transpired at
Constantinople that the Turks no longer regarded Kadhamah in Kuwait
bay as the probable terminus of the Baghdad railway; and it was
reported that their attention had now been directed, in this connection,
to Khor ^Abdullah and its branches. His Majesty^s Government consi
dered that, on the information available as to previous ownership, it
would neither be safe to contend that the establishment of Turkish
posts at Umm Qasr and on Bubiyan was a breach of the status quo nor
justifiable to demand their abolition; but the Porte were informed
that their occupation of those places could not be regarded as prejudi
cing the rights of the Shaikh of Kuwait. Incidentally, in the course of
these discussions. His Majesty's Government informed the Government
of India that they acknowledged Kuwait to be a part of the Ottoman
dominions, subject however to the qualifications on which they had
always insisted, viz., that the Sultan's authority was of an unsubstan
tial character, and that the Shaikh enjoyed a large measure of practical
independence; but this view was not, it should be observed, communi
cated to the Porte, as had at one time been intended. Shaikh Mubarak
was so alarmed by the new Turkish policy of gradual encroachment that
in March he offered the Wall of Basrah a large bribe, which was not
accepted, in order that it might fee stopped.
In April 1902 the Shaikh complained of the attempted occupation
of M usallamiyah Island, at the southern end of his territories or sphere
of influence, by a Turkish detachment from Qatif ; butj as it appeared
that the island might legitimately be regarded as falling within the
lurkish Sanjaq of Hasa, he received no encouragement from the
British Government to contest the rightfulness of the Turkish claim.
Other means The Turkish Government meanwhile resorted to other means besides
the Turks to territorial encroachment of harassing the Shaikh of Kuwait and making
him repent his estrangement from them. A serious claim in respect of
the family estates situated on the Shatt-al-'Arab was brought against
him by his fugitive nephews in the Turkish courts ; and the sequestra
tion of some of the lands, pendente Hie, caused him pecuniary incon
venience. Frequent raids upon the flocks and herds of Kuwait subjects
narass the
Shaikh of
Kuwait,
1902.
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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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- '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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