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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1035] (1190/1782)
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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on the border near Safwan took place ; they were generally organised by
Yt'suf of Dorah at Zubair^ and the Turkish garrison at Safwan made
no effort to prevent them ; but in some instances they were answered by
repiisals from the Kuwait side. An attack was made also on Sabiyah,
upon KliOi-as-Sabiyah, by Yusuf of Dorah's men, and some camels were
carried off. On the 28th of May 1902 the Shaikh^s agent at Basrah
WoS arrested, and his house searched, on the charge of his being a
su)scriber to an Arabic newspaper called " Khilafat," at that time
published in London and treated throughout the Ottoman dominions as
a editions print; and having been found guilty of the charge, he was
senenced to ten years' incarceration in a fortress. The result of this
cas was a severe blow to the prestige of the Shaikh of Kuwait'; nor was
the^vent without political significance, for among the papers seized at the
ageit's house were some that cast light upon the Shaikh's relations with
the British Government. The title-deeds of the Shaikh's properties in
Timsh 'Iraq, which fell into the hands of the Ottoman officials by the
sane chance, were subsequently recovered through the good offices of
Brtish diplomacy,—a matter of no little importance to the Shaikh
inasmuch as the land dispute between him and hig nephews was still
uniettled.
Raids on Kuwait territory by Bedouin supporters of Ibn-Rashid still
continued to occur ; and in August 1902 a fight between some of them and
the subjects of the Shaikh of Kuwait took place at a spot, apparently
tte wells of Subaihiyah, only 30 miles from Kuwait itself. At this time
events in jNajd had turned, temporarily, in favour of Ibn-Rashid; and,
ks there was a fear that Shaikh Mubarak might proceed to the assistance
of his ally Ibn-Sa'ud, he was expressly warned by the British Resident,
Colonel Kemball, under orders from His Majesty's Government, not to
encourage any action by which he was likely to become involved in
difficulties with Najd or with the Turkish Government. Meanwhile the
Shaikh, in view of the aggressiveness of enemy, had formally applied to
the Resident for two or three guns, to be mounted on his fort at Jahrah
for defence against Ibn-Rashid in case he should approach from that side;
but the request was refused as it was feared that ie might use the guns,
if supplied, for offensive operations ; and instead he was informed, after the
middle of October 1902, that, if he remained at Kuwait and observed his
engagements to Britain, the British Government would charge themselves
with the defence of such of his districts as adjoined the bay of Kuwait.
The Shaikh expressed himself much disappointed, but he promised to
abide by the advice given him.
Relations of
Kuwait with
Najd and res
tricted guar
antee of
support by
the British
Government,
August to
October 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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- 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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