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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1036] (1191/1782)
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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Attempted
surprise »!
Kuwait by
the i^haikb a
enemips,
September
1902.
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Demoaatra-
tion by Ibn-
Kashid
agfaingt
Kuwait,
1902-03.
The most dangerous and direct assault to which Mubarak had yet
been exposed,—one of which the Turkish Government may or may not
have been cognisant, - was arranged in the early autumn of 1902 by
Yusuf-bin-'Abdullah of Dorah and came within a measurable distance
of success: its object was to seize the town of Kuwait by & coup de
main and, probably, to assassinate Shaikh Mubarak. A large boly
of Sharifat Arabs from the Persian side, under the command of
'Adhbi-bin-Muhammad and Hamud-bin-Jarrah, Shaikh MubaraPs
nephews, and well armed with rifles, embarked in boats at Dorah on he
Shatt-al-'Arab; after leaving the river they loitered on tie open sa,
probably waiting for night. News of the expedition was received at
Fao on the 3rd of September by Commander Armstrong of H.IV.S.
" Lapwing/' and he immediately hastened to Kuwait to give the alam,
but he found the town already under arms in consequence of informaiou
which had reached the Shaikh through his own people. The next lay
search was made without success for the enemy and their boats; )ut
on the morning of the 5th they were discovered by the British gunbat
in Khor 'Abdullah ; and two of their Bums, which contained altogetier
100 to 150 Arab riflemen and hoisted 110 flag, were pursued by the arned
boats of the " Lapwing." Headed off from the mouth of the Shttt-
al-'Arab, the fugitives eventually ran their boats ashore in deep mud to
the east of the river, and, concealing themselves in the long grass, opeied
a hot fire at close range on their pursuers. One British bluejacket vas
killed and two were wounded ; but the Bums with their contents, includiflo-
scaling-ladders, were captured and taken away. One of the Bums wxs
subsequently proved to be the personal property of Yusuf-bin-'Abdullah,
and both were ultimately destroyed at sea outside of the three-mile limit.
The later history of this case will be found elsewhere ; but the chief
result, in so far as Kuwait was concerned, was the flight or expulsion of
\ usuf from Turkish'Iraq to Najd, where he attached himself to Ibn-
Rashid. Before leaving the country, however, he took part in a final
attack from Zubair upon tribesmen residing near Jahrah under Shaikh
Mubarak's proteetio n.
TV ith the episode just described serious attempts from without to
overthrow the power o£ Shaikh Mubarak came to an endj and the
attention of the lurks was diverted from Kuwait to Central Arabia,
where a contest between Ibn-Sa'ud and Ibn-Rashid was now being
waged. One other set of small movements in the neighbourhood of
Km\ait remains, however, to be mentioned. In December 1902 Ibn-
Rashid again entered Kuwait territory and advanced within ] 9, hours
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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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