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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1041] (1196/1782)
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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waB able to protract matters for a couple of years by declining to submit
to the jurisdiction of the Turkish courts ; but in December 1901, the
Turks having 1 resolved to break down his opposition to their authority
at Kuwait, he was called upon to defend his case in a Basrah tribunal
and, on his failing to do so, judgment was given against him in default,
and he was ordered to make over the estate at Zain to his nephews.
Shaikh Mubarak at once appealed to the Sultan of Turkey with the
result that, early in 1903, an Imperial Irade was issued for the appoint
ment of a Commission to settle the whole dispute between him and his
nephews. After much difficulty and delay a settlement was arranged by
Haji Mansur, representing Shaikh Mubarak, and 'Abdul Wahhab-al-
Qirtas, representing the opposite side, in communication with Mr. Crow,
H. B. M. ; s Consul at Basrah, who, under instructions from Con
stantinople, had been admitted to a share in the proceedings; and this
settlement, after being approved by the Commission and accepted by the
parties, was embodied in a deed executed at Basrah on the 11th of
July 1904 and attested, not only by the Wali of Basrah and his Council,
but also—at the request of Shaikh Mubarak—by the British
Consul. The general effect of the settlement "was to confer on Shaikh
Mubarak undivided ownership and possession of the whole property
at Fao, while an absolute and exclusive title to the Gardilan,
'Ajairawiyah, Zain and Sufiyah estates and a money payment of
£T7,296| was obtained by the opposite party. The share of the nephews
in ancestral moveable property at Kuwait was mentioned in the deed but
was not affected by it, the rights and shares of both parties therein
being maintained unaltered; but the title of Shaikh Mubarak to certain
moveable property at Kuwait was expressly validated.
Early in 1904 the Shaikh applied for a loan of Rs, 1,00,000 from
the Government of India to enable him to carry out the terms arranged ;
and this was readily granted, without interest, on condition that he
should not borrow from any other lender without the consent of His
Majesty^s Government until the debt had been repaid in full, and
that repayment should be completed by the end of 1905. The Shaikh,
who has always shown himself a good man of business, discharged the
obligation nearly a year before expiry of the period fixed.
A peculiar incident, which gave some trouble at the time but had
no political consequences, occurred at the Shaikh's Fao estate on the 10th
of October 1904, when the Shaikh's land agent brought off to
H.M.S. " Merlinthe dead bodies of an Arab man and woman
together with three Turkish gendarmes in custody, by whom, he alleged,
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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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