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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1047] (1202/1782)
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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soon after Captain Knox^s arrival at Kuwait, the Shaikh received a corii-
munication from Basrah suggesting that he should profit by the visit of
certain Russian officials, then at Basrah, to obtain a reconciliation with
the fuiks; and it was added that the Russian and French Governments,
if the Shaikh consented to receive a Russian and a French Consul at
Kuwait, would guarantee the arrangements made. The exact source of
this message, to which Shaikh Mubarak sent a formal and meaningless
re plyj was not discovered. In September 1905 Mr. Bahnson, represent
ing the German firm of W onckhaus and Company in Bahrain, arrived in
Kuwait to enquire into prospects of trade, but the Shaikh did not allow
him to remain long.
I
Internal affairs of the Kuwait principality, 1904-07.
Dynastic
matters.
Previously to the appointment of a British
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at Kuwait,
no cognisance at all was taken by the British political authorities of the
internal affairs of the Kuwait Shaikhdom ; and after that event only
so much attention was given them as the interest of the British Govern
ment in the general prosperity and stability of the Shaikh's Govern
ment warranted. It appeared that no one could be more competent than
Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait to manage his own affairs.
Two of the sons of Shaikh Mubarak died in 1906, one of them beino-
Fahad, his youngest, who two years before had been sent for medical treat
ment to India. The establishment of a British dispensary in Kuwait was
partially due to the solicitude of the Shaikh for the life of this child.
Notwithstanding a great increase in the trade of the port the Shaikh Finances,
enhanced all taxation at Kuwait, and some discontent was occasioned
thereby. Custom duties, in particular, were augmented; but care
continued to be shown for the convenience of merchants, for the
reception of whose goods a stone warehouse, spacious and secure, was
provided, and the Customs Departmeut in general, under the
management of one of the Shaikh's slaves, appeared to be well adminis
tered. Export and import duties by land were likewise increased :
and in 1907 there were complaints of new and burdensome dues levied
on the pilgrims of the Kuwait Hajj at their return. The most serious
grievance of the tax-payer was, however, a sudden demand, made in
January 1907, on the owners of houses in Kuwait town built on land
which had been provided free by the Shaikh. A large part of the
II
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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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