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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1053] (1208/1782)
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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the Whahabis proceeded largely from persons, such as the Sharifs of
Makkah, whose pecuniary interests the discouragement of honours paid
to the memories and tombs of the illustrious dead threatened to affect;
and, on the other, that the common herd of Wahhabis, while they did
not understand the higher principles at issue but rather dwelt with narrow-
minded complacency on such details as the prohibition of gold and silk
attire, of rosaries, and of tobacco, revelled in the pillage and plunder which
the punishment of the unbelievers rendered lawful and even obligatory.
With Christians and Jews the early Wahhabis did not come much in
contact; but their feelings towards such appear to have been much less
bitter than towards those whom they regarded as false Muhammadans.
These preliminary observations will be illustrated by the history
Avhich follows of the Wahhabi power in Najd.
MUHAMMAD-BIN-SA'UD, before 1765.
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lernaps
The first secular chief to adopt Wahhabi principles, and to bring his
policy and administration into harmony with them, was Muhammad-
bin-Sa'ud, Shaikh of DaiViyah, in whose town and under whose protec
tion the reformer Muhammad or J Abdul Wahhab lived during the later
and most active part of his career. Muhammad-bin-Sa^ud belonged to a
family, known as the A1 Maqran, of the Misalikh section of the Wald
'Ali division of the 'Anizah tribe; and from the name of his father was
derived the alternative family name of Al Sa'ud, which has been trans
mitted to his descendants, and in virtue of which the Wahhabi Amir is
to the present day called " Ibn-Sa'ud/-' in contradistinction to "]bn~
Rashid, " the Amir for the time being of Jabal Shammar. At the time
of his adopting Wahhabi beliefs Muhammad-bin-Sa'ud was at feud with
Daham-bin- Haus, Shaikh of the neighbouring town of Riyadh : and the
strength which Wahhabism gave to his cause enabled him to break the
power of this rival, whom he at first reduced to the position of a tributary.
He also carried his arms into the eastern province of Hasa; but against
the Bani Khalid Shaikhs, who for about a century had been predominant
in that region, he failed to obtain any success,*
* According to another account however, Muhammad, though he achieved the
nuification of a great part of Central Arabia, including po-iaihly Jabal Shammar, made it
his maxim " not to undermine the cliff, " or, in other words, not to provoke neio-hbour-
ing powe s of dangerous strength. If so, his policy of caution and restraint must very
soon have been abandoned by his successor for one of aggression.
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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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