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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1055] (1210/1782)
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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dependent upon either. At one time Gbalib had the advantage, and
during a whole year he held possession of the desert village of Sha'arah
in Najd ; but again he narrowly escaped being surrounded by the
Wahhabis and escaped, with a few followers only, to Bishah, In 1799
Sa'ud, the son of the Wahhabi Amir, came to Makkah on pilgrim
age with a large number of armed followers, and in the next year he
repeated the visit: in the light of later events both of these journeys
should perhaps be regarded as military reconnaissances. In 1801 the
tribes in the vicinity of Taif fell under the influence of the Wahhabis
and were placed by the Amir in charge of a Bedouin Shaikh 'Othman-
al-Madhaifah, who was a brother-in-law of the Sharif Ghalib but had been
for several years at enmity with him.
In 1802 Taif itself, the "Garden of Makkah," situated only a
couple of days' journey to the east of the Holy City, was taken by
'Othman ; the inhabitants, including even children, were mercilessly
put to the sword ; and, before the end of the year, the harbour of
Qunfidah also, on the Red Sea coast, was lost by the Sharif to the
Wahhabis.
In April or May 180-3, after a defence of two or three months'
duration, Makkah succumbed to a loose investment by the Wahhabi
forces which had reduced the inhabitants to great straits for food and
drinkable water, and Sa'ud took possession of the city. During their
stay in Makkah, which was not long, the Wahhabis behaved with con
siderable moderation ; but tombs forming objects of pilgrimage were
razed to the ground ; a Wahhabi reformation of manners and morals
was instituted ; and, before the departure of the army, a W ahhabi
governor was installed in the person of 'Abdul Ma'in, a brother of the
Sharif Ghalib. Ghalib himself, when he found the surrender of Makkah
to be inevitable, had slipped away to Jiddah on the sea, and thither
the Wahhabis followed him, but they were unable to storm the fortifi
cations and after eleven days gave up the attempt. The bulk of the
Harb tribe, however, who had hitherto opposed them, now made sub
mission, and Yanbo' on the coast submitted ; but Madinah, though
beleaguered, still held out, and dysentery had begun in the invaders'
camp.
In July 1803, the bulk of the Wahhabi forces having
then returned to Najd, Ghalib came back from Jiddah, obtained the
surrender of two small Wahhabi garrisons that had been left behind in
Makkah, and resumed the government of the town ; but a little later
he submitted to the Wahhabi ruler and was granted favourable terms.
Capture of
Taif and
Qunfidah
by the
Wabhabis,
1802-03.
Capture of
Makkah by
the Wahhabip,
1803.
Peace and
restoration of
the Sharif of
Makkah,
1803.
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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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