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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1059] (1214/1782)
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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among 1 whom Muhammad Baig-, the most important, was suspected
of correspondence with the \\ ahhabis, marched again for Basrah
His way was barred at Thaj in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Miyah by Sa'ud, son of the
ahhabi Amir, and the armies remained halted opposite to each other
for three days, during- which neither ventured to attack the other in
foice. A truce for six years between the Wahhabis and the Pashaliq
was then arranged, in May 1799 j and, to obtain ratification of the same, a
Wahhabi envoy returned with the Kehiyah to Baghdad. Meanwhile Sa'ad
visited Hasa; rewarded the garrisons of Kut-al-Hofuf and Qasr Sahud ; and
punished those who had submitted to the Turks in the usual Wahhabi
manner, by wholesale confiscation of their property. Matters between
the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and the Amir were eventually adjusted at Baghdad, but
not without some extraordinary displays of arrogance on the part of
the Wahhabi delegate.*
The chief result of this ill-managed expedition was to inspire
the Wahhabis with contempt for the Turkish troops, and in these
circumstances it is no matter for surprise that the truce was, after
the fust, but indifferently observed by the TV ah habis ; nor were
they entirely without excuse, for presently a Persian pilgrim
caravan, escorted by a Wahhabi guard, was attacked and olandered
between Hillah and Najaf by local Arabs whom it was the duty of the
Turks to restrain. Roving bands of plunderers now appeared again in the
vicinity of Basrah; and at length, in 1801 a crowning humiliation
at the hands of the Wahhabis overtook Sulaiman
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, which
shortened his days, c< spread a gloom over the Muhammadan world,
and elated to a high degree the character and confidence of the
sectaries
On the morning of the 18th of Zul Hijjeh, corresponding apparently Sack of
to Wednesday the ^Oth of April 1801, a Wahhabi host suddenly Karb a lab y
appeared before Karbala, which at the time was partially deserted in bis! 20th a *
consequence of a pilgrimage to Najaf,— a circumstance that doubtless April 180L
had not escaped the observation of the enemy. The strength of the
invaders on this occasion has been estimated by more than one authority
at not less than 6,000 camels, mostly carrying two men. After halting
and pitching a small camp in the gardens on the west side of the town,
and after detaching two bodies which took up positions to the north and
south, the Wahhabis proceeded to attack a gate opposite the Khaimahgah
* A ludiomis scene which occurred at the Wahhabi envoy's firit rseept^on hy the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
is well described by Sir H. J. Brydges, who was an eye-witn^s; see hi®,
Wahauly, pages 23-27
76 a
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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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