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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1067] (1222/1782)
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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to his foes on account o£ his consistent refusal to grant quarter to any who
opposed him in arms. In the hostilities in Hijaz during the latter part of
Sa^ud's rule not a single instance, it is said, occurred of a Turkish soldiers
life being spared by a Wahhabi. On the other hand " Aman " or quarter,
either partial and extending in that case to little but life, or complete and
extending to both life and property, was invariably granted to such as made
submission; and, when granted, it was most honourably observed. The
honour of women was in all circumstances strictly respected.
W e have dwelt at some length upon these particulars because they
make the course of Wahhabi history more intelligible ; and it is probable
that, even at the present day, some such system as that which prevailed
in the time of Sa^ud constitutes the Wahhabi ideal of good government.
Internal history of Najd, 1803-1814.
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The great activity of the Wahhabis under Sa'ud beyond their own
borders tended to obscure such events as occurred in Najd, and hostility
and the absence of communication between the people of Najd and their
neighbours made the veil over Central Arabian affairs almost impene
trable. A n internal rebellion, of which the exact time and circumstances are
not known, is said to have taken place in the district or Hanq, but it was
apparently suppressed. In 1808 there was scarcity in the interior, where
drought had then prevailed for two or three years. By 1809, at latest, the
northern oasis of Jauf-al-'Amir had been added to the Wahhabi dominions
for in that year the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Damascus made an effort, which ended in
nothing, to organise an expedi tion against the place. Sa'ud died of fever
at Dara'iyah in the spring of 1814 ; the exact date is given as the IGlh or
17th of April, and his age at his death is stated to have been 68 years.*
Proceedings of the Wahhabis in Western Arabia, 1803-1814.
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The conquest of the Turkish districts of the Red Sea littoral was Madinah
completed by the Wahhabis under Sa'ud-bin-'Abdul'Aziz. Madinah
succumbed to a blockade in the spring of 1804 and was treated w^th some 1804.
* Burckhardt *ays 45 or 50 years, but this seems almost incoiisistem with his
statement that a child ot: one of Sa'ud's younger sous was^presented to the Amir at
Makkah on one of his visits there.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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