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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1072] (1227/1782)
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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Arrival of
M uhamraad
'All in Hijaz
and deporta
tion of the
Sharif Gha-
lib, 1813
Unsucceneful
expedition of
TtisQn
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
against Tum-
bith, 1813.
1072
On the 28th of Auo-ust IB! J, Mnhammad 'Ali, who had received strict
orders from Constantinople to proceed in person to Hijaz and feared that lift
mig-ht lose the Pashaliq of Egypt if he did not obey, arrived at Jiddah;
he brought with hira a reinforcement of 2,000 infantry; and in the
meantime 2,000 cavalry and 8,000 transport camels had been despatched
by the laud route from Egypt. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at once turned his attention
to the problem of provisioning his forces, which had become one of
great urgency, for the Turkish garrisons of Makkah and Taif depended
on the port of Jiddah for their supplies and transport wag so scarce
that it was hardly possible to forward them as fast as they were required.
Sea transport, too, was inadequate; and to supplement this deficiency
Muhammad Ali took up the whole of the shipping of Jiddah and
Yanbo' and arranged to hire 20 vessels for one year from Saiyid Said of
Masqat. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
quickly conceived a distrust of Ghalib, partly on
account of the failure of the latter to provide camels when called upon
to do so, and partly because it was obvious that the Arabs regarded the
^hai if as their protector equally against the Wahhabis and the Egyptians.
Muhammad 'Ali's suspicions led before long to the arrest of Ghalib by
artifice, followed by his deportation to Turkey, where he died of plague
at Salonika in 1816; but the local effect of this stroke of policy was unfor
tunate and caused the flight of many influential Arabs to the Wahhabi
camp. Among these was Rajah, a relation of Ghalib, whom the Wahhabi
Amir appointed his representative in Hijaz in place of 'Othman.
Such being the position of affairs, Muhammad 'Ali, at the end of
October or beginning of November 1813, determined on an expedition
against Turabah, where Rajah had now 6 x ed his headquarters and where
mam others of the adherents of Ghalib had assembled. I he
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had
succeeded in collecting a small quantity of supplies at Taif, and he
therefore ordered his son Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to advance from that place with
- ,000 men and provisions for 30 days. The force was delayed on the
way by troublesome hill operations against the 'Ataibah, and their
provisions were almost exhausted before they came in sight of Turabah
w ere ued the Buqum tribe, presided over by an old woman named
u-haliyah whom the Turks regarded as a sorceress. After one un
successful attack on Turabah a retirement was commenced, and Ihe
Sf lT;^ 17 by the during a four days'retreat to
V f raen ^ the Way ; 0n this 0CCasi0 ^ as in the disaster at
exertil f r' ^ fr0rn Utter destruction through the
Scottish A h ^ COmmandei ' ^conded bv his faithful
Scottish Agha. As Taif was the only point from which operations
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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