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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1075] (1230/1782)
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 Dara J iyah, where he was detained under surveillance; but the Shaikh
befoie long* escaped from their custody and made his way through
laman to the port o£ Mokha, whence he returned by sea to Masqat.
At the end of the year, when the piratical port of Ras-al-Khaimah was
attacked by a British armament, it was stated that Mutlaq, the Wahhabi
leadei at Baraimi, had moved to the assistance of the
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
; but, if
he did, he arrived too late. In 1812 piracy again revived upon the
coast subject to the
Qawasim
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
; but the connection of the Wahhabis with
the outbreak, if they had any, was not clear.
We have already adverted to the interference of the Wahhabis in a dynas
tic quarrel at Masqat in the year 1805. The result of the struggle there
was favourable to the Wahhabi protege Saiyid Badar, who
obtained the chief power and ruled Masqat from 1805 to 1807 ; but
m the latter year he was assassinated by his cousin Saiyid Sa'id, Wahhabi
influence at Masqat received a severe check, and a garrison which the
Wahhabis had placed at Barkah fled from their post. The new sovereign,
Saiyid Sa'id, professed a favourable disposition towards Ibn-Sa'ud, who
continued to be represented at Masqat by a
political agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
and some
religious emissaries • but the Wahhabis were perfectly well aware of the
Saiyid's secret hostility to their influence; and in 1809, after Sa'id had
evaded compliance with an order to proceed in the Wahhabi interest
against Kuwait, the VV ahhabi general Mutlaq-al-Mutairi was sent to
Baiaimi with orders to organise and conduct a campaign against him.
It was at this point that the British expedition against Ras-al-Khaimah
took place, designed partly for the chastisement of the Qaeimi pirates
and paitly for the relief of the ruler of Masqat from the Wahhabi danger •
it ended eaily, in 1S10, with the recovery of the Saiyid's town of Shinas
from the grasp of the Wahhabis, by whom it had been seized; but the
effect of the operations was temporary and in the end probably unfavour
able to the interests of Masqat. In 1811 Mutlaq, nothing daunted,
pioceeded with his task of subjugating 'Oman ; after an unsuccessful
blockade of Barkah and Matrah, he made himself master of Hisn Samail
in the heait of the Saiyid s dominions; and, having placed a garrison in
that fort, he withdrew again to Baraimi. In 1812 the Saiyid's subjects,
aided by a Persian contingent, retook Hisn Samail; but this success was
followed by a severe engagement in the neighbourhood of Izki, in which
the ; Omanis and their allies were completely worsted. In the same year, or
perhaps in 1813, the Wahhabis took a fearful revenge on Saiyid Sa'id;
their forces, accompanied by Turki and Faisal, two sons of the VV ahhabi
Amir, devastated the districts of Masqat and Eastern Hajar; and they
77 a
Action of the
Wahhftbis in
the 'Oman
Sultanate.
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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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