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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1078] (1233/1782)

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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1078
tTnsuccessfuI
Wahhabi
attack on
Zubair and
Basrah, 1S04.
Turkish ex
pedition from
Hillah
against the
Wahhflbis,
1804-05.
Unsuccessful
Wahhabi
attacks on
Najaf, Samft-
wah and
Zubair, 1806.
sugpecied of having instigated, a force of Wah ha hi 8 plundered the
environs of Najaf ; but when the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who had now taken into his
counsels a chief named Faris of the northern Sham mar, advanced against
them, they retired without fighting.
In 1804 Wahhabi troops overran the neighbourhood of Zubair and
Basrah, but, though they captured a Shaikh of the Muntafik tribe and
by his means brought pressure to bear on his brother, who was
governor of Zubair, they were unable to make any impression upon either
place. A tower, however, covering the water supply of Zubair, was
destroyed by an accidental explosion in which the whole garrison
perished, after having successfully resisted the attempts of the Wahhabis
during several days.
In November 18U4 'AH Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the ali of Baghdad, determined to
try conclusions with the Wahhabis and moved out to Hillah with an
expeditionary force; he was accompanied by 'Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , by whom
the last attempt had been made in 1803 to conduct the Syrian Hajj from
Damascus to Madmah, and also by his own Arab adviser Faris. The
troops remained inactive at Hillah until early in 1805, when a
column of 400 picked men was detached, apparently to seek a combat
with the enemy in the desert ; but their operations seem to have begun
and ended with a \isit to Ain Said in the modern Qadha of Samawah,
of w Inch place the inhabitants had hitherto professed T\ r ahhabism but
now leadih submitted to the power of the Turks. A few days after
theii departure Sa ud arrived on the spot and reproached those who had
made submission to the infidel, but the people were apparently disinclined
to change sides again and even resented his threats, and a number of
the inhabitants of the district migrated towards Baghdad in order to be
out of the way of his vengeance.
In April 1806, after making a raid on the Dhafir and 'Anizah
Bedoums, 'Abdullah-bm-Sa'ud, doubtless in reprisal for the action of the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad in the previous year, attacked Najaf and Samawah,
but without success, and in the following month he sustained a further
reverse at Zubaii. At Najaf the Wahhabis, whose presence in the
neighbourhood was not suspected, succeeded in gaining the walls by
night, hut the inhabitants of the town rushed to arms and drove them
out again with heavy loss. Samawah was found prepared; and 'Abdul-
ah. after some attempts on the place which were characterised chiefly by
indecision, was fain to retire with a still greater number of casualties
t an he had sustained at Najaf. He next appeared before Zubair and
asi and > thoil & h the surrounding country was at this time Hooded

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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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