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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1080] (1235/1782)
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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1080
Great raid in
Hauran,
1810, and
ostablish-
ment of
Wahhabi in
fluence,
1810-12.
In 1810 the Wahhabis struck terror into the heart of Syria
by a sudden foray into the Hauran district, where, in the
space of three days, they sacked no less than 35 villages; and the
provincial capital of Damascus would probably ha\e fallen, had they
cared to attack it. The northern Anizah in 1810 still refused to pay
Sa'ud tribute, but he refrained from a breach with their chiefs, and by
1812 his influence over the tribe seems to have become established,
for in that year the .Talas or Qalas section yielded him Zakat at a water
ing place only twelve hours distant from Aleppo.
^ABDULLAH-BIN-SA ; OD.
1814-18.
Succession of successor 0 f Sa-'ud was ''Abdullah, his eldest son by his first
wife, whom, according to one account, he had caused to be recognized as
his heir so early as 1805. The last words of Sa'ud are said to have been
an injunction, addressed to 'Abdullah, never to engage the Egyptians in
the open plain,—a counsel which the Wahhabis would have done well to
observe. The succession of 'Abdullah was disputed by an uncle, brother
of Sa'ud, who also was named 'Abdullah; but, though this individual
had a strong following among the ^Ulama of Dara'iyah, he was not
able for long to maintain the contest.
Character As a child ^Abdullah was precocious and at five years of age could
of gallop his mare ; later he became popular among the Bedouins on account
of his liberality and the frankness of his manners. His wife was taken
from a family in the district of Hasa. Before his accession he was regarded
as a paragon of all the virtues; but his career as a ruler, while it justified
his early reputation for courage and skill in war, brought to light a
serious lack of statesmanship. Inability to maintain combined action
among the tribes subject to his authority was perhaps the chief cause of
his failure; and it was observed that, after the death of Sa'ud, the
Wahhabis of the south had to carry on their struggle against the Egyp
tians almost without help from those of the north.
* A portrait of Abdullah will be found in Brydges' Brief Historv of the Wahauiy
(frontispiece).
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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'
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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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