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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1083] (1238/1782)
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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The defeated force, of whom not less than 5,000 men are said to have
fallen, partly in narrow valleys among which they became entangled
in their flight, consisted chiefly of southern Wahhabis from Yaman ; but
a northern contingent under Faisal, a brother of the Wahhabi Amir, were
present, and the survivors among these earned back news of the disaster
to Najd.
The battle of Bisal was the turning point in the contest between the Successful
expedition of
Egyptians and the Wahhabis, and the scene of operations was soon after the Egyp-
this transferred to the north ; but the conquest of the south was first in t ^ e
completed by the capture of Turabah and by a march of the victorious
troops to Kanyah and Bishah, whence they returned to the coast near
Qunfidah. This southern expedition, though successful from the military
point of view, occasioned a great expenditure of life and resources ; of 4,000
troops who started on it only 1,500 returned, completely exhausted ; and
of 10,000 camels, half of which had been captured from the enemy at
Bisal, only 300 lived to reach Makkah. A letter demanding his sub
mission was addressed to Ibn-Sa'ud by Muhammad 'Ali.
First invasion of Qasim by the Egyptians and resulting treaty,
1815.
We now return to the north, where the fate of the Wahhabi power Tusun Pashd
was eventually decided. In June 1814 the Harb tribe, in consequence
of the murder of one of their Shaikhs by the Egyptian governor of
Madinah, had closed the communications between that place and the coast,
and in August Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was despatched by his father to arrange
matters. This he succeeded in doing, after some difficulty at Jadaid and
not without great concessions made to the Arabs; and in October 1814he
reached Madinah with about 500 cavalry and 300 infantry, the former of
whom he immediately sent to Hanakiyah to watch the Wahhabis of Najd
and to make raids into their territory. In the course of the autumn of
1814, and especially on the occasion of the Hajj, Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
received, as
we have already seen, considerable reinforcements; and in the early spring
of 1815, when the news of the Wahhabi disaster at Bisal began to pro
duce its effect in Najd, he was ready to take advantage of proposals
that were now made to him by many of the leaders in Central Arabia,
particularly by the chief men of Glasim. In January 1815 the Wahhabi
sent to Madi-
nah, 1814.
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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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