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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1084] (1239/1782)
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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1084
Amir was in Qasim, prepared to oppose the movements of Tusun; but on
learning- of the disaster at Bisal he returned to Dara'iyah, dreading- it
would appear, an advance against his capital by the Egyptian forces in
the south.
Tl V 6° C p«.h 0 f Ab0Ut the end March 1815 ' TS6iin Pft6ha ,eft for Qa6im , whither
into yasim, liad already despatched about 400 cavalry; he took with him 200 or
March. Ma y, 3 00 cav al r y, 400 infantry and about 400 transport camels ; and a few
hundred Bedouins of the Harb and Mutair also followed his standard.
On the way he halted for a month at Hanakiyah, and while there
he received orders from Muhammad 'Ali to return to Madinah; but Tusun
who was now his father's equal in rank, declined to obey the command!
Muhammad 'Ali, it should be observed, was now at Madinah, where he
had arrived unexpectedly on the I4th of April, after his son's departure;
but his time there was fully occupied in dealing with local troubles!
Early in May Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
arrived in Qasim, and he was joined at Raas
by his political friends among the Qusman and by the cavalry whom he
had despatched in advance; but Hijailan, the principal man in Qasim,
who was warmly attached to the cause of Ibn Sa'ud, would have no
dealings with him and instead collected a hostile force at Buraidah.
position of 0 , n tbe arnval oi the Amir 'Abdullah at Shinanah, with a consider-
the Egyp- a jle iorce, both Hedoum and non-Bedouin, Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
found himself
Qa^J n May- m p0sitio11; for the Wahhabis were able to prevent his drawing
June 1815. su PP li es from any but a few of the nearer villages, and in the meantime
a detachment of 250 horsemen, sent as a reinforcement from Madinah,
had been surrounded and cut up by Wahhabis on the road. This ill-fated
party was commanded by Ibrahim Agha or Thomas Keith, whom Tusun
a had left in chaige of Madinah as governor, and who sustained his
eputation foi courage to the last by killing four of the enemy with hie
own hand before he fell. Meanwhile Muhammad 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who showed
teiest iii his son s operations but rather appeared jealous of his
ievements, hurriedly left \anbo' on the 20th of May and returned to
gvpt: m extenuation of his conduct it is alleged that his health had
ered by his residence in Arabia, and that he feared an attack by the
1 urkish fleet upon his port of Alexandria.
return of ^ SS . ^ Egyptians was not, it would seem, fully apparent
Tusun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
to ^ ahhabis, or the Amir i. 4.1 £ u +
to Madinah, milRf • .1 , . ' believin ^ tha t the resources of Egypt
June 1815. ie . eiI i I )ievai ' over his own more slender means, thought it
1 0 r ^ e ^ 10m ^ ie contest; whatever the reason, 'Abdullah readily
to t ie suggestions for a settlement which now proceeded from
tieaty was ananged by which the Amir abandoned his claim
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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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- 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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