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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1086] (1241/1782)
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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1086
Egyptian
victory at
Jabal Mawi-
vah,1817.
Unsuccessful
siege of Rass
by the Egyp
tians, 1817.
Capture of
Khabrah and
'Anaizali by
the Egyp
tians, 1817.
Shaqrah
taken, 22nd
January
1818.
of Egyptian cavalry behind them and suffered heavy loss, the Egyptians
themselves escaping with less than 20 casualties.
At the request of the friendly Arabs, whom the Bedouins of the
Wahhabis had now begun to annoy, a force with two guns was sent by
the Egyptian commander to Jabal Mawiyah, on the road from Ilanaki-
yah to Rass, and was there attacked by the enemy under the Amir
' Abdullah; the result of this engagement was very unfavourable
to the Wahhabis, whose bleaching skeletons still strewed the plain
when it was traversed by Captain Sadleir in September 1819; and
the Amir himself fled through Rass to 'Andzah in Qasim. Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who was in the rear and did not arrive until the fighting was
over, followed the barbarous example of the "Wahhabis upon this occasion
by putting allhis prisoners to death. Having collected his entire force
at Mawiyah, to the *number of 1,200 cavalry and 4,000 infantry, he
advanced against Rass and was openly joined by the Shaikh of the Mutair
tribe, who had a feud against the Wahhabi Amir; on the way, appa
rently, he made an excursion against the 'Anizah tribe.
Arrived before Rass, Ibrahim prepared to carry that place at once; but
the walls resisted the fire of his artillery for three days; and, when a
breach haxl been opened, his troops were repulsed with heavy loss in
attempting to storm it. The siege was then continued without success
for three and a half months, and was ultimately abandoned. The Egyp
tians lost some 900 men killed and 1,000 wounded in these operations, and
they expended 400 camel loads of small arms ammunition and 30,000
artillery rounds, but the casualties among the besieged only amounted to 50
killed and 70 wounded. A sort of agreement was apparently formed with
the inhabitants of Hass, under which the fate of their town should be
decided by that of 'Anaizah, the capital of Qasim.
The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
consoled himself for his failure at Rass by taking Khabrah,
which only stood one day's siege. He next advanced against 'Anaizah,
while the Amir 'Abdullah retreated upon Buraidah; 'Anaizah fell after a
six days' bombardment; and the Amir then retired southwards to
Shaqrah, where he remained during the next two months. Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
occupied Buraidah on its evacuation by 'Abdullah, and the whole
of Qasim submitted to the Egyptians.t
On the 13th of January 1818, Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
arrived near Shaqrah,
the principal place in Washam, and reconnoitred the environs with 800
less.
Captain Sadleii makes the strength of the Egyptians at this time very much
t Sadleir gives a somewhat different version of this part of the campaign.
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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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