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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1093] (1248/1782)
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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Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
lingered at the coast until the 17th of November, when
he finally sailed from Jiddah for Qusair.
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MASHARI-BIN-SA J tjD.
1819-23.
Soon after the withdrawal of the bulk of the Egyptian forces from
Najd, Mashan, a brother of the late Amir, perhaps the same who had
escaped from custody before the evacuation, gathered a party and assumed
authority m Najd, apparently in defiance of the Egyptians. The Egyptian
occupation, however, was still to some extent maintained. In 1822 a
reinforcement of 700 cavalry was sent to 'Anaizah in Qasim ; orders were
issued by Muhammad 'Ali that a fort should be built at Dara'iyah for the
reception of an Egyptian garrison j and a little later 100 Egyptian cavalry
stationed at Riyadh, which had now apparently supplanted Dara'iyah
as the capital of Southern Najd, were surprised and cut up by
Bedouins in the neighbourhood. The manner in which Mashari's rule
ended is uncertain; possibly, as one authority seems to indicate, he was
overthrown by the Bani Khalid governors of Flasa, or, as stated by
another, he fell into the hands of the Egyptians and was put to death.
TURKI-BIN-' ABDULLAH.
1824-34.
General and internal history, 1824-34.
Mashari was succeeded by a relative named Turki, belonging to an Expulsion of
elder branch of the A1 Sa'ud family; the father of Turki was one j;! 16 %yp- -
Abdullah, a son of Muhammad-bin-Sa'ud, the first Wahhabi Amir. ^
Turki seems to have come into power by expelling an Egyptian detachment
from Riyadh, and to have obtained immediate recognition among his
fellow-countrymen as head of the Wahhabi cause. After his first success,
which occurred at the end of 1823 or beginning of 1824, Turki appears to
have undertaken offensive operations further to the westward; and, from
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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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