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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1138] (1261/1782)
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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advice to the Shaikh of Bahrainjagainst entangling himself in Wahhabi
affairs in 1878, and their indifference to the proposals of 'Abdullah-bin-
Thanaiyan in 1880 have already been mentioned above.
INTERREGNUM,
1887-1902.
Conquest of Southern Najd by the Amir of Jabal Shammar,
1887-92.
Administra
tion of
Southern
Najd usurped
by Ibn-
Rashid,
1887-88.
Partial suc
cess of the
A1 Sa'ud
against Ibn-
Uashid,
1890.
On learning of the displacement of the Amir 'Abdullah by his
nephew Muhammad-bin-Sa'ud, the Amir of Jabal Shammar—at this
time Muhammad-bin- J Abdullah, Ibn-Rashid-—marched against Riyadh,
which capitulated and opened its gates to him after a short defence, At
his departure Ibn-Rashid carried the deposed Amir away with him to Hail,
leaving an agent of his own at Riyadh to carry on the administration of
the Wahhabi districts with the assistance of Muhammad-bin-Faisal, a
brother of the ex-Amir; and he at once informed the Turks of his success,
which he pretended to have achieved in their name. In August 1888,
possibly at the suggestion of the ex-Amir 'Abdullah, the agent of Ibn-
Rashid at Riyadh hunted down and killed, in Kharj, Muhammad,
Sa'ad and 'Abdullah, the only surviving sons—-except 'Abdul 'Km
who shared his uncle's captivity at Hail-—of the former Wahhabi Amir
Sa'ud-bin-Faisal. This massacre, perpetrated with impunity by the
Shammar agent with a retinue of only 18 men, was an illustration
of the paralysing prestige which the northern Amir had now acquired
in Southern Najd; for Muhammad, "the modem Bayard of Arabia,"
was much beloved, and months passed before his adherents relinquished
the hope that he might be still alive and in hiding.
The deported ex-Amir 'Abdullah, being no longer considered danger*
ous, was permitted in the autumn of 1889 to return from Hail to Riyadh,
and there he died almost immediately on his arrival; but in the following
year 'Abdur Rahman, his brother and former adviser, took Riyadh and
captured Bin-Sabhan, the Shammar agent by whom the sons of Sa'ud
had been put to death. It vyas believed that 'Abdur Rahman had acted
oft the advice of sympathisers in Qasim to frustrate a plan formed b/
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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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