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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1118] (1289/1782)
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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British sup
port of the
Saiyid of
Masqat,
1853,
British pro
tection of
Bahrain, etc.
1859-61.
Reparation
for the Sur
outrage,
1865.
British policy
of non-inter
vention main
tained in
Trucial
Oman.
Attitude of
the Wahhabi
Amir towards
piracy.
Colonel
Felly's
jonrney to
JJiyadh, Feh-
ruary-March
1865.
Gulf; and it was noticed that after this incident Faisal's attitude to the
British Government became, for a time at least, more conciliatory. It
had been necessary before this, in 1846, to address a stern warning to the
Wahhabi Governor of Qatif, who had permitted himself to use threats of
encouraging- piracy.
Again in 1853, when 'Oman was menaced with invasion by the son of
the Wahhabi Amir, the Resident, by summoning the Shaikhs of Trueial
J Oman from Baraimi to the coast, where he was waiting to conclude with
them the Perpetual Treaty of Peace, by remonstrating with 'Abdullah on
his detention of the Shaikhs at Baraimi, by sending a vessel of war to
cruise along the coast, and by promising to assist the Sultan of 'Oman,
if need be, in the defence of his capital, averted the cession of Sohar to
the Wahhabis and enabled the Sultan to obtain peace on terms, far less
disadvantageous as to tribute, than might otherwise have been extorted
from him.
In 1859 Bahrain was again saved by British naval interposition from
a Wahhabi descent which might have had serious and permanent con
sequences. This action and a demand that the sons of the ex-Shaikh of
Bahrain should be removed from Dammam elicited bitter reproaches and
a denunciation of British policy from the Wahhabi ruler.
For the outrage committed at Sur in 1865 the British Government
undertook to obtain from the offenders the reparation due, which the
Sultan of 'Oman was himself too weak to claim with any hope of success.
It was only in Trucial 'Oman that the representatives of the British
Government continued to repeat—particularly in 1855, when the Na'im
suggested that help should be given them to expel the Wahhabis from
Baraimi that they could not interfere in the internal affairs of Arabia;
and even theie they assisted the cause of tribal independence by ignoring,
in all their political dealings, the very existence of the Wahhabi agent.
It is due to the Amir iaisal to mention that he never, so far as was
asceitained, attempted to reply to the opposition of the British authorities
by instigating piracy at sea; on the contrary, in 1855, he referred
appreciatively to the " understanding between us and the British Gov
ernment, of a hundred years' duration, for the security of traders and
travellers passing on the seas."
Mention has already been made of the remarkable journey to Riyadh
undertaken by Colonel Pelly, the British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
at Bushehr,
in IbBo , hib piincipal object was to remove the animosity against Britain
which anti-slavery proceedings at sea and frustration of Wahhabi policy
upon the Arabian coast were believed to have excited in the Amir, and
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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