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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1156] (1311/1782)
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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1156
it will be apparent that the wastage by desertion and death in Najd
must have been abnormally heavy. Desertions to Kuwait began in 1905,
and it was estimated that, by March 1906, 500 Turkish deserters
from Najd had already passed through the town. Of those who
died in Qasim by far the greater number, it was stated, succumbed to
disease.
The evacuation of Qasim was very injurious to Turkish prestige in
Arabia. Disturbances which occurred in Hasa were attributed to the
confidence with which the withdrawal had inspired the Arabs, and
there was much anxiety in the spring of 1907 lest the troops employed
in the construction of the Hijaz Railway should be attacked by
Ibn-Sa'ud. It was, however, by no means certain that the Turkish
withdrawal from Najd would be permanent, especially as the completion
of the Hijaz Railway, then rapidly approaching Madiuah, could hardly
fail to influence and strengthen the policy of Turkey in Central Arabia.
General history of Central Arabia after the Turkish evacuation of
Qasim, 1906-07,
Jlelations of
Ibn-Sa'ud.
ITtm-Eashid
and the
Shaikh of
Kuwait,
1906-07.
After the departure of the Turkish forces an uneasy peace, broken by
frequent but apparently incorrect rumours of renewed hostilities between
Ibn-Sa'ud and Ibn-Rashid, prevailed in Najd. In January 1^07, as
related in the history of Northern Najd, Mat'ab, the young Shammar
Amir, was murdered by his relation Sultan-bin-Hamud, who then
usurped his position. The attitude of the new Ibn-Rashid, doubtless
because he felt his position to be precarious, was conciliatory towards
Ibn-Sa'ud; and the Shaikh of Kuwait, who, like the townsmen of
Qasim and even the Turks themselves, did not wish a complete and
permanent supremacy to be established in Najd by the ruler of either
Riyadh or Hail, seemed inclined to transfer his support from the
Wahhabi to the Shammar Amir, whose cause had become undeniably
weak. Shaikh Mubarak had previously alleged the government of
Ibn-Sa'ud to be wanting in system and organisation, and he now
criticised the character of Ibn-Sa'ud himself as being both " too quick
to anger and too easily appeased; " it is possible, however, that this
icmark was intended to apply not to the actual ruler, 'Abdur Rahman-
bin-Faisal^ but to his son 'Abdul-'Aziz, who was now frequently
spoken of as " Ibn-Sa'udperhaps on account of his greater activity
and conspicuousness.
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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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