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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1164] (1319/1782)
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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delations
Talal with
the Wahha-
bis, Turkey,
Kgypt, and
Persia.
of
1164
te'settle^aT^Hai^ SUeCeSS, to ' n< ^ uce ^ ews an ^ Christians from the north
Notwithstanding the umbrage given by his protection of the refractnrH
Qusman and the scandal which his irreligious habits of wearing silk anv
smoking tobacco occasioned to rigorous Wahhabis, Talal, who had marrii
a daughter of his father's friend the Wahhabi Ai^ir Faisal, remIn 'd tt
he last on friendly terms with his suzerain at Riyadh ; and he continued
roughout his life to pay a yearly visit to Riyadh for the pur nose of
' " 7 erin f y 6 tribut ® of ho rses in person. At the" same time, however he
ofessed allegiance to Turkey, caused the Sultan's name and titles to be
proclaimed at Friday prayers in Hail, and pretended that all his conquests
W1 ^ i 0ttoman . interest and in this attitude, which was partly
forced upon him by increasing contact with the Turks on north and west
an interesting premonition of the subsequent fate of his family mav Hp
discovered. While he declined to enter into the schemes of 'Abbas I of
nd who sought, by means of an alliance with the Bedouins of the north
and an understanding with the Wahhabi government in the south to
.'I T iT 0f ' he Por t« and master of the Ambian penta!
hi^ule 1 &!!d Tnt I ^ !r lations with that P « sha and even with
me successor fea id; but he early discovered the inability of tbo UHav
ag^-^sdoi^^With S pf ^?^ ec ^ ) . 11 gainst either Turkish or Wahhabi
c^l^ the^^ Tal f somewhat intimate relations,
fl, J • , at one of his favourite projects mio-ht be realised —
the diversion, namely, of the Persian Wo-ii „ r vi - j • & at ^eaiisea,
through ^ ^ 1
into^hellt^Md dZdinff\he f lo hi8 TT' Visite to Ri .™ dh 'Talal fell
lost it, he committed "3
MATAB-BIN-'ABBULLAH,
1867-71.
Death of
Obaid, 1869.
Muhammadf Ind'h^ {"eft 11 also 0 ' 6 ' <> ' J ? id ^ ^ broth ers Mafab and
eldest was Banda.- born about mo Tf 0f hiS ^n, of wbm the
whose short reio-n of about W , succession fell to Mat'ab,
end, and for the death in 1 WaS remar ^ a ^^ e ohiefly for its tragic
'Obaid. 'Obaid>as a true Wal'habi ' lint a,(lva f ,1C ^j a8 " e ' ^ the veteran
and a harsh, oyerbearing temper ^e ^as ptT' n( j twith standing this fact
tion for capacity and persona nm„! ext f emeI y popular. His reputa-
ing to one autho^ very high, and, aceord-
the death of his brother 'Abdullah 'ObaVl l^f the countr J after
with property in the shape of lands at' Hail d f i S1X sons ' we11 endowed
and a title to half the produce nf H - . ^ate-palms at Jauf-al-A'mir
from the family weakness of insanity and^tL'' flf ^ eldeSt saffered
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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'
- Pages
- 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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