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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1172] (1327/1782)

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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1172
accession,
April 1903.
Relations
with Ibn-
Saud and the
Shaikh of
Kuwait.
Relations
with the
Porte.
Murder of
M at'ab-hm-
Abdnl 'A ziz,
J anuary
1907.
the remission of a year's taxes and the restoration of various personal
allowances that had been reduced or abolished by his father^ produced
an immediate and favourable impression upon his subjects. The princi
pality of Jabal Shammar was now, however, so impoverished that the
young- Amir could no longer find the annual tribute of 80 horses which
his predecessors had been accustomed to pay to the Sultan of Turkey.
After the death of 'Abdul 'Aziz the Wahhabis continued to press
their advantage against his successor, and in June 1906 the son of
Ibn-Sa'ud appeared at the very gates of Hail demanding tribute, but
he could not take the capital, and he was soon obliged by scarcity of
supplies to withdraw from its vicinity. The Shaikh of Kuwait, who had
apparently consented to negotiate with the Wahhabi ruler on behalf of
the late 'Abdul 'Aziz, agreed at the urgent request of the new Shammar
Amir, of his elderly relation Hamud and of others of the family, to
continue his efforts; and at length in July 1906, after discussions
between the principals or their agents in Qasim, a regular peace was
arranged, apparently on the basis that each Amir should keep what he
then held.
The Turks showed much sympathy with the Amir Mat'ab when he came
to power, but their own position in Qasim was so weak that they could
afford him no real assistance; and the Sultan accordingly confined
himself to condoling with the young chief on his father's death,
to recognising him as his father's successor, and to promising the
punishment of his father's murderers and the continuance to himself of
lis father s subsidy. In September 1906 Talib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , an aide-de-camp
ot the Sultan, arrived at Hail with a Turkish decoration for the Amir;
mt m November 1906 the Turkish garrison, except a score or two of
"l 0 ."' ^ vas withdrawn from Qasim, and Turkish influence in Naid
virtually ceased to exist.
In the first week of January 1907 a fresh crime was added to the blood
stained annals of the A1 Rashid. Sultan-bin-Hamud, who had withdrawn
a 0 a , I! 1 * 90 ? . and . ha(1 subsequently returned to Hail, induced the
mir Mat ab to join him on a hunting expedition in the country, in
the course of which he treacherously shot him dead with his own hand ;
aii simultaneously Sultan's brothers, Sa'ud and Faisal and his cousin,
an killed Mash al and Muhammad, the brothers of the Amir, and Talal,
ie sou o t le Amir s cousin Naif. On their return to camp the murderers
gave out that Talal had killed the sons of 'Abdul 'Aziz and that they had
a ken immediate vengeance on him, but their story obtained no credence.
ii in an son ol 1 alal-bin-Naif was also put to death. Ry these crimes
not a single male descendant of ' Abdullah-bin-'Ali, the first Mahfudh of
Jabal Shammar, was left alive except an infant son of 'Abdul 'Aziz-bin-
I a . r i'_ u ! om ' 1 . s mo ther had apparently taken with her on a pilgrimage
o i a ma i. ie females of 'Abdullah's branch were next expelled, or
themseh-es vohmtardy emigrated, to Madinah, whither Hamud-bin-
jau , ie senior member of the Al Rashid family also betook himself,
v/? 6 7 ^ of A P ril HamM had lived in retirement at Hail
and 1 wh e / me 0 1 . Abdul 'Aziz, of whose policy he did not approve,
> A ] j i . 110 see * his advice ; but one of his daughters had married
and it «l Z m Z ^ TTf £ m0tlier 0f tlie Amir Mat,ab ancl his brothers ;
hi. graud^s bj his sous man ' S ^ WaS broken b >- the of

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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)
Arrangement

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.

Physical characteristics

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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