'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1216] (1371/1782)
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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Dr. Ives and his party, in travelling up the Euphrates in 1758, found
the tribesmen in places by no means respectful or submissive to Turkish
authority.
In October 1763 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who had then ruled Turkish ^Iraq for
more than a year, went in person to chastise the Bani Lam Arabs, who
had been giving* trouble, and apparently defeated them in the neighbour
hood of Hawizeh.
He had less good fortune in his dealings with the Khaza'il, having
their tribal capital at Lamlum, who had closed the Euphrates to all
boats that did not pay them blackmail, and he even sustained a severe
defeat at their hands; but 'Umr
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
soon after his accession invaded
their country, burned Lamlum, expelled the reigning Shaikh Hamud,
and cut off the heads of six or seven of the principal men, which he sent
to Constantinople, Ilamud, however, soon reappeared, ejecting a new
Shaikh whom the Turks had installed, and Hlmr
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who had no
desire to undertake a second campaign, thought it as well to recognise
him; but the Khaza J il, though Turks passing through their country
were still exposed to obloquy as Sunnis, did not venture after this to
stop boats on the river.
In 1769, the great Muntafik tribe, whose domains at this time em
braced the western bank of the Shatt-al-'Arab from Basrah to Qurnah
and both banks of the Euphrates from Qurnah to the neighbourhood of
the modern Nasiriyah, and who had now recovered from the punishment
inflicted on them in the time of Ahmad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, rose against the Turks
under the leadership of ' Abdullah, a brother of the deceased Sa'dun.
Communication between Basrah and Baghdad, both by the Euphrates
and by the Tigris, was completely closed by this rising; at one time the
rebels succeeded in capturing several villages near Basrah; and for some
days they even confined the inhabitants of Basrah within the walls of the
town. The cause of the trouble was the refusal of Shaikh 'Abdullah to
make any payment to the Turks on account of his land-revenue, which
was already in arrear by about nine years. In November the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of
Baghdad reached the confines of the Muntafik country at Umm Labas,
about midway between Samawah and Qurnah ; and about the same time,
the aid of the Ka'ab tribe having been invited, fourteen Ka ; ab Gallivats
arrived at Basrah, of which nine proceeded up the Shatt-al-'Arab in
company with some Turkish vessels under the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, the
whole fleet carrying about 1,500 armed men, to operate against a tribe
in alliance with the Muntafik whose settlements lay on the east bank
of the Shatt-al-^Arab between Basrah and Qurnah. In August 1769,
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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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