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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1287] (1442/1782)
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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1287
' will think I err i£ I tell you tlie Government here is so besotted as not
"to perceive the importance of the port (? post) of Hillah, but on my
' f honor^ my Lord, this is the case.^
The only neighbours of consequence to the Pashaliq besides the
W ahhabis were at this time the Persians ; and, after the establishment
of Qajar rule in Persia, the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad found it advisable to treat
that country "with consideration and respect. The founder of the Qajar
dynasty, Agha Muhammad Khan, was generally credited with designs
upon Baghdad ; and after his death in 1797 grave apprehensions were
irom time to time aroused by the conduct of his successor, Fat-h ''Ali
vShah, especially in 1801-02 when it was feared that he might require
satisfaction of the Turks for their failure to protect the holy Shiah town
of Karbala and its inhabitants against the fury of the Wahhabis.
In the year 1791 a fresh rupture, which the Turks themselves had
done nothing to provoke, occurred between their administration at Basrah
and the semi-independent Ka^ab tribe in the Persian province of
^Arabistan. Earlier in the year the Ka^ab had ventured to attack the
annual 'Omani coffee East while on its way to Basrah, but had been
repulsed with severe loss, most of their G-allivats being destroyed. To
revenge this defeat, the Ka^ab constructed batteries upon both banks of the
Shatt-al-'Arab and endeavoured, on the return of the 'Omani vessels down
the river between October and December, to prevent their passage ; but
the strangers were escorted by the Turkish fleet under the command of
the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and, after an engagement between the ships and the
batteries, they reached the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
in safety. The Ka'ab then aban
doned their batteries and withdrew to Doraq, while the Turkish fleet
returned to Basrah ; but the Turks were extremely irritated against the
Ka'ab on account of their insolence in having occupied positions on
Turkish soil on the western bank of the river and in having demanded
compensation from them, as they did, for the losses which they had
sustained by their gratuitous attack upon the 'Omani merchantmen.
The matter, however, ended herCi
A slight disagreement, mentioned also in the history of the 'Oman
Sultanate, occurred in 1798 between Saiyid Sultan, the ruler of Masqat,
and the Turkish authorities in ^Iraq. By way of enforcing a claim to
a sum of money which the Saiyid asserted to be due to him on account
of the aid* rendered by his father to the Turks during the siege of Basrah
in 1775-76,—a claim repudiated by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who as the defender
oi Basrah in that year must have been personally cognisant of the facts,
* Vide page 1259 ante.
Relations
with Persia,
1789—1802.
Collision
with the
Ka'ab, 1791.
Difficulty
with the
Saijid of
'Oman, 1798.
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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.
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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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