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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1313] (1468/1782)

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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mitted at Basrah by Arabs of Najd,* in consequence, partly of a blood-
feud which had arisen between them and the Mutasallim During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra. ^s body-guard,
and partly of the instigation of some Najdi merchants in the town who
considered themselves aggrieved by an order of the Baghdad Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. in
regard to certain landed property and who wished to intimidate him.
On the ]6th July a party of Najdis entered Basrah and attempted, but
in vain, to capture the Government Sarai; they then plundered the
place, murdered a number of the inhabitants and withdrew, killing in
their retirement the f commander of a small body of Baluchis who were
advancing to assist the garrison of the Sarai.
In the summer of 1821 Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. deputed his Kehiyah to Qizil-
robat to watch the Kurds and Persians, but the Kurds gained a victory
over him. The Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , on hearing of it, threw all the leading Persians at
Baghdad into prison in order to extort money from them; and Georgians
were marched from Baghdad to Karbala and Najaf to show " that, if
they cannot fight, they can plunder." About the same time cholera
carried off some thousands of persons at Basrah.
In the case of the M untafik, whose opposition had been the ruin of his
predecessor •'Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ^s general policy of dividing
a troublesome tribe against itself was employed to good purpose. He
raised up a rival to Hamid-bin-Thamir, the principal Shaikh, in the
person of that chief's own nephew ^Ajl; and the result was an inter
necine war which paralysed the Muntafik as a tribe and incapacitated
them for mischief during a number of years,
In 1831 the Porte superseded Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , who had put to death at
Baghdad an emissary of the Constantinople Government, and appointed
in his place one Haji ''Ali Riza Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , otherwise known as Muhammad
'Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , or simply as 'Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . 'Ajl, the Shaikh whom Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
had set over the Muntafik, made a feeble effort on his patron's behalf
and called in the Ka'ab Arabs and those of Kuwait, whose fleets blockaded
Basrah and caused some alarm ; but this demonstration had no effect
on the course of events at Baghdad. Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , had he been able,
would have maintained himself in the Pashaliq by force of arms, and
he actually stood a siege of a few days in Baghdad ; but eventually he
sought shelter in the house of one Muhammad Agha, by whom he was
delivered up a prisoner to the enemy. His life was spared, but he was
sent to Constantinople.
* They are described as " Najedah" Arabs, but no such tribe is known, and the
" Nao-edah" merchants make it probable that natives of
reference to residence
^Najd are meant.
Kurdish and
Persian
relations,
1821,
The
Muntafik,
Deposition of
Dawud Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. ,
1831, and
character of
his administra.
tion.
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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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