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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1316] (1471/1782)
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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1316
Trouble with
the Jarbah
Shammar near
Baghdad,
1832-1834.
Difficulty
with the
'Aqail at
Baghdad,
1834.
the capital, who were always anxious to obtain new and better lands
for cultivation.
In 1831 the Jar bah or Northern Shammar, who by a course of
persistent annoyance, had already extorted a grant of the best estates
upon the Dujail Canal and in Jazirah, began to clamour for fresh con
cessions ; and the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, in refusing their demands, thought it politic
to divide them by substituting a young chief for Safuk, the principal
Shaikh, and by assigning to him and his section alone the lands hitherto
held by the whole body of tribesmen. Safuk and the greater part of the
Jarbah then retired to the northward and made common cause with other
rebels against the authority of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in the district of Musal.
In 1833 Safuk and his followers reappeared in the neighbourhood of
Baghdad, where they plundered the country without opposition from
either the new chiel of the Jarbah or the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad ; and finally
they blockaded the city itself. A two months^ blockade, however,
exhausted their patience; and Safuk returned to the north, threatening
to come back in the following y^ear.
Alarmed at the prospect of annual invasions thus opened up, Haji 'Ali
Riza
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
called in the assistance of the great 'Anizah tribe of the North
Arabian desert, promising to give them the lands of which the Jarbah
might be deprived by their co-operation; and the J Anizah readily
agreed and collected a large tribal army in the vicinity of Bagdad. At
this juncture it became known that Safuk had given up the idea of
returning to the Baghdad neighbourhood, and the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
would then
have receded from his bargain with the 'Anizah, but they insisted that
he should hand over to them the promised lands, and suggested besides
that all the country to the west of the Euphrates should be granted to
them on lease. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who was unwilling to meet their wishes in
either-respect, next appealed to the friendly section of the Jarbah to
help him in driving the J Anizah out; and in October 1834 a joint
attempt to do this was made and failed signally, the Jarbah suffering
heavy loss. Ihe Anizah then blocked Baghdad from the west, while
parties of their marauders scoured the whole surrounding country and
plundered travellers and caravans.
Meanwhile a rupture had occurred with the 'Aqail, an Arab tribe or
locally regarded as such, who about 1832 had established themselves in
the part of Baghdad situated on the right bank of the Tigris : in that
year, by threatening to plunder an important caravan that had arrived
under their protection within a short distance of the city, they had
obt%ined pei mission until then denied them, to settle within the walls.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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