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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1317] (1472/1782)
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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r J 1 he Aqail, it should be explained, were natives of Najd or Central Arabia •
their sole profession was to act as carriers and to guide and protect
caravans travelling between Baghdad and Aleppo or Damascus; and
the number of them collected at Baghdad sometimes amounted to several
thousands. Having obtained a footing in the south-western part of the
city, they became its absolute masters, excluded the authority of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and harboured evil characters to such an extent that all the re
spectable inhabitants migrated elsewere.
In 1834 the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
decided that the presence of the 'Aqail within the
walls could not be any longer tolerated; and, a robbery commited on
some of his own officers near Baghdad having been traced to members
of their community, he required the J Aqaili Shaikh, on pain of being
attacked and expelled by force, to quit the place at once with all his
dependents. The Shaikh endeavoured to obtain a guarantee that no
attack would be made on him and his people after they had passed the
city gates by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's troops or by his Arab allies ; but the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who
had already summoned the Shaikh of the Zubaid tribe and Sulaiman
Ghanim, a noted enemy of the ""Aqail, to his assistance, refused to give
one, whereupon the Shaikh proceeded to the Sarai to remonstrate.
While he was there a false rumour became current that he had been put
to death, and the 'Aqail then seized their arms, cut the bridge of boats,
and commenced simultaneous attacks upon the part of the city on the left
or opposite Bank of the Tigris, where the Sarai was, and upon a detach
ment of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's troops under the Kehiyah, who were encamped outside
the walls upon the same side of the river as themselves. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
hastily dismissed the Shaikh with a present and orders to quiet the 'Aqail,
but he also sent help to the Kehiyah, who had lost a gun in the first rush
of the Arabs but had subsequently recovered it, and whose men had
followed the retreating 'Aqail into their own quarter. Fighting ensued on
the inner side of the Hillah gate, and the result of the day was still
doubtful, when suddenly it was decided in favour of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
by the safe
arrival of ammunition and reinforcements sent in a boat from the left to the
right bank, and by the advance of a body of Albanians across the bridge of
boats, the two parts of which they had succeeded in reuniting. The 'Aqail
defended themselves in their own houses until the next day, when they were
apparently allowed to march out of Baghdad with the honours of war.
Part of them went to the rebellious 'Anizah, with whom, it was sus
pected, they had previously formed secret relations, and part to the
Jarbah Shammar ; but neither tribe would give them any help in re
covering their Baghdad location, which was what they chiefly desired.
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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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- '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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