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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1353] (1508/1782)
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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guns planted there at about 350 yards from the town wall. Inside
the town anti-Snnni feeling ran high ; the Mullas proclaimed the war
to be one of religion; and gross abuse of the Sultan and his army-
was incessantly launched from the battlements at the besieging force.
To meet a scarcity of shot and ball a brass railing was aken from the
shrine of 'Abbas and melted down; and even holy men took their share,
after the Turkish attack began in earnest, in repairing damage to the
walls.
In the end the critical position in which his own force found itself
obliged the Turkish Commandant to resolve_, after holding a council
of war, upon sharp and decisive action. Half rations and exposure to
cold and damp had dispirited his troops, and desertion was rife. On the
11th January, the Turkish* guns began to play upon a portion of the town
wall about 60 yards from the Najaf Gate, and by the next day a practicable
breach had been effected. An Arab named ■'Alwan was then despatched
to the town, under a flag of truce, to summon it to surrender. Terms of
capitulation had been all but arranged with him when the Yaramaz chief
Mirza Salih, drawing his sword and dashing his turban on the ground^
cried out that it was too late to recede. The general opinion veered round
to the Mirza's side; the messenger returned to the Turkish camp; and
artillery fire was re-opened and continued until sunset, by which time the
width of the breach was about 50 yards.
Even yet the Karbala rebels did not realise their danger, and, when on
the morning of the 13th January before daylight the Turks reconnoitred the
breach, the guard on it were found partly absent and partly asleep round a
fire at the foot of the wall. Before the storming party reached the
spot, however, a certain number of defenders had collected there and day
had dawned. The breach was carried with the loss of about 50 men, and
the Najaf Gate was then thrown open from within to admit the Turkish
main body. The troops when mustered inside were divided into three
columns, one of which was ordered to advance through the middle of the
town, while the other two were to follow the inner side of the town wall in
opposite directions until they met, seizing the various gates as they passed
them. One of these two columns, on arriving at the Khaimahgah Gate,
found a crowd of Arabs, Yaramaz, and ordinary citizens of every sort
collected there, unable to escape because the gate was shut. Some of the
Arabs in the crowd fired; the soldiers replied, with fatal effect; and
a stampede followed in which numbers of men, women, and children
Were knocked down and trodden to death. The crowd then retreated^
* The damage done to the date plantatious by artillery fire was still conspicuous in
1849. See Loftus's Travels, page 65.
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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'
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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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