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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1354] (1509/1782)
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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1354
followed by the troops, to the Hor Gate. As they reached it, the other wall
column came up from the opposite direction ; shooting between the Arabs
and the soldiers began again; and, the Hor Gate being open to the extent
of nine feet only, a frantic crush ensued in which women and ehildreu
suffered terribly. At length the crowd broke up. Most of the people,
fled for refuge to the shrines or to the houses of distinguished citizens-
but some threw themselves over the town walls. In the meantime
the column advancing through the middle of the town had arrived, in
following up some Arabs, at the shrine of 'Abbas. The gate of the
shrine was closed, and, as the troops halted before it, a fire was opened
on them from a neighbouring house killing several; they forced the gate
and were again fired at by Arabs and Yaramaz inside, and from the
minarets. Exasperated beyond endurance the soldiers then fell without
discrimination of sex or age, of combatant or non -combatant, upon a
dense crowd of refugees which filled the courtyard. They pursued their
victims even to the innermost part of the sanctuary, where a few
were murdered clinging to the silver railings of the tomb of 'Abbas,
and two-it was said-^npon the actual tomb itself, so that its draperies
were soaked with their blood. From this moment onwards discipline was
at an end ; the ofiicers, unable to control their men, repaired to the Com
mandant ; and the soldiers scattered themselves through the town, enter
ing and robbing private houses and their occupants, often in the most
inhuman manner, and slaying such few persons as were still abroad in
the streets. The wife of a refugee Persian prince was wounded severely,
and another member of the Persian royal family slightly; but the
victims mostly belonged to the poorer classes. At length the Command-
ant, mounting his horse, proceeded to the shrine of Husain. Here he was
just in time to prevent a repetition of the horrors that had taken place at
t e shrine of 'Abbas ; and he emphasised his order to desiat from
s aughter by killing two or three soldiers with his own hand. An effort
was also made to collect, for restoration to the owners, some of the booty
t at the soldiers had taken ; but it was ineffectual. It was not until
nearly sunset that disorder ceased and that the troops, " worn out with
fatigue and satiated with plunder, became obedient to their officers
and returned to camp." The subsequent conduct of the Turkish military
uthoiities was very unbecoming, allowing the troops to turn the Court
the Mosque into a barrack yard ; horses and mules were picketed in
nous parts, the soldiers playing native music and singing loose songs
to the horror of the Sheeahs."
* t.e., of the shrine of 'Abbas.
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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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- Title
- '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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