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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1367] (1522/1782)

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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1367
" suburbs, and committing- every species of havoc and disorder." Simul
taneously a mixed force of Khaza'il, MaMan and 'Anizah Arabs were
beleaguering the Turkish garrison of Diwaniyah and cutting off its
supplies. As in the time of Najib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Turkish troops had begun
to murmur at the privations and fatigue imposed on them by an appa
rently insensate policy ; and Shakir Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Army Commandant had
been suspended by Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. for too freely expressing his opinion of
the inadequacy of the military resources of the province to the coercion
of all the Arab tribes at one and the same time. In these circum
stances, hampered also by a revolt at Najaf which we shall presently
describe, Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. condescended to negotiate, though not in the
first instance with the arch-rebel Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bey; but the final settlement
between him and the Euphrates tribes is not recorded.
There were at this epoch, as at the present day, two Arab factions in
Najaf known as the Shumurd and the Zugurd. In general they occupied
the town jointly, but a few years before 1852 the Shumurd altogether
expelled the Zugurd ; and in 1852, under a local Arab chief of some
notoriety who had been badly treated by Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , the Shumurd
seem to have set the Government of Baghdad itself at defiance. If the
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had deigned to make use of the Zugurd against the Shumurd, Najaf
would probably have been recovered without difficulty; but he despised
the assistance of such allies and instead caused Turkish troops from
Hillah, Diwaniyah and Dagharah to be concentrated before Najaf under
an officer named Salim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. . Ihe task confronting this commander is
thus described in a British despatch of the day :
They {i .e., the Shumurd) look with contempt upon the Turkish troops and are well
aware that, while Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bey and the Anizeh hold the open country, no military im
pression can be made on their position. It appears indeed that the plan of defence
adopted systematically by this tribe is one which would try the metal of the best
soldiers in the world. They place no reliance on the walls of the town, but intrench
themselves within the strongest and most populous quarter, throwing up barricades
across all the streets, connecting the houses by mines and galleries, loopholing the
walls, and occupying every commanding point with their matchlock men, who are
admirably armed and are the most expert marksmen in this part of Asia. Salim
Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's difficulties, if he thus attempted to expel the Shamerta by force, would be of
the same nature as those which met Cavaignac in the Faubourg St. Antoine, while
his chance of success would be infinitely less, inasmuch as the narrow streets and high-
walled courts of an Oriental city afford greater shelter to the defenders, and the
Turkish soldier, brave even to daring in the open field, quails before a hidden enemy.
In these circumstances Salim Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. proceeded to negotiate with the
Shumurd through the Shi^ah Mujtahids of the town; and those iuter-

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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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