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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1378] (1533/1782)
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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1378
Turkish fleet in preventing his escape by water. The Turks hesitated
whether to assist or to disown their new vassal; and Shaikh Thamir took
refuge, for a second time, at Kuwait. The Persian Governor then
occupied Muhammareh and threatened to advance to Di'aiji; but the
attitude of the local Arabs prevented the execution of any further designs
on his part. A tardy protest and demonstration were made by the Turks
against the action of the Persians, but they were ignored, and the
Persian Governor confirmed a double appointment which he had made to
the. vacant Shaikhship of the Ka'ab.
In ! 842, on the flight of the new joint Shaikhs and the retirement of
the I eisian Governor northward to deal with difficulties which had arisen
in another part of his charge, the Turkish Governor of Basrah was
instructed by the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad to reinstate Shaikh Thamir and to call
upon the Persians to leave Muhammareh ; but Shaikh Thamir's influence
over his own tribe was now clearly lost, even his patrons the Turks had
begun to slight him, and no material action was taken on his behalf. To
the demand for the evacuation of Muhammareh the Persians seem to have
replied by claiming the whole left bank of the Shatt-al-^Arab up to
Quinah, where the Shatt-al-^Arab was at that time formed by the
junction of the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Tn the following year Shaikh Jabir, the chief of the Muhaisin and
the real ruler of Muhammareh, having heard rumours that the Erzeroum
Commission, which had lately assembled, were likely in the end to assign
the Muhammareh district to Turkey, seems to have approached the
Fi u Lish authorities with proposals as to the terms on which he might be
allowed to hold it under them. His action seems to have been prompted,
a ^ 0 i hy difficulties in which he found himself involved with the Persian
revenue authorities ; but it had no definite result.
Meanwhile Thamir, the ex-Shaikh of the Ka ; ab, had migrated from
Kuwait, his first asylum, to Basrah, and there had settled down as a
wealthy private owner of houses, lands, and gardens. In 1884, at the
suggestion of the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad and helped on his way by the British
authorities, most of whom at this time favoured the claim of Turkey
to Muhammareh, he appeared before the Commission at Erzeroum and
gave evidence before it, on the Turkish side, regarding the international
position of the Ka'ab tribe. On his return journey, however, in April
1844, the ex-Shaikh, at the instance of the British
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
at
Baghdftd, was detained there lest, in the still unsettled state of the fron
tier (juestion ; his reappearance at Basrah should be the signal for trouble
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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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- 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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