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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1429] (1584/1782)
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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up, before his formal investiture, the sum of £15,000 offered by him as
earnest money at an earlier time when he was competing with his brother
for appointment to the Shaikhship ; the Shaikh, in reply, persisted that
he could not raise so large an amount without first returning home; and
the result was deadlock. Colonel Kemball protested against the delay
thus occasioned, but in vain. He says :
To my appeal on this head His Excellency lias remarked that the interests of the
telegraph must give way to those of the Government, and although he still looks
for a speedy decision of the question, did it even issue in the postponement of the
work till next autumn, he would not consent to a sacrifice of authority which must
eventuate in confirming the jwoM-indepcndence of the Montafik Chiefs by assuring
them of the means on all future occasions of evading their just obligations.
The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
then summoned Shaikh Fahad again to Baghdad, as also
another Shaikh named Mashari, in the hope that by playing them off
against Shaikh Mansur and against each other he might be able^ if not
to institute a Qaim-Maqamliq of Suq-ash-Shuyukh, at least to bring
under direct Turkish government districts below and above Qurnah
which he had in the beginning decided to separate from the Muntafik
Shaikhdom. Colonel Kemball, though he still regarded the reduction of
the Muntafik country to the status of ordinary Turkish territory as
desirable, at this point began to have doubts of the ability of the Local
Government, in a military sense, to effect the change within any reason
able time. He left Baghdad for Hillah, however, prepared to push on
the extension of the telegraph southwards as soon as an opportunity
should occur.
On the 13th of March 1864, at the request of Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, who
had received a telegram from Constantinople demanding an explanation
of the long continuance of the Muntafik difficulty, the British Political
Agent returned to Baghdad. The
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
informed him that Shaikh Nasir
and Shaikh Fahad both declined to undertake the farm of the Muntafik
districts, while Shaikh Mashari was too weak and uninfluential to assert
himself, if nominated; he acknowledged that the Muntafik were now
unanimous in their determination to resist his projects, and that the
season of the spring floods was too near at hand to allow of military
operations—which would, moreover, alarm the Porte—being undertaken;
and finally he requested Colonel KembalFs opinion. That officer recom
mended that the general question of the form of Government of the
Muntafik country should be referred to Constantinople; that in the
meanwhile Shaikh Fahad should be installed as chief, to avoid any
appearance of surrender t "j the implied menaces of Shaikh Mansur and
ki-
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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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- '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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