Skip to item: of 1,782
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1431] (1586/1782)

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

1431
ions as w
ucb as
ig publish^ -
assuradce, tl-'
as doubtful'
him by the partisans of Shaikh Mansur; but he was^ or seemed, unable
to advance. Meanwhile, infuriated by the insolence of Shaikh Mansur
and his family, Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. had determined on military operations " m
spite of the difficulties arising 1 out of the marshy character of the country,
the lateness of the season, and his own state of unpreparedness/'
A force of 1,000 regular infantry and 2 guns under Hafiz Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Army
Commandant, left Baghdad on the 2nd May for Kut, where it was to
receive a reinforcement of 500 regular infantry and whence it was to
advance, if practicable, to Suq-ash-Shuyukh, The help of the Bani
Lam and Bani Rabi'ah tribes was invited ; and Shibli Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , command
ing at Diwaniyah, was ordered to co-operate with a regiment of cavalry,
400 irregular horse, and 4 guns. It appeared to be the intention of
Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. to force the hand of the Porte by making the restoration
of Shaikh Mansur impossible.
By the middle of June 1864 the authority of Shaikh Fahad was suffi
ciently established to admit of the return of the Turkish troops to their
garrisons, except a detachment of 300 men and 1 gun which, at the
Shaikh's request, was left at llas-al-Jazirah, a place on the Shatt-al-
Gharaf not far from Kut. Fahad himself was then in the neighbourhood
of Shatrah, engaged, on his way to Suq-ash-Shuyukh, in receiving the
submission of the smaller tribal authorities and in sub-letting the
revenues of the districts. He had been guilty of gross treachery in
putting to death Sulaiman-al-Khalaif, Shaikh of the Ajwad, one of the
principal divisions of the Muntafik, and in seizing two other Shaikhs,
all of whom had approached him on safe-conduct. Namiq Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
" disavowed the act, which he declared to be dimpprovable, though he
" added that, as these Shaikhs had been foremost in resisting the substi-
" tution of Turkish for Arab rule in the Montific Territory, he could not
" regret that they should have been the first to experience the effects of
" the despotism they had themselves mainly contributed to set up."
Before the end of the month, however, it was reported that Shaikh
Mansur had again collected a force, with which he was threatening
Samawah, and that the Bani Malik, a large division of the Muntafik,
had at his instigation renewed their claim to certain lands south of
Basrah from which they had been ejected by Munib Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. during his
governorship of Basrah. Conspicuous among Skaikh Mansur's supporters
was 'Osman Bey, the son of a former Governor of Musal, who had Hfd
to the Arabs, being a Treasury defaulter, on his removal from the Mudir-
ship of Samawah. To counteract these demonstrations Shibli Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. wag
-

About this item

Content

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.

Physical characteristics

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.
Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1431] (1586/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575948.0x0000bb> [accessed 21 March 2025]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575948.0x0000bb">'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [&lrm;1431] (1586/1782)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575948.0x0000bb">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000148/IOR_L_PS_20_C91_1_1586.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000148/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image