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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1436] (1591/1782)
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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Movements
of the
'Anizah and
Shammar
and law
lessness of
the 'Anizah,
Aug.—Dec.,
1865.
1436 '
at the present day. In March it was reported at Baghdad that a consi
derable success over them had been achieved by a Turkish expedi
tion from Kirkuk and Sulaimamyah ; but before long their increased
vigour in infesting the roads, burning villages, levying blackmail, and
ultimately in threatening Sulaimaniyah during the absence of the garrison,
showed that the loss which they had suffered, chiefly in the capture of
some of their women, had only served to exasperate them. Military
reinforcements were sent from Baghdad to Kirkuk; but at the same
time Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, seeing that coercion was impracticable, ordered Taql-
ud-Din
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Governor of Kirkuk, to revert to a system of subsidies
which had previously existed and had been abandoned.
The immigration of the 'Anizah and Shammar Bedouins into the
northern districts dependent on Baghdad, which takes place every
year on a large scale, was attended in 1865 by more than the usual
amount of friction and excitement, Anxiety first began to be felt in
August, when it was reported that 'Anizah to the number of 4,000
horsemen and camel riders had crossed to the east of the Euphrates,
and that the Shammar, who are their hereditary enemies, were retiring
)efore them across the Tigris. Far-reaching disorders were feared by
the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad, for, as 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.
remarked
m a despatch : " The presence of Bedoains in the cultivated districts,
J vhether as invader s or refugees, is almost equally to be dreaded, and
ce 0Wevel £ ladl y His Excellency would restrict the conflicts between these
Marge nomad tribes to the waste lands west of Mosul, he is unhappily
^ powerless alike to prevent the encroachment of the one, or the retreat
the othei. By the middle of October, however, the two great
hostile tribes were settled in their usual autumn seats, the Shammar
occupying the right bank of the Tigris down to within 10 or 12 miles
o aghdad, the Anizah both sides of the Euphrates down to Musa-
iyib and in the neighbourhood of Karbala and Najaf ; and their chiefs,
u si ise by the Turkish authorities, were restraining them, as in
ordinary years, from highway robbery and from the invasion of culti
vated districts. Shaikh Farhan, who ruled the Shammar, was anxious
n i-j - j yt T t0 Carry hlS tribe some distance to the southward of
aghdad ; but permission was denied him by Namiq
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, and he
„ ln 6 Pr0h,bitl0 n- It was remarked by Colonel Kemball:
<( ,, 6 c0 ^ ver 2'ing course of the two rivers at this point, his
„ c 811011 e '" e vvou expose his retreat to be cut off > did he def y the
vernment and drive it to coalesce with the Anazeh against him.
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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)
- 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'
- 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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