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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1437] (1592/1782)
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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" This resource is, of course, the chief instrui^^rit of control which the
' f provincial authorities possess over the rival Bedouin tribes, but, owing
" to the full appreciation by the latter of their common interests, apart
" from the mere acquisition of plunder, and to the difficulty of leading
" such allies to discriminate the property of friends and foes, one of
ff dangerous and doubtful efficacy, and only to be employed in extre-
" mity"
Meanwhile a robbery of more then usual importance was committed
by 'Anizah belonging to the Fida'an and Saba/ah sub-divisions of the tribe.
A caravan from Aleppo having arrived at 'Anah on the Euphrates, a
portion of it, comprising 75 camels with their loads, crossed the river
there and made straight across country for Baghdad. The loads consis
ted of British manufactures to the value of £6,000 and were the property
of leading merchants, Turkish subjects, at Baghdad. The conductor of
this portion of the caravan was connected by marriage with an 'Anizah
family ; and it was surmised that either he had presumed too much
upon the fact in adopting an unprotected route, or that he was in league
with the robbers into whose hands the animals and goods fell: all were
taken by foraging parties of the ""Anizah whom they encountered. De
mands for restitution were addressed by the Turkish authorities to the
chiefs of the guilty sub-divisions; but on the 17th October 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.
was obliged to report: "To the remonstrances of Namik
"
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
the one Shaikh has returned no reply; the other, pleading the con-
" tumacy of his followers, has boldly referred His Excellency to the sword
" as the only means of vindicating the authority of the Government :
"and His Excellency's threats of reprisals and of stopping the Musableh
" (permission to traffic with the towns) are, as usual, invalidated by the
''dread of provoking general disturbance and by the impossibility of dis-
tinguishing the real offenders. For the rest a sudden fall in the price of
"longcloths, etc., is a sure indication that the plunderers have already
"bartered their booty to pedlars and petty traders." Of the camels 40
had been immediately returned to the owners, who may themselves have
been tribal Arabs like the 'Anizah, and it was not expected that the
recovery of the other 35 would present any difficulty ; but the merchan
dize stood on a different footing.
An accident made the recovery of partial compensation possible.
Dissensions having occurred among the offending sections, which resulted
in the secession of several families, the great J Anizah Shaikh fell upon
and plundered their camps, not, however^ on behoof of the Turkish
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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