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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1506] (1661/1782)
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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ai m
Muhammftd
disturbances,
1878-80.
Muntafik
rebellion,
1881.
1606
At this juncture Mr. W. S. and Lady Anne Blunt made an adveu-
turous journey through the Bani Lam country from the Tioris to
'Arabistan. They encountered great incivility on the part of Banaiyah
a son of Shaikh Mizban, whose manners were those of a barbarian and a
robber; and their property, if not their lives, were at one time in some
danger before they finally quitted the domains of the Bani Lam.
While the Bani Lam were thus at war among themselves, the adjoin
ing Al Bu Muhammad addicted themselves to robbery on the Tio- r i s .
In their case the trouble began with the retirement into the marshes of
the Shaikh of the tribe, taking with him a year and a half* revenue
which ho had collected from his fellow tribesmen but had no intention
of paying to the Government. The rupture between him and the
Turkish officials was the signal for a crop of outrages upon river-borne
traffic, which he probably did not instigate, but which the perpetrators
cunningly calculated would be set down to his account. In March 1878
nine persons were murdered on board a boat which the Al Bu Muhammad
plundered; and it became necessary to organise the native sailing
vessels on the river into larger fleets, which were convoyed through the
dangerous zone by Turkish steam vessels. The Turkish, but not the
British, river steamers were themselves threatened with attack; and,
as the country was denuded of troops owing to the war, no operations
against the Al Bu Muhammad could be undertaken at the time.
In 1880, the Shaikh of the Al Bu Muhammad being then Saihud,
robbers of that tribe attacked the British river steamer " Khalifah" on
the Tigris ; but this incident and the proceedings to which "it gave rise
will be related more fitly in another place.
In 1881, Nasir
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Shaikh of the Muntafik, being then in hon
ourable detention at Constantinople, the Muntafik tribe rose in open
rebellion against the Turkish Government. They had been giving
uble to the authorities for a year or more, and the ill-success of strong
measures taken by the M ali of Basrah against them had led to the sup
pression of that ilayat. Consequently it now rested with the Wali
of Baghdad lo restore order.
At the middle of June the situation was serious. Telegraphic com-
munication between Basrah and Baghdad had been interrupted by the
re els. Theie were only 1,500 Turkish troops at Nasiriyah, the princi-
p p ace in the Muntatik country, and the difficulty of reinforcing
em was extreme, for the garrison of Baghdad, the military head-
quaiters of the whole province, was already reduced to 850 men, viz.,
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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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- 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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