'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1509] (1664/1782)
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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1509
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on the western border of Turkish 'Iraq between the Shaikh of Kuwait,
to whose interest he was attached, and Ibn EashJd ; and one of the condi
tions on which the latter chief was persuaded by the Turkish authorities
to retire to his own country was that satisfaction should be obtained for
him from SaMun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
by the Ottoman Government
The Turkish commander sent against Sa'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
in fulfilment 19(XJ -
of this pledge was Muhammad Fazil
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Daghistani, who was a
relative of the celebrated Caucasian leader Shamil, and who had during
the war of 1877-7S transferred his allegiance from the Tsar to the Sultan.
He was accounted one of the best officers in the Baghdad Army Corps,
the cavalry of which were under his command ; but in his operations
against Sa 'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
he failed to justify his reputation. The Muntafik
freebooter, who had a stronghold at Sakhariyah in the desert to the
west of the Euphrates^, but who sometimes, when hard pressed, took
refuge in the marshes of Mesopotamia, was not caught; and in
December 1900 he disappeared in the direction of the Dhafir country,
or of Kuwait.
Two months later Sa'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
again emerged from obscurity as a 1901.
leader in the invasion of Central Arabia by the Shaikh of Kuwait ; and,
after the defeat of the invaders and their return home, Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was sent once more from Baghdad to hunt him down.
No actual military movement seems to have taken place, however ; iy03.
and nothing more was heard of Sa'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
until 190b, towaids the end
of Nuri
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
's Government of Basrah. In that year the restless Muntafik
leader crossed into Mesopotamia and began to harass the settled
tribes there with claims for payment of blood-money in cases more than
forty years old, and with other unreasonable demands. A wntttn
remonstrance by the Wali of Basrah having failed to deter him fioiu
his objectionable proceedings, a military detachment was sent to Shatrah
to intervene between Sa'dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
ai\d the tribes ; but, owing to mis
management on the part of the officer commanding the paity, a biawl
arose at a meeting ; and 50 i urkish soldiers were massacied togethti
with several officers, including the commandant. Muhammad
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
was then despatched against SaMun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
for the third time, and anivtd
at Nasiriyah in the beginning of November. His operations were no
more effective, however, than on former occasions, 'a circumstance
which was now attributed to his having married a lelative of Sa dun
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, but which was probably due rather to the deficiency of cavalry in
his force. In December the outlaw escaped to Kuwait territory; but
this time he received no countenance from the Shaikh of Kuwait.
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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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