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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1527] (1682/1782)
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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had shipped specie to the amount of Es. 15,000 at Muhammareli, was
held up and robbed off Bubiyau Island by a boat which had followed
her from the Shatt-el-'Arab, one man being killed ; and the pirates, in
this instance also, were said to be men of Doiah and J 1 addaghiyah.
Possibly for this reason a visit paid by the Shaikh of Kuwait to the
Shaikh of Muhammareh, in connection with the case, was productive of
no result. On the 29th May one of the Shaikh of Muhammareh's water
patrols gave chase to two Ballams which had approached a Bushehr boat
in a suspicious manner ; but the men in the Ballams fired on the patrol
boat and ultimately took refuge in the Hajiyah creek near Faddaghiyah,
the inhabitants of which village turned out to their assistance.
At the time of these events the Shaikh of Muhammareh had only
one armed boat between Qasbeh and the mouth of the Bahmanshir; and
the Turks had discontinued the use of armed boats altogether. Ihe
Shaikh, however, now sent his steamer " Iran ' J to Qasbeh and stationed
two armed Ballams between the bar of the Shatt-al- ; Arab and the mouth
of the Bahmanshir, besides a Bum at the entrance of the Shatt-el-'Arab.
The Turkish steamer " Alus " was put on duty on the river, but was of
little service, as her engines almost immediately broke down. H. M. S.
" Sphinx " was ordered to co-operate with the local authorities. A tempo
rary cessation of piracy ensued, but the perpetrators of the recent attacks
remained undiscovered and unpunished.
Before the end o£ the date season outrages recommenced. On the night
of the 25th November, 1902, H. M. S. " Assaye" being then engaged m
investigations at the bar outside river, the " Fath-al-Khair " of Masqat,
registered at that fort as a British vessel and flying the British flag, was
boarded hv pirates on the Turkish side of the Shatt -el-'Arah near Ma-
'amir and plundered ; the mate was killed ; and the master was stabbed
in several places. The pirates in this ease were 10 or 12 Arabs and
negroes, who were said to belong to the Persian side.
On the 3rd of February 1903 a Kuwait vessel, carrying a master
5 sailors, and a merchant as a passenger, was attacked in Khor Musa an
captured after a fight lasting 4 hours. The occupants were killed, with
the exception of one of the crew, and the boat «a S looted. is piracy
was attributed to natives of Dorah on the Shatt-el -'Arab four or five of
whom were believed to have been killed or wounded in t e engagemen .
No satisfaction was obtained by the snfierers in any of the piracies of
1902 or 190S.
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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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- 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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