'Pocket No. 16: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm'

IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 21

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 1915. It was written in English and Arabic. 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 item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm'. It contains 60 named and unnamed individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Salaymī (Suba‘i) family of ‘Unayzah, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information.

The table was compiled by John Calcott Gaskin in 1905 and revised by Captain Francis Beville Prideaux, 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. at Bahrain, and by Captain Stuart George Knox, 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. at Kuwait, in 1906. Knox was assisted by ’Abdul ’Azīz-bin-Sulaimān-bin-Muhammad-bin-Salaim [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Sulaymān bin Muḥammad bin Salaym] whose name appears in the table.

There is also a 'Chronological list of the Amirs of ’Anaizah belonging to this family' with the periods of their reign, including: Sulaimān-bin-Yahya [Sulaymān bin Yaḥyá], ’Abdullah-bin-Sulaimām [‘Abdullāh bin Sulaymān], Ibrāhīm-bin-Sulaimān [Ibrāhīm bin Sulaymān], ’Abdullah-bin-Yahya [‘Abdullāh bin Yaḥyá], Zāmil-bin-’Abdullah [Zāmil bin ‘Abdullāh], Interregnum, ’Abdullah-bin-Yahya-bin-Sālih [‘Abdullāh bin Yahyá bin Ṣāliḥ], Sālih-al-Amīr [Ṣāliḥ al-Amīr], Hamad-bin-’Abdullah-bin-Yahya [Ḥamad bin ‘Abdullāh bin Yahyá], ’Abdul ’Azīz-bin’Abdullah [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abdullāh]. There is also a note concerning the tribal origins of the Salaymī family.

In addition, a section of 'Notes' is included that gives 1907 as the year of compilation (presumably by John Gordon Lorimer), as well as other details concerning the arrangement of the table, including: the omission of all females; 'issue' means 'male issue'; the ordering of children from the same father according to seniority from left to right; dates of birth, and in some cases death, are approximate only; and when the fact or date of death is not mentioned the person was probably alive in 1906.

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1 folio
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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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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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IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 21

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1915 (CE, Gregorian)

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'Pocket No. 16: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 21, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023876399.0x00000b> [accessed 31 October 2024]

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