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'Arabia. Handbooks prepared under the direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office - no 90' [14] (29/148)
The record is made up of 1 volume (69 folios). It was created in 1919. 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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[No. 90
II. POLITICAL HISTORY
Chronological Summary
Tenth century (middle) Seizure of Mecca by Jafur.
1200 (circa) Hasanid dynasty established at Mecca.
Sixteenth century Yemenite Powers established.
1517 Selim the Grim seizes Egypt.
1538 Arabian coast towns occupied by Turkish fleet.
1540 Aden taken from the Portuguese.
1599 Yemen occupied by the Turks.
1741 Oman supports the A1 Bu Said dynasty.
1750 (circa) Foundation of dynasties of Koweit and Muscat.
1782 Bahrein dynasty founded.
1798 Great Britain concludes a treaty with Sultan of Muscat.
1811 Keaction against the cleansing of the " Holy Places."
1819-42 Egyptian troops occupy Nejd.
1827 Mohammed ibn Abd el-Muin e'l-Aun becomes Grand Sherif
1830 Ahmed Idrisi comes from Mecca to Sabia.
1837 Death of Ahmed Idrisi.
1839 Great Britain s first occupation of Arabian territory.
1840 Revival of Turkish power in Yemen.
1847 Abdah Shammar establish an independent Emirate in
Hail.
1849 Return of the Turks to highland Yemen.
1850 The Saud Emirate revived.
1853 The dynasties of the
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
recognised as autono
mous.
1868 Sheikhdom of El-Katr becomes independent.
1871 Turkey occupies el-Hasa.
1872 Turkey occupies Dohah.
1882 Aun " er-Rafik " becomes Grand Sherif.
1892 The five Trucial Chiefs accept British Protectorate.
1902 Kaaiti Sultan established.
1905-6 Turkey sends aid to the Emir of Jebel Shammar against
the Emir of Nejd.
1908 Husein nominated Grand Sherif by the Porte.
1910 Hail ceases to control the Nefud, Advance of Idrisi
checked,
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This volume contains information on the geography, political history and economic conditions of Arabia and was published by the Historical Section of the Foreign Office in April 1919.
It is divided into four sections: 'Geography Physical and Political'; 'Political History'; 'Political Conditions' and 'Economic Conditions'. There is an Appendix, containing tables regarding trade in Aden, Muscat and Bahrein, 1909-1917.
There is a map 'Sketch Map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabia', compiled by the War Office on June 1914.
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- 1 volume (69 folios)
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which 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. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the map on a sleeve on the inside back cover, on number 70.
Pagination: There is also an original pagination, iv-vi, 2-127.
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1:6, 1:130, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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