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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Turkish Expansion on the Arab Littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa and Katif [al-Qaṭīf] Affairs' [‎1h] (18/164)

The record is made up of 1 volume (78 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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CHAPTEE FIRST-
Early History of Hasa and Kalif.
1. The history of Hasa and Katif has a peculiarity of its own, which
Peculiar features of- distinguishes it from that of Nejd or
Hejaj. Its ports—Grane, Hasa, Katif,
Ojair, with those of the Bahrein, island attracted from the most ancient times
the commerce of the world. The earliest settlers in the districts so far known
to us were the Arabs of the Kahtanic tribe. In the early ages also tribes hailing
from Chaldea found a welcome home on these coasts. It is well known that after
the destruction of Babylon by the Persians, a large body of Chaldeans sailed
away from their home and founded a colony at Gerrha, which is supposed by
some scholars to be surviving in the village Gerryah, near Katif, and by others
Jerahimear Koweit. The Persians also settled on this coast, as merchants,
especially in the towns. The Indian traders were found in Katif in very
early ages ; as they are found in large numbers now-a-days. There has thus
grown up a population on the coast with commercial instincts largely developed,
in marked contrast with the Nejdt ans, as much superior to the latter in
intelligence, as they are inferior to them in military qualities and physical
powers.
Reference, by Arab . writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. B . t 2 : Arabian ^ographer -i refer frequently
to tne coast or Katit. Yacut tor instance
mentions the following places :
Bl-Rhatt. —Supposed by Rawlinson* to he the Atta of Ptolmey, the coast
• vide his cotes, page 225 of Vol. xn opposite to Bahrein. But it is possible it
of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic refers to Koweit. There was a large trade
boeiety. between Ei-Khatt and India during the
early ages of Islam, in so-much that the spears used throughout Arabia, being
formed of Indian bamboos landed at that place, were known as Rarnah-el-
Rhattyeh.
Bl-EaHf. —The principal port of the Katif coast.
Al-Arret. —The ancient Arad —another name of the island of Moharrak,
one of sister islands of Bahrein.
Hajar. —Another name of the island of Bahrein and the coast opposite
to it.
Darin. —The present Darin, a town north of Hasa.
3. Ibn Hawkal gives the names of the cities of Bahrein as, Hajar, El-
Katif, El-XJqueir (Ojair), Bisheh and El-Kharj, while he describes Awdl as
the name of the island, belonging to Abu-Said and Saliman bin El-Hassan, the
famous Carmathian leaders, who levied an enormous tribute from the ships
which traded there.
4. The first known Arab colonists of Hasa and Kafif from the land side
lirst known Arab Colonists, ^ ^ PalgraTe have been
the Beni-Khalid and Bern Hajir, both
Kahtanic tribes, between whom and Islaemitic tribes there were always feuds.
To these elements were added the family of Fezarah, banished from Nejd, and
the clans of Kelb, Beli, Tenuk and of Kodaa, who had little sympathy with
the tribes of Nejd. v
Mahomedanism was never welcomed by the Arab tribes, and what they
received und'er force was a thin veneer of Islamism.
In the beginning of the 10th century of our era the tribes of Hasa joined
the famous El-Karmut, the founder of the Carmathian sect, and took a leading
part in those devastating wars which sealed the downfall of Mohamedanism
throughout the two-thirds of Arabia. The result was, as described by Palgrave,
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The volume is Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Precis of Turkish Expansion on the Arab Littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Hasa and Katif Affairs (Simla: G C Press, 1904).

The volume charts the history and internal affairs of Hasa and Katif [al-Qaṭīf] from early times up to the present, and has sections dedicated to a survey of the Katif coast, Turkish policy, trade, piracy, and Turkish designs on Oman.

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1 volume (78 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the volume.

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Pagination: the volume contains an original pagination sequence, which commences at 1 on the title page, and terminates at 146 on the last page before the back cover. These numbers are printed, with additions and corrections in pencil, and can be found in the top centre of each page. Pagination anomalies: pp. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F, 1G, 1H.

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