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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' [120] (137/164)
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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120
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
(VII) Piracies in 1891-92.
External A, March 1892, N ob. 151.207. ® 10 y ear 1891 WaS fruitful of
list is subjoined' piracieS 0n the Katif Waters > of which a
List of piracies committed in the Turkish waters of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
from
June to August.
Hfo.
Period of occurrence.
Particulais of occnrrence.
E emabks.
1
18th June 1891 4t .
About 14 men supposed to belong to
the Beni Hajir tribe boarded a shooi
lying in the port of Seyhat. They
killed one of the crew and threw the
rest into the sea.
The Turkish troops
were to have gone
in pursuit of the
robbers; but it is
nob reported whether
any attempt was made
at the time to capture
the latter.
2
Ditto
The same men then captured a boat
belonging- to Basri, killed one of the
crew and took everything that could
be found; some lucerne grass, date
sticks, and even the fails.
The Turkish gun-boat
Safar appears how
ever, to have been
despatched lafor on,
but the robbers could
not be found.
July 1891
A shooi of Katif was boarded near
Ojair by 18 men of the Beni Hajir
tribe. One of the crew was wound
ed ; and the pirates carried away
fts. 223 in cash some dollars, gear
belonging to the shooi, its canoe
and sails also two slaves forming
part of the crew, and a cousin of the
Nakhoda whom they took for a
slave.
Turkish troops were
sent in pursuit, but
the robbers could not
be found.
4
SOtii August 1891
Some 16 Bedouins of the Beni Hajir
tribe attacked a Persian shooi of
laluriyeh, containing a cargo of
wheat, sheep hides, charcoal and
fire-wood intended for Bahrein.
Most of the goods were landed at
belwa by the robbers, who also
carried away property consisting of
gold, pearls, copper utensils, clothes,
sails, etc., amounting in value to
Rs. 2,495. One of the
lascars
A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships.
of
the shooi was also taken away by
the pirates, but he is said to have
escaped eventually.
The Turkish are said
to have taken no
action in the matter.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1, 1a:1h, 2:146, back-i
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