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'Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf, Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman and Oman' [‎7] (21/226)

The record is made up of 1 volume (112 folios). It was created in 1933. 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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CHAP. I.—HISTORY THE WAHABIS.
In tlie winter of 1900-1901, the latter set out for the
new capital of lliyadh with some 200 men. Of these he
selected 15 and with them captured the capital by a stra
tagem and thus recovered the throne of his fathers. The
first years of his reign were spent in consolidating his
position and in 1904 the Turks sent a force to help the
Shammar stem the Northward advance oi the Wahabis.
Early in 1914 Ibn Saud succeeded in driving the Turks
out of the Hasa, and before they could organise a force
against him they were involved in the Great War. Ct was
about this time that the Wahabis realised that their name
was held in general disrepute outside Arabia. Turkish
propaganda combined with true stories oi acts of vanda
lism and other atrocities had shocked the civilised world.
They thought therefore that it might be advantageous to
adopt a new name—the Akhwan (Is 1 Safa or the " Brothers
of Purity " which was the title of a famous religious trea
tise in Arabia. The name however was found too cum
bersome and was shortened to Akhwan, which name, howr
ever, has not been generally recognised in the outside
world. Even in the Hejaz they are generally referred to
as the " Mutayyanin, i.e., those who have given them
selves to religion ".
In the Great War, Great Britain wished to enlist Ibn
Saud's help against the lurks and Ibn Saud wished to get
British support in his campaign against the bhammai
who were allies of the Turks. An agreement was arrived
at but the death of Captain Shakespear—the British re
presentative with the Akhwan iorces in the first battle
with the Shammar—nullified the effect of these operations.
The end of the war found us trying to find some modus
vivendi between Ibn Saud and the Sherif of Mecca, both
of them our allies, but mutual hereditary enemies. The
situation was made even more delicate in 1921 by the
creation of the Arab kingdoms of Iraq and Trans-Jordan
on the border of Nejd, under sons of the Sherif of Mepca,
in both of which the British were to be the mandatory
power.
In 1924 and 1925 Ibn Saud was engaged in a campaign
against the Sherif of Mecca, whom he decisively defeated,,
and annexed the Hejaz, of which country he was later
proclaimed King.

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The volume is Military Report on the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Kuwait, Bahrein, Hasa, Qatar, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Oman (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1933). The volume was produced by the General Staff, India. The place name Bahrain is rendered in the title and elsewhere in the volume in the spelling 'Bahrein'.

The volume contains information in separate sections for each of the places listed in the title under the following chapter headings:

  • I Historical (ff 8-14);
  • II Geography, Climate, Health (ff 15-54);
  • III Population (ff 54-67);
  • IV Water Supply; Resources (ff 68-70);
  • V Armed Forces (ff 70-75);
  • VI Aviation (ff 75-78);
  • VII Political (ff 79-81);
  • VIII Inter-Communication [wireless and telegraph] (ff 81-82);
  • IX Communications [land routes] (ff 83-98).

There are three appendices, which follow the same format:

  • I Currency, Weights and Measures (f 99-102);
  • II Landing Facilities - Maritime (ff 103-106);
  • III List of Maps (f 106).

The volume includes five maps of the region (ff 109-113).

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1 volume (112 folios)
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There is a list of contents on ff 6-7, which contains an inaccuracy in the title and number of the last chapter.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 113 on the last of the five maps inserted in a pocket attached to the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. All five maps (ff 109, 110, 111, 112, 113) need to folded out to be examined. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages in the volume.

Pagination: an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-198 appears between ff 8-106.

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