'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904' [‎43] (51/68)

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The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Najd (spelt Nejd throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.

The volume includes a preface (folio 3) and list of contents (folio 4). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:

• I: Rise of the Wahabis under Abdul Wahab [‘Abd al-Wahhāb] ante1740;
• II: Political History of Nejd ante 1800 to 1804;
• III: Genealogy of the Wahabi Amirs;
• IV: First encroachments of the Wahabis on Oman,, 1804-1808;
• V: (1) Joasami [Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] pirates under Wahabi influence first venture into the Indian Seas. (2) Expedition against Joasamis and Wahabis, 1808-1809;
• VI: First Egyptian Invasion of Nejd, 1814-1819;
• VII: Resurrection of the Wahabis and Reconstitution of the Wahabi Kingdom, 1824-1831;
• VIII: Wahabi overtures to British Government, 1831;
• IX: (1) Wahabi Invasion of Oman, 1833. (2) Views of the Government of India as to the claims of Maskat [Muscat] on the British Government;
• X: (1) Turki [Turkī] murdered by Meshari [Mashārī]. (2) Meshari executed by Feysal [Fayṣal]. (3) Feysal assumes Kingdom;
• XI: (1) Second Egyptian Invasion of Nejd. (2) Egyptian withdrawal under British pressure;
• XII: Government of Khalid [Khālid] as Turkish viceregent;
• XIII: (1) Abdullah bin Saneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thānīyān] seizes the kingdom. (2) Feysal returns from exile;
• XIV: (1) Oman again threatened by the Wahabis. (2) British policy;
• XV: Wahabi attempt on Bahrein [Bahrain]
• XVI: Invasion of Oman by Abdullah, son of Feysal (2) Treaty between Maskat and Wahabis;
• XVII: Feysal's nominal dependence upon Turkey, 1855;
• XVIII: (1) Renewal of Wahabi attempt on Bahrein. (2) British interference, 1859;
• XIX: (1) Blockade of Wahabi ports by Chief of Bahrein, 1861. (2) Blockade raised on British interference;
• XX: Turkish protest against British proceedings;
• XXI: Differences between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd, 1864-65;
• XXII: Visit of Colonel [Lewis] Pelly to Riadh [Riyadh], 1865;
• XXIII: Difference between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd (continued), 1864-1865;
• XXIV: (1) Rebellion of two Oman tribes under leadership of Wahabi Officer. (2) Outrage of British subjects;
• XXV: British operations against the Wahabis, 1865-66;
• XXVI: The Amir of Nejd comes to terms, 1866;
• XXVII: Deputation of a Wahabi envoy to Baghdad, 1866;
• XXVIII: Wahabi advances to Beraymi [al-Buraymī];
• XXIX: Civil War between Abdullah and Saud [Sa‘ūd], his brother. (2) Turkish expedition into Nejd to assist Abdullah, 1870-71;
• XXX: Saud bin Feysal's appeal to the Resident for arbitration of the British Government, 1871-1873;
• XXXI: Saud's negotiations with the Turks, 1872;
• XXXII: First Mission of Haji Ahmed [Ḥājjī Aḥmad] to Baghdad, 1872;
• XXXIII: Second Mission of Haji Ahmed to Baghdad, 1872;
• XXXIV: Visit of Abdullah messenger to Baghdad, 1872-1873;
• XXXV: Release of Abdur Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān];
• XXXVI: Death of Saud bin Faysal [Sa‘ūd bin Fayṣal] and election of Abdul Rahman as Amir, 1875;
• XXXVII: Abdullah bin Feysal [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal] defeats Abdur Rahman, 1875-80;
• XXXVIII: Threatened Revolt of the Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq], 1880;
• XXXIX: Sheikh Abdullah bin Thanneyan, 1879-1880;
• XL: State of affairs in 1881;
• XLI: Rise of the Shammar principality, 1835-1882;
• XLII: Genealogy of Shammar Chiefs;
• XLIII: Hostilities between Abdullah bin Feysal and Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rashīd];
• XLIV: Imprisonment of Abdullah bin Feysal and absorption of the Wahabi Kingdom in the Shammar principality, 1887-1896;
• XLV: Complications with Koweit, 1897-1904.

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1 volume (34 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged divided into forty five (identified by Roman numerals). There are paragraph numbers that are continuous throughout the whole volume, beginning on 1 at the start of the first section, and ending on 230 in the final section. A contents page appears at the front of the volume (folio 4).

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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