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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎725] (868/1782)

The record is made up of 2 volumes (1624 pages). It was created in 1915. 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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gent to 'Ajman, where a quantity of the goods was recovered and nine of
the boats implicated were publicly burnt as an example.
In June 1884, a dispute about diving stations having taken place on the
pearl banks between a boat of 'Ajman and another of Sharjah, Saif-
al-Adham, a mischievous 'Omani who had been living on Sirri Island
for several years since his expulsion from 'Oman, sided with the
Sharjah boat and fired upon the other. In consequence of this offence
H.M.S. " Philomel" was sent with the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent to Sim
where Saif's own boat was publicly destroyed.
In 1885 or 1886 the Shaikh of JBakhah moved by sea with an armed 1885-1886.
force, apparently to assist the Shaikhs of Ras-al-Khaimah and Sharjah
in some operations against Sha'am; he escaped with an admonition from
the Resident.
At the beginning of the period the slave trade continued almost Slave trade,
. , , . , i i» ■ an< ^ further
unabated, especially at Sharjah, U mm-al-Qaiwam and Ajman, The Engagement
Shaikhs professed themselves extremely willing, but quite unable, to T ^'
suppress the traffic ; it was ascertained however that the Shaikh of Sharjah, sarce.
who was the most obsequious of all in his protestations, habitually
levied a tax of $4 upon each newly imported slave. In 1856 a further
Engagement was obtained from the Trucial Shaikhs, in which they
undertook, among other things, to seize and deliver up to the British
authorities any slaves whose importation into their territories should be
proved.
The Ruus-al-Jibal tract having been crossed at the isthmus of Telegraph
. 1 , , . Agreement,
Maqlab by the Indo-European Telegraph Department s line and a station 1864.
having been established on an island in Khor-ash-Sham, it was considered
advisable, as the jurisdiction over the district was asserted by some of
the inhabitants to belong to Sharjah, to obtain a written guarantee for
the protection of the line " in and near " their territories from all the
Trucial Shaikhs. An Agreement in this sense, in the form of au
additional article of the Perpetual Treaty of Peace of 1853, was accord
ingly concluded in 1864. v
We have already adverted, in connection with the Ten \ears Mari- 0
time Trnce, to a principal cause of such minor disturbances as still Agreement,
occurred at sea—the migration, namely, of debtors engaged in the pearl 24th^
fishery or pearl trade from one jurisdiction to another with a \ :ew to e\ading
their liabilities. The evil was a far -reaching one, and in 1868 Colonel
Pelly, the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , took steps for enforcing the duty
of extradition upon harbouring chiefs ; but they were not, appaiently,
efficacious. At length, on the 24th of June 1879, an agreement for
the mutual surrender of fraudulently absconding debtois was acce}te

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Theses two volumes make up Volume I, Part IA and Part IB (Historical) (pages i-778 and 779-1624) of the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , ’Omān and Central Arabia (Government of India: 1915), compiled by John Gordon Lorimer and completed for press by Captain L Birdwood.

Part 1A contains an 'Introduction' (pages i-iii) written by Birdwood in Simla, dated 10 October 1914. There is also a 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Tables' (page v-viii) and 'Detailed Table of Contents' (pages ix-cxxx), both of which cover all volumes and parts of the Gazetteer .

Parts IA and IB consist of nine chapters:

  • 'Chapter I. General History of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Region' (Part IA, pages 1-396);
  • 'Chapter II. History of the ’Omān Sultanate' (Part IA, pages 397-629);
  • 'Chapter III. History of Trucial ’Omān' (Part IA, page 630-Part IB, page 786);
  • 'Chapter IV. History of Qatar' (Part IB, pages 787-835);
  • 'Chapter V. History of Bahrain' (Part IB, pages 836-946);
  • 'Chapter VI. History of Hasa' (Part IB, pages 947-999);
  • 'Chapter VII. History of Kuwait' (Part 1B, pages 1000-1050);
  • 'Chapter VIII. History of Najd or Central Arabia' (Part 1B, pages 1051-1178);
  • 'Chapter IX. History of Turkish ’Iraq' (Part 1B, pages 1179-1624).
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2 volumes (1624 pages)
Arrangement

Volume I, Part I has been divided into two bound volumes (1A and 1B) for ease of binding. Part 1A contains an 'Introduction', 'Table of Chapters, Annexures, Appendices and Genealogical Trees' and 'Detailed Table of Contents'. The content is arranged into nine chapters, with accompanying annexures, that relate to specific geographic regions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The chapters are sub-divided into numbered periods according, for example, to the reign of a ruler or regime of a Viceroy, or are arbitrarily based on outstanding land-marks in the history of the region. Each period has been sub-divided into subject headings, each of which has been lettered. The annexures focus on a specific place or historical event. Further subject headings also appear in the right and left margins of the page. Footnotes appear occasionally at the bottom of the page to provide further details and references.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence 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. The sequence runs through parts IA and IB as follows:

  • Volume I, Part IA: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 456. Total number of folios: 456. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 460.
  • Volume I, Part IB: The sequence begins on the first folio with text, on number 457, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 878. It should be noted that folio 488 is followed by folio 488A. Total number of folios: 423. Total number of folios including covers and flysheets: 427.
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