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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎737] (880/1782)

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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events indicated the entrance into Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. affairs of new forces
which were shortly to bring 1 about a general challenge of the British
position in the whole region of the Gulf.
4.n absurd but apparently serious attempt was made by Persian
officials in 1887-88 to establish a footing in Trucial 'Oman, the principal
agent employed being Sartip Haji Ahmad Khan, a former Deputy-
Governor of Bushehr. In August 1887 this individual left for the coast
of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. on the Bombay and Persia Steam Navigation Com
pany s steamer u Calder \ a proceeding so extraordinary on his part,
with reference to the season of the year and to other circumstances, that
the British Resident at Bushehr, Colonel E. C. Ross, caused him to be
followed by 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. steamer "Lawrence" to Abu Dhabi, where
he landed in full uniform. After spending some days with the Shaikh
at Abu Dhabi the Sartip paid a visit to Dibai; and then, returning to
Abu Dhabi, he took his departure for Lingeh in a native sailing vessel.
The Trucial Shaikhs, who had pledged themselves to reticence towards
the British authorities, at first preserved an impenetrable silence regard
ing the designs of Ahmad Khan ; but at length, the Shaikh of Dibai
having been persuaded to unbosom himself to the Sultan of 'Oman, it
transpired that the Sartip had proposed the establishment of close relations
between the Shaikhs and the Persian Government with a view to the
exclusion of British influence from Trucial 'Oman. In January 1888
Aiimad Khan, apparently believing the way to be now sufficiently prepared,
leturned from Bushehr to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in a native vessel. He brought
with him a number of Persian flags, presumably for distribution, and,
being a man of method, would have commenced operations in the neigh
bourhood of Ras Musandam ; but the inhabitants of that tract refused to
let him land. Later, accompanied by the Shaikh of Qishm and a number
of armed men, he had an interview with the Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain ;
but soon after this, the impracticability of his scheme having quickly
become apparent, he again withdrew to Persia. The Persian Govern
ment, on a complaint being made at Tehran by the British Legation,
repudiated the Sartip's action and even volunteered to reprimand him;
and, though, they subsequently presented him with a sword of honour,
their official disavowal, being communicated through the Commander of
H.M .S. "Osprey'*' to the Trucial Shaikhs, assuaged the not inconsider
able excitement to which the proceedings of Ahmad Khan had given
llse along the coast.
In December 1887, between the first and the second visit of the
Sartip to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , a precaution had been taken by Colonel
Koss which no dubt contributed materially to the final discomfiture of
66
Preliminary
exclusive
assurances,
1887.

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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.

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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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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎737] (880/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575945.0x000051> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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