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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎749] (892/1782)

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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749
Tn 1904- Herr Toeppen, a German adventurer and pervert to German
subiects.
Muhammadanism, informed the British Government that one of the
Trucial Shaikhs was trying to obtain German protection ; he also offered
his services in the matter, as those of a person well acquainted with
the countrv, but they were declined. The lease of the export duty on
mother-of -pearl shells at Dibai, already mentioned as having given
rise in 1902 or 1903 to a commercial question, was found to have been
oranted to an employe of the German firm of Wonckhaus; and the
Shaikh was accordingly advised not to grant such concessions in future
without first consulting the Resident.
Internal affairs of Trucial 'Oman, 1892-1907.
We come at length to the internal history of the country during Friction
fifteen years,— a period during which, be the cause what it may, actual ftn d
fighting by land has been much less common than formerly, while DiUi, 1892.
political combinations have shown more than ordinary stability.
To the troubles which befell in 1891 between the Shaikhs of Dibai
and Sharjah there succeeded a truce which, having been shaken m
September 1892 by the despatch of an armed boat from Dibai to the
assistance of 'Ajman against Sharjah, was again solemnly renewed at
Dibai in the same month in the presence of Sultan-bm-Muhammad, a
leading Shaikh of the Na^im.
The migration of the Marar from Dibai to Sharjah, where they
permanently settled, continued however to be a source of quarrel between 18 9 3 .
the two principalities so long as the claims arising from the affair remainw 9 .
unadjusted. In November 1S93 war was again declared between
Sharjah and Ras-al-Khaimah on the one part and Dibai on the ot er,
and the Shaikh of 'Ajman was subsequently drawn into the fray on t ic
side of his Qasimi allies. In March 1894 a partial reconciliation between
the disputants was effected by the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, but the Mam
question remained unsettled ; in the end it necessitated a special visit by
the Resident 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 the course of which, at a meeting
held under the superintendence of Mr. J. C. Gaskin, As6 ' Btant Kes,d "".
the dispute was finally laid to rest. The Shaikh of Sharjah on h.
occasion tried to avoid meeting the Resident, and the usua comp im
gifts were in his case consequently withheld.

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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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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎749] (892/1782), 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_100023575945.0x00005d> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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