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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [799] (954/1782)
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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799
the distressed vessel ; and, as in tlie end they substantiated this story
by an oath of divorce taken in the presence of a Qadhi, the compen
sation monev, which had been recovered from them^ was returned.
Soon after this the promontory of Qatar began to figure, as a scene Affam^in^
of operations, in the struggle between Abdullah-bin-Ahmad and civil war
Muhammad-bin-Khalifah, the rival Shaikhs of Bahrain, of which .the
general course is described in the history of that principality, On the
first occurrence of a breach between the chiefs'iu 1840, Shaikh Muham
mad, the junior of the two, retired to Qatar and established an influence
which was for a time superior to his grand-uncle's in that part of the
Bahrain Shaikhdom. In 1842, however, when Khalid, the ex-Amir of
the Wahhabis, visited Shaikh 'Abdullah from Dammam, he was received at
Khor Hassan in Qatar where the old chief was then residing. Shaikh
Muhammad having in the meanwhile returned to Bahrain; and a little
later on actual hostilities breaking out between the lelativeSj the first
act of Shaikh Abdullah was to recross the straits and land in Bahrain,
whence in the month of June he succeeded in expelling Shaikh Muham
mad. The people of Khor Hassan in Qatar must apparently have sided
with Shaikh Muhammad, for the victor immediately gave up that village
to partial plunder ; and it was perhaps for the purpose of combating the
influence of Shaikh Muhammad, which seems to have been generally
strong upon the mainland, that Shaikh Abdullah soon after made
arrangements to re-occupy the deserted site of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
. Shaikh Muham
mad, however, who had landed in Qatar on his expulsion from Bahrain
in 1842, anticipated his grand-uncle by seizing the fort of Murair near
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
; and not long afterwards he obtained possession of Fuwairat,
and assumed the offensive by launching from that place an expedition,
ultimatelv successful, against the Bahrain islands. In April 184-3, im
mediately after the capture of Muharraq, a Qatari contingent by whom
Shaikh Muhammad was assisted were suddenly recalled to Qatar by an
attack of the Manasir upon their homes ; but their departure caused no
inconvenience to Shaikh Muhammad, whose position in Bahrain was
by that time firmly established.
In the autumn of 1843 'Isa-bin-Tarif, the Al Bin-Ali ally of Shaikh Affairs in
Muhammad, transferred his abode from Qais Island to Dohah in Qatai ; continu-'
the change was welcome to the British authorities both because it brought an^cHbe
that warlike character to the side of the Restrictive Line on which, in t we p]j
certain circumstances, he could be permitted to indulge his tastes, and Shaikh and
because at the eame time it took Dohah out of the hands of a headman Shaikh of
of the Sudan tribe who was more addicted to piracy than to regular war.
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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'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:130, 1:778, iv-r:iv-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, v-r:v-v, 779:1098, 1131:1146, 1099:1130, 1147:1484, 1489:1496, 1485:1488, 1497:1624, vi-r:vi-v, back-a-i
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