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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [808] (963/1782)
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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Case of
piracy and
complaints
of exactions,
1874.
Incivility of
the Turks to
a British
vessel, 1867.
808
serious crop of maritime outrages. A boat was seized near Wakrah taken
a way, and abandoned near
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
; another boat^ belonging* to Shaikh
Jasim, was boarded near Dha'ain and carried off, with the pearls
she contained, after two of the crew had been killed and one wounded •
again a Persian boat from Jazeh in Shibkuh was attacked near Wakrah'
10 of the crew being killed and 13 wounded, and a quantity of pearls
taken ; and finally a Sharjah pearl boat was seized and removed
to Kbor Shaqiq, but was recovered by Jasim.-Jasim, however, at the in
tercession of elders, released some prisoners whom he had taken In 1872
from August to November, 'Abdur-Rahman, the expelled Wahhabi
of Na J d ' res '<W "t Dohah under the protection of Jfoim.
British relations with Qatar during the same period, 1872-1893
vessel owned by a certain 'Abdul Karim and' h' i" 1 "'' "" . H lia,lrain
traders were sufferers jointly with Shaikh feim hims^r SI'ti ^
promptly took measures for recouping hi. I
without any redress being afforded to the BrV T* * ^ *****
1875, however, compensation was obtained by Col' T R i
Res,dent, who despatched his Second Assistant Can't r S '
the matter with Shaikh Muhammad*bin-Thaui' '' PtaIn Ira6er ' to settk
Bedouins, the petitioners ^7:^ ^ ^ ^
orders of the Government of India that t ' Sldeilt ' the
whether they should leave Dohah ^ not ^Xl to decide
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— — f ,MS :"»»
officers in charge of the Turkish plst who 18 ' 6 fr0m the
the shore to his ship, shouted after him'th I n-i ^ ^ retumin S fr »m
;j « '• — a. [Wrt i tin ""
had witnessed the scene Captain Guthri, " nUmber of Arabs
for another 24 hours, ^ Was careW remain at Dohah
M.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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