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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [810] (965/1782)
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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810
political rela
tions with
the Shaikh of
Dohah. 1881-
82.
Prom ise by
Shaikh J asim
to adhere to
the Agree
ment of
1868.
later of projects on the part of Jasim himself to proceed by sea against
the ■'Ajman tribe near Qatif and the Qubaisat section of the Bani Yas,
a question arose as to the degree of interference which might still with
propriety be exercised by the British Government in such matters in
Qatar ; in each of the cases mentioned, it should be added, Shaikh Jasim
had been advised by the British authorities in the Gulf to refrain from
action and had complied with their advice. The Government of India,
recognising that the agreement made in 18G8 with Shaikh Jasim's
father, by which Shaikh Muhammad undertook not tu make war by sea,
could hardly, on account of its personal character and the subsequent
assumption by the Turks of authority at Dohah, be regarded as binding
on Shaikh Jasim, referred the point to Her Majesty's Government,
whose orders, issued early in 1882, were to the effect that the Shaikh,
though he had accepted the position of an Ottoman dependent on land,
should be encouraged to maintain close and direct relations with the
officers of the Government of India and to defer to them, as he appeared
inclined to do, in all matters affecting the peace of the seas. As regards
the course to be followed in event of the Shaikh of Dohah or any other
Shaikh similarly situated putting to sea with hostile intentions, either
without reference to or in disregard of I he warnings of the British
Resident, Her Majesty's Government were unable to give the Govern
ment of India any precise instructions; they held that it was for the Gov
ernment of India to decide, upon general considerations of expediency,
whether coercion should be employed in any individual case. It had been
intimated to the Porte in July 1881, at the conclusion of the discussions
mentioned in the last paragraph, that, as they declined to agree to a joint
police of the seas, Her Majesty's Government were obliged to under
take that duty single-handed " without reference to the claims of the
Sultan to territorial jurisdiction in those waters/' The commanders of
British cruisers in the Gulf were accordingly empowered to act as mi-ht
be necessary to prevent or punish disturbances of the peace at sea
avoiding, however, the raising of needless questions with Turkish authori
ties where such might exist, and unnecessary encroachment upon the
jurisdiction of the Sultan, wherever the same might be effectually estab
lished on the coast to the north of 'Odaid.
About the same time Colonel Ross, 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.
proposed that Shaikh Jasim, whose character and conduct were as un
satisfactory as ever, should be compelled to acknowledge in writing the
continued validity of the Agreement signed by his father in 186S^ bu
the Government of India, being of opinion that proceedings to this end
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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)
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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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- 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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