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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎816] (971/1782)

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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Claim of
the Shaikh
of Bahrain
to sovereign
ty in Qatar
disallowed by
the Govern
ment of
India, 1875.
Evacuation
of Znbarah
by the Shaikh
of Bahmin,
1875.
Matters at
Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ,
1876-77.
the decision reached in the previous year, the Shaikh should have been
dissuaded from sending men to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and should have been encouraged
to depend altogether upon the British Government for the defence of
his islands. It subsequently transpired that an absurdly inaccurate
account of the whole affair had been telegraphed to the Porte by
their Wali at Baghdad, representing the Na'im of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as a tribe in
rebellion against the rightful authority of the Turkish Government
whom the Bani Hajir had been employed to coerce, but who had escaped
punishment through improper interference by the Shaikh of Bahrain.
The dangers which threatened Bahrain from the side of Qatar were
shown by the Resident to be chiefly due to the uncertainty whether the
coast, on the side towards Bahrain, was or was not under the authority
of the Porte.
The Shaikh of Bahrain, though he had intimated his readiness
to be guided by the advice of the British Government, once more
in April 1875 put forth a claim to sovereignty over the whole of Qatar,
which he asserted to be subject and tributary to Bahrain. On the fact
being reported to them, the Government of India observed with regret the
continued disposition of the Shaikh to entangle himself in the affairs
of the continent and ordered that he should be made to understand that,
if he persisted in a course opposed to their advice and thereby became
involved in complications upon the mainland, the consequences would be
upon himself, and they would hold themselves free to take such measures
with respect to him as they might think necessary. The purport of
this letter was communicated to Shaikh 'Isa bv Lieutenant Fraser, the
Assistant Resident, in person ; and the Shaikh, while denying: that his
i • ' v O
lights in Qatar had become invalid or extinct, stated that he bowed to
the orders of Government.
The Shaikh afterwards made a request through his brother that he
might be allowed to postpone the withdrawal of his men from Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
until the end of the pearl season ; but it was not granted. In the
neighbourhood of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , except for a few raids and counter-raids by
the Bani Hajir and Na'im upon each other's cattle, matters remained
airly quiet ; but in the pearl season some of the Beni Hajir put to sea
to commit piracy,—a proceeding which led, as mentioned in the history
of Bahrain, to excessive action by the Shaikh in very distant waters.
In 1876 the Bani Hajir tribe was temporarily split into two fac
tions, one of which connected itself with Nasir-bin-Mubarak, the
Bahrain outlaw, and the other with the Na^m of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . The precau
tion was taken of again warning the Shaikh cf Bahrain to refrain from

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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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