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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎821] (976/1782)

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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In 1887 a piratical Baqarah from W akrali attacked a boat of the [887,
Qubaisat Bani Y as on tbe pearl banks, and one of the crew of the latter
was so severely wounded that he died.
In 1888 the protracted war between the Shaikhs of Dohah and Abu x) ea t|j 0 f a
Dhabi suddenly reached a crisis. In February of that year, the Wali of
Basrah being then actually present in Dohah, a raid was committed at 1888.
Na'aijah in the immediate vicinity by Manasir camel riders, chiefly of
the Al Bu Sha'ar section, who carried away 40 male and female slaves ;
and some of the Manasir, advancing yet nearer, abducted two or three
slaves from the very outskirts of Dohah. Pursuit was attempted, but was
unsuccessful. In March Jasim made a retaliatory raid into the district
of Liwah in Dhafrah and carried off some 400 camels, which he divided
amongst his followers 5 he also recovered, on this occasion, two of the
slaves raided from Dohah^ and he caused 20 Llwah villagers to be soundly
thrashed. In May the tables were again turned by a raiding party of
250 Bedouins whom Shaikh Zaid despatched against Dohah under his son
Khalifah j on their arrival before the place. Shaikh Jasim himself being
then at Dha'ain, the townspeople turned out against them in scattered
detachments, were drawn by a simulated flight into an ambush, and lost
34 men killed, among whom was 'Ali, a son of Jasim.
Between rage and grief Shaikh Jasim was all but distraught; he Prospect of
. t i c i i j. ti Turkish and
incited the Turks to invade Trucial 'Oman, he applied for help to lun- Central
Rashid, he opened a correspondence with the Shaikhs of Trucial 'Oman ^f r ^ enc0
other than Shaikh Zaid, and he subsidised freely a number of the m the war,
Bedouin tribes. On Ibn-Rashid making a favourable response to his
overtures disturbances on a serious scale, and even an attack by Jasim and
his allies upon Abu Dhabi, began to be apprehended by the British
political authorities.
The Turks, however, possibly on account of a warning against inter- 188!
ference which the Government of India asked might be conveyed to the
Porte, did not move; Ibn-Rashid also remained inactive; and Shaikh
Jasim's reprisals eventually took the shape of incursions into Liwah, in
January and February 1889, in which date plantations were cut down
and men, women, and children barbarously murdered. Shaikh Jasim
also prohibited the subjects of the Shaikh of Dibai, who had now thrown
in his lot with the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, from landing in Qatar for
trade or for anv other purpose. In April the Bani Yas in their turn
retaliated by an expedition to the distant region of Barr-al-Qarah,
from which they carried away a large number of camels belonging to the
Bedouin tribes that supported the Shaikh of Dohah. In June a countei-

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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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