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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎827] (982/1782)

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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as 'Oqair, In August 1906 the Shaikh of the Al Morrah, who had
suffered heavy punishment at the hands of the 'Ajman and become a
fugitive^ visited Shaikh 'Abdullah; in September the 'Ajman composed a
long-standing* feud with the people of Dohah by surrendering 100 camels
and entering into engagemeuts ; and in November the head of the Mak-
hadhdhabah Bani Hajir came to an arrangement with Shaikh .Tasim,
which made it possible for the Makhadhdhabah to cainp again with safety
in Qatar.
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firitish relations with Qatar during the same period, 1893-1907.
The relations of the British authorities with Qatar continued after
1893 on the same unsatisfactory footing as before^ being still partly with
the Turks and partly with the Shaikhs of the Al Thani family.
On the 15th of April 1893, in the course of discussions relating to late
events at Dohah, a note was handed to Lord Rosebery by the Turkish
Ambassador in London in which reference wa« made to Qatar as " a
Turkish sub-governorship " and " a dependency of Najd. " Attention
having been drawn to these expressions by the Government of India, the
British Minister for Foreign Affairs undertook, as the communications
had been of an informal nature, to remind the Turkish representative
privately that Her Majesty's Government dissented from the view
implied in the note. ^
In 1893 the Turkish authorities at Dohah protested against the pre
sence of H.M.S. ''Brisk" in the harbour, forbade the Commander
to hold torpedo practice in the bay, and prevented the officers
of the ship from visiting the shore. Instructions for future guidance
were solicited by the naval authorities ; and it was laid down by the
Government of India, with the approval of Her Majesty's Government,
that, while Turkish rule should not be recognised at Dohah and British
naval officers might act there, as upon the coast of Hasa, in such manner
as might be necessary to prevent or punish infractions of the maritime
peace, it was desirable that no opportunity should be given to Turkish
officials of asserting by overt action such nominal authority as the Porte
might possess in the locality, and that, therefore, Her Majesty's ships
should refrain from visiting the harbour of Dohah except when special
occasion for doing so should arise.
Question of
the status of
Qatar, 1893-
Question of
British war
vessels at
Dohah and
British liber
ty of action
in Qatar,
1893.
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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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