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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [844] (999/1782)
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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844
Proceedings
of the British
Resident.
Repulse of
the Masqat
expedition
July or
August 1816.
Unsuccessful
negotiations
between
Saiyid Sa'id
and the
Persian
Government
of Shiraz for
a fresh
attempt on
Bahrain.
On the 19th of July 1816, news having been received of the sailing
of an expedition from Masqat against Ras-al-Khaimah and Bahrain,
Lieutenant Mruce,
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.
at Bushehr, arrived in Bahrain,
whew he had an interview with ^AhdulIah-hin-Ahmad, the Shaikh of
the principality. The Shaikh, to whom the Saiyid had held out a threat
t^at British ships of war would participate in the attack on Bahrain and
that the ports of British India would be closed to the ■'Utub so long as
they were at enmity with himself, complained to Lieutenant Bruce that
the treaty between Masqat and Bahrain had been wantonly broken by
Saiyid Sa^d, who had treacherously seized 15 Bahraini vessels and their
cargoes off Masqat. On being assured of the neutrality and even friendship
of Britain— of which the Resident apparently undertook to convince
him by the conclusion of an informal agreement not authorised
by Government— 'Abdullah-bin-Ahmad declared himself able to
hold his own, at least with Wahhabi assistance, against any force which
might be brought against him; and the event fully justified his
opinion.
Saiyid Sa'id, who was now approaching Bahrain, on his part
professed, in a correspondence with the Resident, that he was compelled
to act against the 'Utub by their repudiation of his suzerainty,
which they had admitted in 1811, by their alliance with the Wahhabis'
and by their indulgence in piratical practices. He turned a deaf ear to
the dissuasion of the British representative, and he even neglected to
answer a letter in which British mediation was offered.
The Masqat armament, to which three Bushehr vessels were added
by order of the Persian Government of Shiraz and wliich was
strengthened by Arab contingents from the Persian ports of Kangun
and 'Asalu, arrived on the scene a few days after Lieutenant Bruce's
departure from Bahrain. A landing was immediately effected by the
mams on the Island of Muharraq; but, in an engagement which
o lowed, the invaders were signally defeated with the loss of two near
relations^ Saiyid Sa'id, one of whom was his younger brother Hamad.
The Saiyid with his fleet then crossed the Gulf to Kangun to take
on board 1 000 musketeers and 400 irregular horse whom the Persian
tZ eV Tl e Tl F ' rSliad Undertaken t0 pr0vide 0n understanding
that should the troops be embarked and the expedition then fail or
and in^utu > ^ WOuld de W the expenses incurred
and in future remit an annual Pishkash to Shiraz. and that other-
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
^ 0f th 7 lands > bein g ^en, the Saiyid should pay 10,000
Tumans a year ever after to the Governor-General of Fars. After Jome
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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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- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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