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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [850] (1005/1782)
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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Visit of
Lieutenant
Mcleod,
Political
Resident, to
Bahrain and
the general
position
there,
January
1833.
18R5.
Feud
between
Ivahmah-
appointment and recalled him to India. With reference chiellv to the
clause of the Agreement that affected Bahrain, the Bombay Govern
ment remarked : " It acknowledges the King- of Persians title of Bahrain
ff of which there is not the least proof and which the British Government
" cannot assert without injuring the pretensions of the Imaum and the
" Attabees. It promises our aid against every power possessed of an
" island in the Gulf, and expressly against the Attabees, to whom we are
f< bound by a treaty of friendship, and with whose conduct we have even
"reason to be satisfied." According to a report by Major G. Willock, the
British representative at Tabriz, the Shah (also, a whilst refusing his
"accordance to the stipulations, expressed his displeasure that the Prince
" of Siiiraz should have entered into any engagements with the British
" Government without his knowledge and injunctions.^
In the course of an important tour along the Arab coast, undertaken
by special order of Government, Lieutenant McLeod, the successor
of Captain Bruce, landed on the 27th of January 1823 at Manamah, where
he was hospitably entertained by the Shaikhs of Bahrain. The chief
object of his visit was to reassure the Shaikhs in regard to Captain
Bruce's unfortunate Agreement, by informing them that it was of no
effect, and that no change of policy was contemplated by Government ;
but the case was also discussed of the Bahrain Batil which had been seized
by H.M.8. " Sophie " and carried to Bombay on account of a technical
piracy committed on a Bushehr vessel in the Shatt-at-'Arab. Shaikh
^Abdullah, the younger of the joint chiefs, who with a majority of the
Utub of the principality resided on Muharraq Island, was found to be in
virtual charge of the state; his elder brother Salman, who was now
a very old man and was represented in most matters by his eon Khalifah,
had retired to spend the remainder of his days in Eifa'-ash-Sharqi on
the main island, where the Resident had an interview with him also.
Lieutenant McLeod reported that the authority of the Shaikhs of
Bahrain in their own dominions did not appear to be so absolute as
might have been expected, and that it was « borne with much reluctance
bv the inhabitants of the islands/' Sons and servants already appeared
o encroach upon the functions properly belonging to the Shaikhs alone
e death o{ Shaikh Salman occurred two years later, in 1825, when
his son Khalifah succeeded to a half share of the net revenue of the
principality; but Shaikh 'Abdullah, though the concurrence of his
nephew in all acts of government was theoretically required, contrived
to retain the entire executive power in his own hands.
The feud between Rahmah-bin-Jabir, chief of the dissident
Jalahimah Utub, and the Shaikhs of Bahrain was, until its termination
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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.
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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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