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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [854] (1009/1782)
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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854
town of Mauamah. Meanwhile the fleet, seized by panic at the sight
of what was passing- on shore, instead of lending their assistance weighed
anchor and ran out of Khor -al-Qalai'ah. In executing this manoeuvre a
brig and a
Baghlah
Large trading vessel.
grounded, and the latter was carried off by the
'Utub ; but the ''Omanis, under cover of night, succeeded in burning the
other where she lay stranded, not however before she had been stripped by
the enemy. The loss of the invading force was estimated at 500 men.
Depressed by this defeat, by the fear of further treachery, by his
wound, by an outbreak of cholera on board his ships, and by evil tidings
from his East African possessions, Saiyid Sa'id, alter several undignified
attempts to conclude a peace with the Utub, finally sailed for home with
his whole force on the 21st of November. The excuse to which he had
recourse, that his enterprise was disapproved by Heaven, did not save
him from heavy loss of prestige everywhere in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and
his altered position there may have been one of the reasons for which,
after 1828, he bestowed his attention chiefly on the distant and perhaps
less arduous held of Africa.
Sequel of these events, 1828-1829.
Rsferencs by
the Shaikh
of Bahrain
to the
British
Political
Resident,
December
1828,
Naval war
between the
'Utub of
Bahrain and
the Saiyid of
'Oman,
1829.
Immediately after the departure of the hostile fleet Shaikh 'Abdullah
wrote to Colonel D. Wilson, the
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, to com
plain of the conduct of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi in joining in the attack
upon Bahrain ; he appealed to the fourth Article of the General Treaty of
Peace, by which both himself and Shaikh Tahnun were bound, and
in which it was stated that" the pacificated tribes should not fight
with each other/' In reply the Resident explained the meaning of the
clause to be that the signatories should not tight with each other in a
piratical manner, but only in the way of open and declared war.
Having learned that to engage in regular hostilities was not contrary
to the Treaty of 1820, the Shaikhs of Bahrain resolved to carry war into
the enemy's waters and equipped for the purpose a fleet of seven large
vessels, to meet which two frigates were sent to sea by Saiyid Sa'id. The
Abi fleet sailed on the 21st of March 1829 under the personal co mmand
of Shaikh 'Abdullah-bin-Ahmad.
fhe wax ships from Masqat shortly fell in with a Bahrain vessel from
India, the " Saiyar," which they first tried to intimidate by long range
fire and then to board ; but, finding the ? Atbi crew prepared to receive
them with combustibles, they sheered ofi again and continued the action
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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