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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎860] (1015/1782)

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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860
I
Non-inclusion
of the Shaikh
of Bahrain in
the Maritime
Truce, 1835.
Extension
of the
Restriotive
Line to
Bahrain,
1836.
Piracies by
'AmSir and
Bani Hajir,
1837.
Maritime
war between
Bahrain and
Abu Dhabi
averted,
1838.
fche British crew, either on board the ship itself or in one of the Shaikhs
boats alongside.
When the first Maritime Trace was arranged in 1835 among the
Shaikhs of Trucial ^Oman, as related in the history of that region, the
Shaikh of Bahrain, though his position resembled theirs in that he
was a party to the General Treaty of Peace of 1820, was not invited to
become a signatory. The reason for the omission was two-fold : in the
first place it was believed that Shaikh 'Abdullah, whose conduct
in regard to the maintenance of peace at sea had hitherto been unexcep
tionable, would not allow himself to be drawn into a course contrary
to the policy of the British Government, who could easily punish him ;
and, again, it was feared that the Shaikh, if admitted to membership
of the Maritime Truce, might, in the not improbable contingency of
war between himself and the ruler of Masqat, claim the intervention
of the British Government to prevent an attack on Bahrain.
A Restrictive Line, between which and the Persian coast no naval
hostilities were in future to be permitted, was established in 1836
for Trucial 'Oman under the authority of the British Government, with
the approval of the Shaikhs but without the execution of any formal
engagement on their part. In the same year, in consequence of the dis
turbed relations which then prevailed between the ruler of Bahrain and
the people of Huwailah in Qatar, the line was prolonged—-with the
assent of Shaikh 'Abdullah, conveyed in a letter dated 26th March
1836—from the Island of Halul so as to pass 10 mi 1 es north of Ras-
Rakan, the northernmost extremity of Qatar, and theno? through the
island of Qraiyin to Ras-az-Zor, where it met the Arabian coast.
In 1837 the Amair section of the Bani Khalid and some Bani Ha]ir
who were settled at Dammam—the latter being thus, in name at least,
subjects of the Shaikh of Bahrain—took advantage of the anarchy at the
time prevailing in Hasa, as in all other parts of the Wahhabi cominions,
to inaugurate a piratical campaign against the shipping of Qati!. Some
Bahrain boats also having suffered by their depredations, Shaikh
Abdullah sought and obtained the permission of the British Goveinment
to chastise them, and was quickly successful in capturing two of their
boats ; in these operations five of the pirates were killed.
Since his departure from Huwailah in Qatar in 1835, 'Isa-bin-Tanf
and his followers, who^ belonged chiefly to the A1 Bin-'Ali and A1 Bl
Amain tribes, had resided at Abu Dhabi in Tmcial 'Oman and had
been restrained by the influence of the British Resident in the Persian
Gull from committing raids on the territories under the Bahrain chief.
In 1838 Shaikh Abdullah, who insisted that the emigrants should
return and settle in Bahrain—a condition to which they would by no

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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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