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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎885] (1040/1782)

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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soned,—a course of behaviour so irritatiug to the Shaikh of Bahrain that
he threatened to blockade Qatif unless reparation were made. A little
later, in April 1&50, a son of Sa'ad-bin-Mutlaq ; the well ^known Wahhabi
agent at Baraimr, visited ^Bahrain; and the cold reception which he
naturally met with there did.not tend to improve the relations between
Shaikh Muhammad and the Amir.
Early in 1851 the Amir Faisal in person made his appearance in 1851.
Qatar, at a place only two marches distant from Dohah, whereupon the
people of Dohah, Wak rah and Fuwairat repudiated their allegiance to
Bahrain and went over to the Wahhabis. The Shaikh of Bahrain, against
his own better judgment, then tendered a small annual tribute to the
Amir, a circumstance from it may perhaps be inferred that he had failed
to observe the agreement of 1847 ; but his adversary rejected the offer
with scorn, proposed exorbitant terms instead, and invited the sons of the
late Shaikh ''Abdullah to join him from their asylum on the Persian coast.
Shaikh Muhammad then blockaded the Wahhabi port of Qatif; but the
sons of "Abdullah, arriving with a fleet which they had equipped on the
Persian side, broke through the line of his vessels and entered Qatif harbour.
Matters now assumed an aspect very threatening for Shaikh Muhammad;
and he was, in fact, on the point of succumbing to the hostile combination
when a British squadron, arriving off Bahrain, took the islands under their
protection. Thereafter, at the end of July 1861, a peace was concluded
between the disputants by the efforts of Shaikh Tahnun of Abu Dhabi;
Dohah in Qatar was restored to 'Ali, brother of the Shaikh of Bahrain,
from whom it had^been taken; and the Wahhabi Amir returned quietly
to Hofuf.
In this year a claim by the Porte to sovereignty over Bahrain was
summarily rejected by the British Government.
In 1852, enraged by the recent settlement of the sons of "Abdullah 1852.
at Dammam under Wahhabi protection. Shaikh Muhammad proposed to
withhold the instalment of tribute then due to the Amir and indulged in
imprudent speeches ; but by the advice of Captain Kemball, the British
Resident, and of his own brother 'Ali, a man of greater self-control than
himself, he was persuaded to make the required payment to an agent
whom Faisal had deputed to receive it.
Soon after this Shaikh Muhammad gave way to irrational fears,— Difficultj of
fears not only of rivals belonging to his own family but also of the Saiyid ghailfh &
of "Oman and even of Shaikh Tahnun, the recent mediator between him- Muhammad,
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self and the Wahhabis ; and hardly had Captain Kemball, whom he had
recently insulted, undertaken a correspondence on his behalf with the

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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' [‎885] (1040/1782), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023575946.0x000029> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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