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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎894] (1049/1782)

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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In Jane 1868 the injured Qataris took the law into their own hands
and attempted a retaliatory attack on Bahrain; but the movement began
and ended, it would seem, with a somewhat severe naval eng-ag-ement.
The secrecy and rapidity with which the campaign of the Shaikhs
the British 1 , ...
authorities of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi against Qatar was arranged and carried out
with.
reference lia( ^ deprived the British Government of an opportunity for prevention or
attack on intervention ; but, the affair having quickly come to be regarded
Qatar, 1868. throughout the Gulf as a test of British preparedness to maintain
peace at sea, rt was resolved to inflict an exemplary punishment upon
the offendirg chiefs and not to accept the excuse, which would probably
be tendered by Shaikh Muhammad, that he was entitled to punish by
any and every means his refractory subjects in Qatar.
Preparations Much delay was caused, however, by the demands of the Abyssinian
oegotialionn. expedition upon the marine resources of the Government of India ; and
for the time being, the only vessel actually in the Gulf was the "Hugh
Bosc" gunboat, manned entirely by natives of India and unable to
steam for more than eight consecutive hours. In May the steamer
" Sind" was placed at the Resident's disposal for a blockade of Abu
Dhabi, with the Shaikh of which place it was intended first to deal •
but, by an extraordinary oversight on which the Government of India
afterwards animadverted severely, she arrived iu the Gulf without any
shot for her guns. Meanwhile the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi whom the
Shaikh of Bahrain had privately agreed to reimburse for any indemnity
that might be extracted from him by the British Government, had
lecourse to a policy of shifts and evasions; but on the 8th of June 1868
these were cut short by a letter from the Resident, in which he was called
upon o pay 128,000 Qrans as damages, to restore to Qatar the persons
an property that he had rented, and to express regret for the pas
: ir io ; t better in ^
the Z 1 ^ aCtitn ^ the P 601116 0f Qatar ^"ted
the progress of events; and on the 23rd of July H, M. S. " Vigilant "
which had arrived on other ^ 15 , ^guant,
Persian fnlf TV, * ombay, was despatched to the
rersian Gulf. The commander, Cautain B ar
to enfm-pp n-n cn -i 1 Brown, was instructed
to entorce upon the Shaikh of Bahrain W 11 ,1.
1 1 • , Jjanrain, by all means at his disnoRil
but m consultation with Colonel Pellv tbo ' ,!■
«100,000, the surrender of the armed B .7" ed,ate i W™" 1 * of
Shaikh in his expedition and the a§:1, ahs ^ the
. a id the provision by the Shaikh of such

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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' [‎894] (1049/1782), 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_100023575946.0x000032> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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