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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎904] (1059/1782)

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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Demand by
the Turks for
the surrender
of two boati,
1871.
i'nrkish
aggression
checked,
1871-72.
emissary should have been permitted to proceed on his journey without
any credentials to prove his connection with the Turks, and, finally, that
a person employed by the Turkish Government to carry a despatch
should have been found at the same time in possession of a letter to a
Shaikh of Qatar in which it was stated that the Porte desired to annex
Bahrain. Colonel Pelly presently withdrew to Bushehr, leaving Major
Grant, the First Assistant Resident, to watch events locally and meet
any Turkish attempt at aggression. In a reply to the letter of the
Shaikh, Mid-hat Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. did his best to dispose of the objections raised,
and concluded with a demand for " 10,000 legal Dirhams of pure
silver " to be paid to Shaikh Jasim of Dohah, Qaim-Maqam of Qatar,"
as blood-money on account of the murdered tribesman ; he tried at the
same time to convey the impression that he was empowered to take
forcible action in case of a refusal. At the end of January 1872 the
Shaikh of Bahrain, advised by Colonel Felly, replied to this demand by a
suggestion that the matter should be arranged between the British
and Turkish Governments, by whose joint decision he would abide ; but
the I oite piefeired that it should be settled direct between the parties
agents, a course to which the British Government were willing to
agree on condition that there should be no resort to compulsion or a
show of force. No further steps, however, were taken by the Turks.
In December 1871, before the case of the messenger had been finally
dropped, the Turkish Qaim-Maqam of Qatif wrote to the Shaikh of
ahrain demanding, on behalf of a resident of Qatar, the surrender of
two boats which had been presented by Sa^ud, the Wahhabi Amir, to
certain inhabitants of Bahrain before the arrival of the Turks in Hasa
arroLrd 7*^ in which the Qaim-Ma^am adopted an
^rSo o T n r e r' shaikh ' isa ' utider ^
Velly , offered to hand the boats over in the presenoe of British officers to
any person whom the Wali of • w i omcers to
fi,;- i a & lidad might depute to receive them •
h s proposal was prompted by a doubt as to the iustice of f 1 i '
which Sn-Tirl * • n , justice ot the means by
Wh.oh Sa ud had originally obtained possession of the boats.
It may be added here that, before his return to 'Iran Mid b t P- t.
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be signed by 50 or 60 snbsTantt1 Tt " ^ ^
and the general tendency of hi« m the islands ;
intentions, or at least his' ' I, . I>rocee ln S s made it clear what his
The decided t0 ^ Shaikhd0m —
presence of British ships in Bahrain

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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.

Physical characteristics

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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