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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎910] (1065/1782)

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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Action by
the British
authoritie?,
1881.
General
tranquillity
and coisodla-
neous affairs,
188]—88.
himself in Bahrain; and the Turkish officials in Hasa also were believed
to take a strong- interest in the doings of Nasir, to whom an allowance of
| 60 a month was paid by the Turkish Government, and whose success
might have afforded them an opportunity, better than any that had
yet occurred, for advancing a claim to sovereignty over Bahrain. No
actual movement took place until about the beginning of December 1880
when some 600 Bedouins of the Bani Hajir, A1 Morrah and Manasir
tnbes under Nasir-bin-Mubarak appeared at Ruwais and Abu Bhuluf and
would have crossed over to Bahrain in boats belonging to those villages,
had the inhabitants not refused their consent. Meanwhile preparations
haxl been ma^e to despatch a British vessel of war to the spot, and
H .M.S. " Beacon' soon after visited the Qatar coast and H M S
" Woodlark ^ Bahrain.
After these events letters were written by Nasir-bin-Mubarak himself
and by Shaikh Jasim of Dohah to the British Resident, begging that
W might be allowed to return to home and property in Bahrain;
Colone Roe6 re P lied that the title of Naair to property- in Bahrain
was n _ot admitted and that an allowance wonld be granted him hy the
Bahrain Government only on condition of his settling in some app^ed
ocahty beyond the limits of Qatar. Colonel Ross was afterwaris
instated by Government to warn the Shaikh of Dohah that, if he
held' rtl m ^ Waya<,Ce8S0r >' t0 on Bahrain, he wonld be
held dir^tly reepoimble, a liability of which Jasin. now showed
to i^'r? t0free: and the Resident at lk fe' l " ls ' 1 "as directed
:rr y the Tnrfei6h authoriti -co„id
undertake to prevent and punish an attaek on Bahrain from that part of
or the redress nf 1 • for the protection of Bahrain
their own hands. ecomm ^ nece ssa r y, to take the matter into
dist^Uwirsh 4 !:! fTr gradua,iy s -
had arisen r"! ..! ; , I,5hah ^ the Shaifeh Bahrain, which
«• ^-m: rr h of at th ;:r:r :r tion of ir ,attCT tn ^
¥ an amicable meeting- in O / * f lemoved m December 1881
Ahmad -bin.'Ali, the brother of Shlikh '"'I ^ j5Sim and
even married a daughter of Nasir W tu i Ahmad-bm-'Ali
supposed to have any political signifiea^ bU ' 1 the 111:11011 ^ n0t
* SMlhel.l.iory^t Qatar Al ° ^ ^ Duringthe same ^ear JJie
lre ' thimWith J-a. .a

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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.

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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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎910] (1065/1782), 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_100023575946.0x000042> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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