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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [912] (1067/1782)
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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Death of
Ahmad-bin-
'AH, 1888.
1889.
1891.
1892.
912
In 1888, probablv- in conf?eqaence of difficulties with the Bani Yas
of Trucial 'Oman in which he was involved and to secure the safety cf
funds which he was accustomed to place in Bahrain, Shaikh Jasiraol
Dohah sought the friendship of the Shaikh of Bahrain, to whom he
deputed his son 'Abdullah, and vague terms ot" amity were arranged.
Ahmad-bin-'AH, the brother of Shaikh 'Isa, died of small-pox in
October 1888. The position of the Shaikh was considered to have been
greatly weakened by this event, for he had been accustomed to depend
in everything on the advice and loyal support of Ahmad, and he was him
self at this time slow and undecided in matters of business, whereas
Ahmad, though sensual and devoted to field sports, possessed some
ability and strength of character and was considerably feared because of
his harshness. 'Abdul Wahhab, kinsman and
Wazir
Minister.
of the Shaikh,
retired about the same time on account of old age and was replaced at
first by his son 'Abdur Rahman, a Turkish subject, whose home was
at Darin on Tarut Island. After the death of Ahmad many of the
mainland tribes of Qatar and Hasa, instigated by Nasir-bin-Mubarak,
began to frequent Bahrain and to play upon the fears of Shaikh 'Isa,
from \\ hom they obtained presents on condition of not assisting Nasir;
and numbers of these unwelcome visitors even obtained free passages to
Bahrain from the Shaikh of Saihat or from 'Abdul Wahhab, the late
Wazir
Minister.
, at Darin, upon whom they would quarter themselves until
arrangements were made by their host. The revenues of the deceased
Ahmad,, amounting to half those of the entire Bahrain principality, were
resumed by Shaikh 'Isa, who instead granted allowances to Ahmad's
numerous progeny—an arrangement from which trouble afterwards
sprang.
In 1889 a considerable immigration of Na'im and Sulutah from
Qatar into the Bahrain islands took place.
After the battle of Buraidah in 1891, in whieh he was defeated by
Ibn-Rashid. -Abdur Rahman, the head of the Wahhabi interest in Xajd,
took refuge temporarily in Bahrain.
There was eonsiderable fear in 1892 of an invasion of Bahrain bv
Shaikh Jasim of Dohah and Narir-bin-Mubarak from Qatar, where
hey were said to be eolleeting foree S ; and the panie in Bahrain at one
-in.e reached sneb a he.ght that the resident British Indian snbjeets
embarked their valuables on board boats in Manamah harbour. Letters
of warning were addressed by the British authorities to the leaders
o the movement; a promise was obtained from the Turkish Wali
Basrah that he would direct his subordinates in Hasa to prevent
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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)
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:130, 1:778, iv-r:iv-v, back-i, front-a, back-a, spine-a, edge-a, head-a, tail-a, front-a-i, v-r:v-v, 779:1098, 1131:1146, 1099:1130, 1147:1484, 1489:1496, 1485:1488, 1497:1624, vi-r:vi-v, back-a-i
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