!['Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎916] (1071/1782)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000148/IOR_L_PS_20_C91_1_1071.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎916] (1071/1782)")
'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [916] (1071/1782)
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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
916
Warning to
the Porte
against at
tempting to
land troops
in Bahrain,
1888.
Insulting
correspond
ence of the
Turkish
authorities
with the
Shaikh of
Bahrain,
1888.
Demands of
the Turkish
authorities
for the sur
render of
revenue
defaulters,
1890-91.
of Qatar, and the result, in so far as Bahrain was concerned, was a protest
addressed by the Porte to the British Ambassador at Constantinople,
leadino- to renewed consideration by the British Government of the
political position of Bahrain. The instructions finally given to the British
Ambassador at Constantinople were to the effect that llei Majesty's
Government were unable to admit any claim by the Porte to jurisdiction
over the Shaikh of Bahrain, whom, as had been intimated before, they
regarded as an independent ruler, and with whom they were themselves
in treaty relations.
A few months later, in connection with a design upon Bahrain which
will be noticed further on under the head of Persian relations, the Grand
Vazir of Turkey was requested by the British Embassy to issue strict orders
to the Turkish officials in the Gulf to abstain from every kind of interference
in Bahrain, and was informed that a British man-of-war which had been
stationed there had orders to prevent any landing of Arabs, Persians, or
Turks. On this occasion the Grand Vazir replied that there was no inten
tion whatever of sending Turkish troops to the islands, and he even seemed
indisposed to urge the claim of the Porte to sovereignty; but it was
believed that the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs would have regarded
the matter in a different light, and in any case subsequent events showed
that the Turkish claim had not been abandoned.
In 1888 much annoyance was caused by the style of address employed
by the Turkish authorities in Hasa in their correspondence with the
Shaikh of Bahrain, to whom they always w r rote as to a subordinate
official. The direction upon the envelope frequently ran " To the Shaikh
of the Island of Awal/' The explanation of this absurdity was that a
Wali of Basrah, having discovered that the name "Bahrain" had in
olden times been applied to a part of the mainland also, ordered that the
former use of the term <c Bahrain " should be revived, and that the island
should be distinguished by its ancient appellation of " Awal": he
evidently thought that the case for Turkish sovereignty would in some
way be helped by the change.
In August 1890 a very insolent letter was addressed to the Shaikh of
Bahrain by the Qaim-Maqam of Qatif and one Saiyid Mustafa; in it
they demanded the surrender of Shaikh 'Abdur Rahim of Saihat who
had absconded, they said, to evade payment of revenue due to the Turkish
Government. Shaikh Tsa having informed the Qaim -Maqam 's agent that
Shaikh 'Abdur Rahim was not in Bahrain, an attempt was made by the
party fiom Qatif to seize two of 'Abdur Rahim's dependents ; but it was
frustrated by the servants of the Shaikh of Bahrain. As Shaikh 'Isa,
About this item
- Content
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.
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [916] (1071/1782), 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_100023575946.0x000048> [accessed 25 April 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575946.0x000048
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575946.0x000048">'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎916] (1071/1782)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023575946.0x000048"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000148/IOR_L_PS_20_C91_1_1071.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000884.0x000148/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/L/PS/20/C91/1
- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence