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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [924] (1079/1782)
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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921
British pre
parations to
defend Bah
rain.
Brilish re-
preBentations
to the Tur
kish Govern
ment.
ttestrtiction
and capture
of the hostile
lleet, Cth Sep
tember 1895.
the Al Bin-'AJi; and on the 15th of July nine more of their boats were
captured and removed by the same ship. The Al Bin-'Ali then became
desirous of a reconciliation with the Shaikh of Bahrain ; but the Turkish
Mudir threw obstacles in the way, even to the extent of detaining some
boats sent from Bahrain to fetch an Al Bin-'Ali family who wished to
return ; and he was reported to have announced that Bahrain was
wholly, and Qatar partially, included in the Ottoman dominions. The
situation now became in various respects threatening : Shaikh Jasim was
found to have collected a large number of boats, as if a descent ou
Bahrain were in view; the Mutasarrif of Ilasa had assembled a force
at Qatlf, on the improbable plea that an expedition against Najd was
designed ; and the Turkish gunboat " Zuhaf " was cruising upon the
coast of Qatar.
In these circumstances the Government of India proposed that any
movement by the people of Qatar against Bahrain should be resisted by
force, subject to a condition that if the hostile lleet came under Turkish
colours explanations should first be demanded, and that, if the explanations
were unsatisfactory, a warning should be given that the ships would be
fired on if they advanced within three miles of the Bahrain coast. II.M.S.
iS Pigeon" was sent to join the "Sphinx" in Bahrain, and arrangements
were at first made, but were subsequently cancelled, for despatching a
battalion or wing of Indian infantry from Bombay. Eventually a third
ship, the " Plassey/' was added to the squadron of defence.
Meanwhile, in consequence of the language and proceedings of the
Turkish Mudir at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, two separate communications had been
made to the Porte: on the 12th oi August a protest against the
action of their officials was addressed to the Turkish Government through
to
the British Ambassador at Constantinople, an intimation being added that
Her Majesty s Government did not recognise Ottoman jurisdiction on the
coast of Qatar, that Ottoman claims to Bahrain, which was under British
protection, were maUnnssible, and that measures would be taken to pro
tect the islands from aggression; and on the 22nd of August the
Turkish Ambassador in London was reminded that Her Majesty's Govern
ment had several times before informed the Porte that they did not
recognise Turkish jurisdiction on the coast of Qatar and had likewise
notified to them that Bahrain was under British protection.
Upon the spot, a crisis was vapidly approaching. On the 19th of
August the Mutasarrif of Hasa wrote a bombastic letter to the Poli
tical Resident, accusing him of breaking the peace of the coast of
" Najd " by seizing boats; warning him that the people of Qatar felt
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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'
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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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