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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [952] (1107/1782)
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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i
:
Rahmah's
blockade of
Qatif, 1825.
New breach
between
Rahmali and
tbe Shaikhs
of Bahrain.
Last engage
ment and
death of
Rahmah,
1826.
952
the course of liis operations against them, Rabmali s financial difficulties
had been to a great extent relieved.
Early in 1825 Rahmah paid another visit to Masqat; and he also
obtained from the British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
an authorisation, of which
he did not apparently avail himself, to take part, on the side of Shaikh
Tahnun, in a war then in progress between the rulers of Abu Dhabi
and Sharjah in Trucial 'Oman. Towards the end of trouble
having again arisen over the blackmail payable by the people of
Qatif, Rahmah, in total disregard of remonstrances by the British
political authorities, began to harry the defenceless merchant vessels
of that port. Two British cruisers were accordingly stationed off
Dammam, and it was at first intimated to Rahmah that, unless he
discontinued these depredations, active proceedings would be taken
against him; but ultimately it was decided to refrain from coercion
unless he should extend his depredations beyond the shipping of Qatif,
and a further remonstrance was addressed to him. The obstinacy of
Rahmali was attributed to his confidence in the reviving power of the
Wahhabis, to whom, he believed, the renewal of piratical disturbances
at sea would not be unwelcome.
Meanwhile a fresh ruputre had occurred between Rahmah and the
'Utub of Bahrain ; but the hostilities had not free course until after
the removal, in consequence of the decision not to interfere between
Rahmah and the people of Qatif, of the British cruisers from Dammam.
Neither Rahmah nor the 'Atbi Shaikh being fully prepared for a
regular war, both of them requested the British Resident to impose a truce,
and their suggestions were apparently entertained; but, the Resident
having insisted that the people of Qatif should be included in the
truce a condition to which Rahmah would not agree, matters were in
the end allowed to take their course.
About the end of 1826, finding himself hard pressed by his enemies
who had now invested Dammam, Rahmah crossed the Gulf to Bushehr
and sought to interest the Resident in his case; but, failing in this,
he recruited some 25 or 30 Baluchis for service and returned with
them to Dammam, where a Bahrain fleet was then lying. On arrival at
Dammam he fired a salute by way of insult,—an act which so
incensed the Utub that Ahmad-bin-Salman, a nephew of their principal
Shaikh, volunteered to attack him with his own
Baghlah
Large trading vessel.
, and, the
ffer being accepted, immediately laid his vessel alongside that of
mah. A veiy determined struggle then ensued, in w T hich the Bahrain
a ship once diew off to take more men on board from the rest of the
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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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