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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [974] (1129/1782)
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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carried off Rs. 10 ,000 in oaish, and returned to Qatar. Another
consisting partly of Bani Hajir and partly of A1 Morrah, seized
a Shu^ai belon^in^ to 'Amair of Qatif ; put to sea in the same and cap
tured a Qatif Baqarah, which they carried to Dam mam ; took and
plundered a Qatif M ashuwah ; ])roceeded in the Qatif Baqarah to the Qatar
coast, where a Baqarah of Dohah fell a prey to them off Ras LafFan; and
finallv carried their plunder to Dohat-as-Salwa and there released the prize
in which their cruises had been made. A party of Bani Hajir Bedouins
under Zaid-bin-Muhammad, one of the Bani Hajir of Dhahran ; having
embarked at Dohah as passengers in a Bas-al-Khaimah vessel, compelled
the master to put ashore at a place on the coast of Qatar; re-inforced there
by 17 other Bedouins they sailed for the Persian coast; between the
islands of Qais and Hindarabi they captured a Mashuwah, owned upon
the Persian side, wounding the Nakhuda and his son ; they then returned
to Ras Laffan on the coast of Qatar, where they transferred four of their
victims to the Ras-al-Khaimah boat and let it go, but two of the Mashu-
wah's crew they retained as prisoners. A Bahrain Mashuwah, on ter way
from Qatif to Bahrain, was attacked and plundered by Bani Hajir near
Dammam, and two slaves on board of her were carried off. Another
Bahrain Mashuwah met with similar treatment in the same neighbour
hood at the hands, it was supposed, of the same gang. On che -Ith of
September a Qatar Mashuwah bound for 'Oqair was attacked, while
passing
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, by the people of that place in two Baqarahs; three
passengers were killed on the spot, six were wounded of whom one died,
a girl was kidnapped, and property worth §700 was taken; the attack was
led by Muhammad-bin-Rashid, son of the headman of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, whose
father, looking on from the top of his fort, found nothing to censure in
his proceedings except that the lives of any of the victims shoild have
been spared. At Darin on Tarut Island a boat belonging to a
Baghlah
Large trading vessel.
owned by Ibrahim-bin-Yusuf, a naturalised British subject, was
seized by a gang of 25 Bani Hajir under the aforesaid Zaid-bin-Muham
mad, who carried it off to Dammam; the crew were then released
except a boy and a slave; these the pirates kept. A Bum, anchored
in the inner harbour at Qatif town, was seized by Bedouins, probably
Amair, and was carried off along with her cargo of dates, the Nakhuda
and two sailors being at the same time kidnapped; she was afterwards
seen pro\N ling in a piratical fashion off the Bahrain islands, A Dangi,
while lying in the inner harbour of Qatif, was surrounded by four boats
of the Amair and plundered of $200, a large sail and her small boat. A
boat from a Ghunchah belonging to Ras-al-Khaimah was attacked on
shoie by six or seven 'Amair under the very walls of the Qatif fort, and
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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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