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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [983] (1138/1782)
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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About the end of 1900 the Governor of Hasa was directed to levy an 1900.
extraordinary contribution of 12,000 Lirahs on the province for the
benefit of the Imperial Turkish Treasury. This demand accentuated
general dissatisfaction that already existed among the wealthier inhab
itants of Hasa ; by whom it had to be met.
In 1901 it was stated in Bahrain by the retiring Mutasarrif of Hasa 1901.
that the annual revenue of the province was 60,000 Lirahs, of which
54,000 was swallowed up by army expenditure, leaving a deficit after
civil charges had been met.
An enumeration of the date palms m the Qatif Oasis, made in 1903,
was said to have resulted in an immense increase in the registered number
of taxable trees.
The customs of the province for the year 1905-06 were leased for 1901-06.
an amount greater by 371 per cent, than in the preceding year ; and
in 1906-07 the amount of the farm was higher, by 12^ per cent., than in
1905-06. In the autumn of 1905 and spring of 1906 a census of the
population was attempted in the Qatif and Hasa Oases, appaiently w ith
a view to the imposition of a poll tax; but serious riots resulted at Hofuf
and Mubarraz, and the proceedings were stopped.
1903.
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Political administration and tribal disturbances, 1878-1907.
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The political condition of Hasa, outside the two principal oases,
was during this period one of chronic insecurity: in this respect no
progress appears to have taken place during the last thirty years, but
rather the reverse.
In the summer of 1878 a rising against Turkish authority, headed I ^ 8 e 7 b 8 e > lli( ' ,I '
by Muhammad and 'Abdur Rahman, sons of the late Wahhabi ruler
Sa'ud, took place in the Qatif Oasis ; Dammam passed temporarily into
the hands of the Wahhabis ; and the town of Qatif was closely invested
for a time by hordes of Bedouins. These were dispersed in the first
instance by the accidental appearance of H.M.S. " Vulture," and afterwards
large Turkish reinforcements arrived from'jraq. In December the sons
of Sa^ud, unable to make head against the Turks, took refuge in Bahrain,
but they were not allowed to remain there. Many of the people of Qatif
had also sought an asylum in Bahrain during the investment of their
own by the Bedouins,
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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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- '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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