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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [988] (1143/1782)
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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18«7.
1888.
Discussions
regarding
Piracy
between the
British
Government
and the
Porte, 1883-
89.
988
feeling of insecurity wa? diffused along the coast. A Turkish gov*
ernment steamer was anchored at Qatif when these outrages occurred,
yet no attempt was made by the Turkish authorities to prevent them or
to punish the malefactors.
In 1887 there was a large crop of uffences. On the 1st of August a
Bahrain boat was taken by Bani Hajir and robbed to the amount of
Rs. 645 ; in July a Kuwait fishing boat was plundered off Ras Tanurah
of property worth $400, four of the crew being wounded ; in September
a boat belonging to a brother of the Shaikh of Bahrain was looted
by J30 Bedouins, in Qatif harbour, of every article of value ; on the 14tb
of September a Kuwait boat off Darin suffered loss, at the hands of a
large band of Bedouins, to the extent of Rs. 2,318; on the 16th of October
a Bahrain boat was pillaged off 'Anik by a gang of Bani Hajir ; on the
•22nd of October a Tarut boat was similarly treated, also by Bani Hijir ;
and on the 27th of October two vessels, one belonging to Kuwait and the
other to Bahrain, were attacked by Bani Hajir near ; Oqair, two sailors
and five passengers were wounded, and everything moveable on board of
either was carried off.
In April and May Is88 two or thne more cases of piracy occurred
in Qatif waters notwithstanding that Nafiz
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Wali of Basrah,
had visited Qatif in the preceding February and taken security from
Muhammad-bin- Abdul \Vahhab of Darin for the prevention of piracy
in the neighbourhood.
In 1883, in connection with the piracy committed in that year, a
reference was made to the Porte by Her Majesty's Government ; but, in
consequence of redress having been afforded though incomplete, and
of the undesirability of raising the question of Turkish jurisdiction on the
eastern coa^t of Arabia, the proceedings were ultimately allowed to drop.
In 1887 and 1888 several remonstrances were addressed to the Turkish
Government on the subject of maritime disorders in the neighbourhood of
Qatif ; but the only result was the despatch of an additional Turkish
gunboat to the Hasa coast. This was a futile proceeding, for the Bani
Hajir, whom it was chiefly necessary to coerce, were not a maritime tribe
and only carried on their piratical practices by means of borrowed or
stolen boats, while the waters which they frequented were generally too
shallow for effective action by an armed steam vessel. An increase of
the 1 urkish na\ al force in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, besides being useless, was
undesirable ; and an effort was therefore made to impress on the Porte
the ^reater need for action on land, with the result, apparently', that in
a military post foi the prevention of piracy was temporarily estab-
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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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