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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [997] (1152/1782)
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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The corpses of Shaikh Salman and his party were buried by Muham
mad-bin-'Abdul Wahhab of Qatif who went to the spot for the purpose.
Through the British Consul at Basrah this massacre was brought to
the notice of the Wali of the Basrah without delay, and the Turkish
authorities at first held out hopes of early redress. At this early stage
of the matter they probably underestimated the difficulty of coercing the
Al Bahaih and feared retaliatory measures by the Shaikh of Bahrain
against the tribe ; indeed their apprehensions of action by the Shaikh
were unmistakably betrayed in letters which they addressed to him.
Soon, however, having become aware of the elusive habits of the
offending section and also, no doubt, of the intention of the British
Government to restrain the Shaikh of Bahrain from immediate reprisals,
their anxiety to placate the latter grew perceptibly cool.
Serious representations to the Porte were delayed for a time by doubts
on the part of His Majesty's Government as to the expediency of admit
ting that Turkish territory extended so far south as the scene of the
occurrence; but they were eventually made, in August 1901, on the
ground that the Al Bahaih had retired into country under Turkish control.
Before the occurrence of a Turkish disaster, which has already been
mentioned above, at Qofdiyah near 'Oqair in April 1902, the Turkish
Government had so far yielded to the British representations regarding
the Dhahran massacre as to send stringent orders to their local officers for
the arrest and punishment of the murderers. The fact that the Al
Bahaih had taken a leading part in the Qofdiyah affair subsequently
supplied the Turks with a separate incentive to action ; and for a short
time the negotiations in the Shaikh of Bahrain's case assumed a more
promising aspect, especially after the success of the Ottoman troops
against the Al Morrah in September 1902.
Meanwhile the Shaikh of Bahrain had been asked by the Government
of India to state the reparation to which he considered himself entitled,
and had replied that the murder of three of his own relations could only
be expiated by the surrender to him, without conditions, of an equal
number of the Al Bahaih; that blood-money to the amount of Rs. 23,520
was due to him on account of the 20 retainers and the Dosiri visitor j
and that the value of the property plundered was Rs. 11,620. The Turks
demurred to the claim, both on account of its nature and its amount ; and
it is probable that their successes against the tribe were not, in fact,
more than sufficient to wipe out their own claims arising from the
Qofdivah outrage. In the interim the Al Bahaih, through the Al
Thani Shaikh of Qatar, had made advances to the Shaikh of Bahrain for
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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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