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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1033] (1188/1782)
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 proceedings o£ the Turkish agents at Kuwait were immediately
repudiated at Constantinople by both Porte and Palace. Nevertheless,
towards the end of December 1901, the continued presence o£
Ibn-Rashid with a part of his forces in the vicinity of Basrah, his
constant communications with the Wali and the Mushir, his orders for
great quantities of supplies, and instructions which were sent from
Constantinople to provide him with a large sum of money from the
Basrah treasury, then empty, caused lively apprehensions to be entertained
of a land attack on Kuwait by the combined forces of the Turks and the
Amir; and simultaneously a prohibition of the export of goods from
Basrah to Kuwait came into force, confirming these fears. Dispositions
were instantly made by the British naval force at Kuwait to co-operate
in the defence of the town; two Nordenfeldts and two Maxims were
temporarily placed in the Shaikh's fort at Jahrah near the foot of
Kuwait bay; and on the 1st of January 190.^ the " Fox " and a Perseus 31
were ordered from Bombay to join the "Pomone," "Sphinx" and "Red
breast/"' which were already at Kuwait, with extra guns. Ibn-Rashid,
deterred by these significant measures or perhaps held back by the
Turks, did not approach any nearer, and he was soon reported to have
withdrawn as far as the wells of Lainah in his own country, whereupon
the general alarm subsided and the naval guns which had been landed
were re-embarked. The crisis at Kuwait was witnessed by the Russian
protected cruiser " Varyag/ ; which arrived on the 21st December 1901
and left again on the 24th, after offers made to the Shaikh "to assist
him in maintaining his independence."
The Turks, however, had not abandoned their determination to coerce,
by one means or another, the ruler of Kuwait j and the cessation of their
activity in one direction was followed by an advance in another, which
indicated a change in their tactics and initiated a new phase of the Kuwait
question. A report having been received that Turkish military posts
had lately been established at Umm Qasr and Safwan, the despatch of a
British gunboat to Khor 'Abdullah and Khor-as-Sabiyah to verify the
facts was authorised. This duty was carried out by H.M S. " Sphinx/'
which left Kuwait on the 14th February 1902 and returned within
a week after ascertaining that a Turkish post of 40 men existed
at Umm Qasr and a larger garrison at Safwan; in the course of
his cruise Commander Kemp collected important data regarding Khor
'Abdullah, the extreme value of which in relation to railway pro
jects had not previously been realised; and on his return journey he
discovered a Turkish outpost of 20 men upon the eastern side of Bubiyan
Occupation
of Safwan,
Umm Qasr
and Bubiyan
Island by the
Turks, 1902.
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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)
- Arrangement
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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