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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1056] (1211/1782)

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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1056
He was confirmed in possession of his revenues and political influence
and ho was exempted, along with the whole population of Makkah, from
paying tribute to the Amir. On his part he agreed to take no customs
duty at Jiddah from true^Wahhabis.
Operations of the Wahhabis in Eastern Arabia, 1765-1803.
WahhSbi
attacks
Kuwait,
1793-95.
on
\yahhabi
conquest of
Hasa, 1795.
Wahhabi
intervention
Bahrain,
i02-03.
Seriously occupied as the attention of the Wahhabis must have been
in the littoral districts of the Red Sea, their energy and resources were
at this time such as to permit of a simultaneous and hardly inferior
display of activity along the whole Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
where their cause made considerable progress.
During the period from 1793 to 1795, while the British Factory An East India Company trading post. from
Basrah was temporarily established at Kuwait, frequent demonstrations
and one more or less serious attack were made upon the town by the
Wahhabis, but here they gained no success : some details of these
hostilities are given in the history of the Kuwait principality. In
regard to the nature of the relations subsisting between the British
representatives at Kuwait and the Wahhabi Amir there is some doubt ;
for on the one hand it is stated that presents were regularly sent to the
Amir, who in return * protected the British desert mail to Europe, and on
the other it is alleged that the Factory An East India Company trading post. once helped the people
of Kuwait to repel a Wahhabi attack, after which 'Abdul 'Aziz showed
unmistakable signs of resentment. In 1798-99, and again in 1802,
Turkish expeditions against the Wahhabis marched, as will be shown
further on, through Kuwait territorv.
Tiie province of Haga, reduced for tlie first time in ] 792, was finally
conquered by the Wahhabis in 1795, when it was placed under Wahhabi
governors and religious instructors. Hasa thus came to form a base in
Eastern Arabia tor the wider extension of Wahhabi influence • and a few
years after as we shall sec in a later paragraph, it became the first battle-
ground of the Wahhabi and the Turk.
Established in Hasa, the Wahhabis soon beg^n to exert an influence
in fl o rT Tn\ and 14 WasIar ^ 1 y through their aid that as related
■n the hist ory of Bahra.n, the 'Atbi rulers of the principality were able
onjy ,,, long J h , 'aotjith -Mrr ''' 0 ,,rit . i,h
to doath for tampering with it. 1 1Ce a maa

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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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