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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1057] (1212/1782)

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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to prevent Saiyid Sultan of Masqat from obtaining 1 a permanent footing-
in the islands. In 1803 Salman-bin-Ahmad, Shaikh of Bahrain, appears
to have visited the Wahhabi Amir with a sum which he offered as
tribute, but the payment was excused.
It was also from Hasa that a Wahhabi force commanded by Harlq, Walihtbi
a Nubian slave, proceeded to the Baraimi Oasis, which they seized and ofBaraimi
occupied with a view to future action against Trucial 'Oman and the 'Oman relation.!,
Sultanate : the particulars of their operations on this side are given in the
histories of the regions mentioned. By the middle of 1802 Wahhabi influ
ence extended along the whole coast from the neighbourhood of Kuwait to
Dibah; and in IS03, in consequence of help lent by Saiyid Sultan of
Masqat to their enemy the Sharif of Makkah, the Wahhabis declared
war against 5 Oman and, by compelling- the 'Utub of Kuwait and Bahrain
and the Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. of Ras-al-Khaimah to take the sea against him,
reduced the Saiyid to serious straits; but peace was made on condition
that tribute of $12,000 a year should be paid by the ruler of Masqat
to the U ahhabi Amir and that a Wahhabi political representative should
be received by him at his capital. This peace was almost immediately
violated by the Wahhabis, whose object seemed to be the complete
subjection of Oman by an invasion; but news of the assassination of
the Amir 'Abdul 'Aziz, received at the end of the year, obliged them to
suspend their proceedings for a time. Meanwhile Saiyid Badar, who
ultimately succeeded Saiyid Sultan at Masqat, had left 'Oman and joined
himself to the Wahhabis.
Aggressions of the Wahhabis on Turkish ' Iraq, 1765-1803.
So early as 1784 the proceedings of the Wahhabis had begun to Wahhabi
cause alarm to the Turkish rulers of 'Iraq, and during the next ten t P he
years the danger from them steadily increased; their attacks, being
made suddenly at unexpected points, were often successful; and " the ^
'ease with which the Wahhabis assembled a force, and the rapidity
ff with which that force marched, when assembled, astonished and
'confounded the slowly moving Ottoman." The open country and the
villages and smaller towns on the western borders of ' Iraq became a
prey to Wahhabi depredations, especially towards the lower end of
the province near Basrah ; and in some cases, in default of that protection
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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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