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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [‎1066] (1221/1782)

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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was probably not lees than £10,000 a year. It was a favourable
point in the Wahhabi fiscal system that irregular extortions and forced
gifts were not permitted ; and Sa'ud, at the worst, was only suspected of
occasionally taking- steps to bring about the forfeiture by legal means of a
mare which he particularly coveted. The Wahhabi ruler had no currency
of his own and dollars were the principal medium of exchange in Najd,
but Turkish coin was rejected and treated as abominable.
Military Warfare was conducted by the Wahhabis on Bedouin principles.
WahhabL^ 6 f rom tlie Amir's mercenary bodyguard or Manjiyah of about
300 men, and from the retinues of his sons, there was no standing
force; but every man between the ages of 18 and 60 was a soldier and was
liable to render military service against those who had not accepted the
reformed faith, whenever he might be called upon to do so. At times only a
proportion, at times the whole, of the military strength of a particular
district was called out; and very heavy fines were levied on those who,
after being summoned, neglected to appear. This compulsory service in
the field was probably the most unpopular feature of Wahhabi rule, at
least with the settled population ; and it fell so severely upon the owners of
mares that many sold their animals, and the number of horses available
in Najd became by degrees considerably reduced. The matchlock men of
the towns and villages were a corps d*elite and took a leading part in the
sack of Karbala. Substitutes might be hired by those called out for
service except when the levy was universal. The Wahhabi soldier proceed
ing to the front was required to provide, in addition to his arms and a horse
or camel, his rations for the campaign; these were fixed at 100 lbs. of
flour, 50 or 60 lbs. of dates, 20 lbs. of butter, a sack of wheat of barley for
his animal, and a skin for water. The Wahhabi military system was a
good one for raids and incursions, but it supplied no men for the permanent
occupation of foreign conquests ; and, in fact, no regular Wahhabi garrison
was ever maintained abroad for any length of time except at Madinah.
The Wahhabis certainly excelled in those destructive raids on which they
relied for breaking the spirit of their adversaries, and these they carried out
with extraordinary secrecy and despatch, the leader generally assembling
his men at an unlikely rallying place and moving off at first in a false
direction. In a great invasion of the Syrian Hauran, in 1810, the Wahhabi
forces marched for 35 days before reaching their objective and looted a
large number of villages before the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Damascus, who had only two
days notice of their approach^ could make any defensive preparations. The
courage of the Wahhabi in war was stimulated by a belief that his soul,
ed fighting, went stiaight to Paradise; and he was chiefly terrible

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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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