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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1071] (1226/1782)
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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who between them succeeded in rallying a few of the Egyptian cavalry.
The Sharif Ghalib, on learning what had befallen the Egyptians, pro
ceeded in person to join the \\ ahhabis j but the latter, soon aftei the
action at Jadaid. returned to the interior, leaving the Harb tribe to
watch Yanbo'.
In October 1812, having received large reinforcements from Egypt,
having conciliated part of the Harb tribe, and having been approached
by the Sharif Ghalib, who again offered, as he had done before, to hand
over Makkah and Jiddah to the Egyptians as soon as they should have
taken Madinah, Tusun Bey advanced once more against Mad in ah. This
time there was no resistance by the way ; but the inner or walled town
of Madinah, from which the Wahhabis had expelled the inhabitants in
order that they might occupy it themselves, held out for fourteen or
fifteen days. At length, a breach having been opened in the wall by
means of a mine as the Egyptian artillery was too light for the purpose,
the troops entered headed by Thomas Keith, killed about 1,000 of the
astonished Wahhabis, and plundered the town. About 1,500 of the
Wahhabis gained the citadel, in which they stood a siege of three weeks ;
but at the end of that time their provisions gave out and they surrendered
on favourable terms, which the Egyptians immediately violated by
killing as many of them as they could, — an act of perfidy that caufeed a
strong revulsion of feeling among the Bedouins in favour of the
Wahhabis. The skulls of the dead Wahhabis were collected by the
Egyptians and built into a tower upon the Yanbo' road, of which a
portion still remained in 1815 and was seen by the traveller Burckhardt.
On the fall of Madinah a force of 1,500 men under Mustafa Bey,
a brother-in-law of Muhammad 'Ali, marched from Yanbo' in the
direction of Makkah; the Sharif G halib favoured their advance ; and the
local Wahhabi leader, Ghalib's brother-in-law 'Othman-al-Madhaifah,
was too weak to oppose it. In January 1813 the Egyptians entered
Makkah, Jiddah being at the same time occupied by a detachment;
and a fortnight later Taif also, in the hills some 60 or 70 miles to the
eastward of Makkah, was taken by Mustafa Bey, assisted by the Sharif
Ghalib, after a slight skirmish with 'Othman. From Taif, Mustafa
Bey pushed on towards Turabah, to the east of Taif; but he was
defeated in the hills and returned, having lost 400 or 500 men. Tusun
Bey, now created
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Jiddah, arrived at Makkah as a pilgrim in
the course of the winter; and later, in September 1313, 'Othman-al-
Madhaifah was taken prisoner near Taif and was sent to Constantinople,
where he was beheaded.
Madinah
taken by the
Egyptians,
1812.
Makkah,
Jiddah and
Taif occupied
by the Egyp-
tinns, 1813
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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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