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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1077] (1232/1782)
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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of that stronghold * Rahmah-bin-Jabir, however, the pirate of Qatar,
escaped punishment by the expedition, partly at least on account of his
connection with the Wahhabis. At the conclusion of the campaign a
letter was apparently addressed by the British authorities to Ibn-Sa'ud,
requiring- him to restrain those under his influence from commit
ting- piracy; and an answer was received from the Amir, in which,
while he aifected not to be impressed by the British operations on the
coast, he stated that he had no quarrel with Christians and would prevent
aggressions upon the British flag.
The increasing difficulties of the Wahhabis in Western Arabia led. Overtures of
however, before the death of Sa^ud, to another and more friendly ^inir^t^'the
exchange of communications with the British Government. In 1811 British Gov-
or 1812, possibly as a countermove to the journey of Saiyid 181T-12^'
Salim from Masqat to Shiraz for the purpose of obtaining help from
Persia, the V\ ahhabi Amir sent an envoy named Ibrahim-bin-''Abdul
Karim to the Governor of Fars, by whom he was well received ; and this
envoy, after discharging his duty at Shiraz, waited on the British
Resident, Lieutenant Bruce, at Bushehr, where he expressed, on behalf of his
master Ibn-Sa^ud, a desire that amicable relations should be established
between the British and the W ahhabi Governments and that the ports
of either should be thrown open to the commerce of the other. These
overtures were submitted in due course to the Government of India, who
decided, apparently in 1814, that it would be inexpedient to enter into a
treaty or to form intimate relations with the Wahhabi Amir; but they
considered that friendly intercourse should be maintained with him, and
that every effort made to confirm him in his favourable disposition.
Attacks by the Wahhabis on Turkish 'Iraq, 1803-14.
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Under the Amir Sa^ud raids upon the borders of Turkish 'Iraq con
tinued ; but the people of that province were now thoroughly upon their
guard, and no considerable successes were any longer achieved by the
V\ ahhabig. The Wahhabis niade, however, almost annual incursions,
and they sometimes even crossed the Euphrates into Mesopotamia.
At the end of 1803, apparently by way of revenging the assassination Harmless
of the late Amir 'Abdul 'Aziz, which the
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of Baghdad was Wahhabide-
0 monstration,
# From Burckhardt (II. 208) it would seem that a couBin of the Amir Sa'ud was
among those killed.
1 *1
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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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