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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1139] (1262/1782)
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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Ibn-Raslnd for the destruction of all the remaining descendants of the
Wahhabi Amir Faisal, A Shammar governor who had been installed
in Kharj then capitulated, according to one account, without fighting;
and the chiefs of 'Anaizah and Buraidah, and the people of Qasim
generally, declared for 'Abdur Rahman. These proceedings brought
the Shammar Amir in anger from the north, accompanied by the Sham-
mar, the Harb, and other tribes; but his siege and bombardment of
Riyadh were ineffectual, sallies were made ag-ainst his force, his Bedouin
supporters began to melt away, and eventually a peace was arranged
by which the districts of Kharj, Sadair and Washam were secured to
him, but Riyadh and the rest of Southern Najd reverted to the A1
Sa^ud. At the end of the year the people of Qasim and Southern Najd
as a whole, with the Bedouin tribes of the Mutair and 'Ataibah, had
leagued themselves together to overthrow the power of Ibn-Rashid j
and bloody feuds had been suspended, and hereditary foes united, by the
universal hatred of Shammar tyranny. The confederation against
Ibn-Rashid was commanded by Zamil, Amir of 'Anaizah, from whose
house the declaration of war was despatched.
By February 1891 the opposing forces were in contact in Qasim, the Battle of
flanks of the allies resting on the towns of 'Anaizah and Buraidah; and ^mplete vil'-
the number of men in the field is said to have been greater than in tor y 0 f
any other war within living memory in Central Arabia, Hasan-bin- R ' ishldi 1891 '
Mahanna, chief of Buraidah, on whose assistance the Shammar Amir
relied, deserted to the side of the confederates as soon as hostilities
began. For a month fighting continued without decisive results, and,
though vast numbers of camels were employed by day and night in bring
ing up water and other supplies, the provisions of Ibn-Rashid's force
began to fail. Towards the end of March Ibn-Rashid made several
desperate attempts to storm the position of the allies ; but all of them,
notwithstanding that his men were better armed than the enemv,
w r ere repulsed with loss. At length he braced himself for a final effort;
his troops advanced to the attack driving some thousands of camels
in front of them as a screen ; and this time, though the loss in camels
was very heavy, the Qusman were driven from their ground. A
hundred men are said to have fallen in the battle of Buraidah or
*Mulaidah; the veteran Zamil and his second son 'Ali were among the
slain ; two of their relatives were killed in the battle and several others
* In Najd this battle appears to be generally known by the name of Mulaidah, a
place which is said to be near Shaihiyah. The account given in the text is taken
chiefly from Baron Nolde'a lieise nach Inuerabien.
81 a.
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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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