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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1144] (1267/1782)
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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from the neighbouring districts of Kharj and Hariq; and it was repre
sented to the Porte by Ibn-Sa^ud that the country thus recovered would
be ruled by him as a loyal subject of the Sultan.
'ABDUR RAHMAN-BIN-FAISAL,
since 1902.
W ith the recovery of Riyadh the interregnum in Southern Najd may
be considered to end, and the reign of 'Abdur Rahman as a Wahhabi Amir
to begin.
difficulties
of Ibn-
Rashid,
1902.
P rogress of
the Wahhabi
arms, 1902.
War between Ibn-Sa'ud and Ibn-Rashid, 1902-04.
Ibn-Rashid was now fully aware of the precariousness of his situa
tion^ The port of Kuwait being in unfriendly hands, he could no longer
obtain in sufficient quantities the arms and ammunition which were essen
tial to the maintenance of his power in Najd; and he was conscious that
many even of his hereditary subjects had been alienated by cruelty, rapa
city and general maladministration. Accordingly, at the middle of March
1902, he sent an envoy to the Turkish Wali of Basrah praying for Turkish
aid to subdue the "revolt," with which, as he confessed, he could no longer
cope; and m a letter which he sent about the same time to the Grand
" ^ ^ cms tantim)ple, he attributed to the British Government a design
n t , ta * n f 1111:0 C * 0se re ' a ^ ons Central Arabia through the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
of Ibn-Sa ud and the Shaikh of Kuwait.
^ the 0f War continued to ro11 steadily northwards. On the
- i ot April, near Majma^, 'Abdul ^Aziz-bin-'Abdur Rahman inflicted
a ^ 0f tlie Qaton tribe . who were supporters of
Ibn.Rashid;andbythis time the 'Ataibah, Dawasir, Sabai', 'Ajman,
^ Morrah and Mutair tribes in the south and east had declared for Ibn-
a ud, S o that there remained to Ibn-Rashid only the Qahtan, Harb and
1 .• ir ' w e ?, ^ . tlle Silammar ^ which he himself belonged. Many
mg a a bis, who had gone into voluntary exile during the Sham-
ar omnia ion of Southern Najd, began to return from Basrah and other
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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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- 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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