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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1155] (1310/1782)
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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become both unprofitable and dangerous. It was difficult to ensure
supplies for the troops, who, according to the statements of deserters,
could never obtain any tobacco and were sometimes reduced, for want
of food, to eating the pith of date palms. The forces were clothed
m rags. The Arabs, it was stated, frequently committed aggressions
against the soldiers, while the latter, if they attempted to retaliate, were
handed over by their officers to deputations of murmuring Shaikhs
by whom they were put to death. For these reasons the whole army
of occupation, themselves largely Arabs, looked on the country as
accursed and spoke of it as Bint-Iblis or " Satan's Daughter " ; sickness
and desertion were rife; and many sold their arms and ammunition
to the people of the country, merely in order to provide themselves
with the necessaries of life.
In the circumstances described the Turkish Government seem Almost
to have *decided, in the autumn of 1906, to reduce the garrison of Sra' 1
Qasim from the strength of 2,500 or 2,000 men, to which it had the Turkish 0
been raised by the arrival of Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
^s escort from Madinah, to November
one of 200, and ultimately to one of 100 men only; and in November 1906 -
the withdrawal commenced. The first to move were the units belonging to
western Army Corps, which left Qasim about the 3rd of fNovember;
and some three weeks later the troops belonging to the Baghdad
command started on their march to the coast. These last, numbering
about 800 men with two field and four light guns, were supplied with
2,000 camels belonging to private owners at Buraidah, 'Anaizah
and Zilfi for transport; they marched in 25 days from Buraidah to
Kuwait, which town the Shaikh did not permit them to enter; and they
eventually reached Basrah in safety. The evacuation, in consequence
of difficulties made by the Qusman about the strength of the posts
to be left, was perhaps more complete than had been intended by the
Porte; and it is clear that not more than 50 men actually remained
in Qasim, while one report placed the number as low as 26.
If the total number of Turkish troops despatched to Qasim from Military and
'Iraq in 1904 and 1906 be estimated at the lowest possible figure, poll u Ca1 *^
a r r\f\ iii results ox the
viz. y UU; and the number of those who either were left in Qasim occupation
^re turned to 'Iraq as soldiers be taken as probably 1,000 altogether, h '
* According to another account the evacuation was carried out by Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
,
who retired on Madinah, upon his own responsibility, the reason being that he could
get no help, or even instructions, from Constantinople.
t According to the authority quoted in the last footnote Sami
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
did not fall
back on Madinah until February 1907. The last of the troops withdrawing on that
side had sometimes to subsist on locusts.
82 a
the army of
occupation.
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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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