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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1171] (1326/1782)
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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ftelations of Abdul Aziz-bin-Mafab with British Government
1897-1906. ,
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and^bu^ud^b^l 1 '? 6 C i as!m by Shaikh of Kuwait
actio., of thflVk. ™ hlrbehEl 11 ^ ^ , th - ^'^'T and i, ' effect " al
tage. which the Shaikh of Kuw^a'KiSa' S™"
ZJion^r:mes^sLTrtyVe^B T h h The
^gesting that he should settle his differences with Shaikf Mutoak' to
which the Amir rephed by a letter written in a somewhat hauS sS, "
but simultaneously he caused his agent at Basrah to inform Mr.* Wratislaw'
bhnd I'ftb fT th n re ' ^ the Written co mmunication wait mere
blind and that he really desired to cultivate good relations with tl,,.
British Government. He Rno-o-psfAfl fnof x? i / , '
4. i / : , . ^ug-^estea tiiat the British Government shnnlH
undertake to supply him. at his own nnsf w^i, J'-'vyumeuc snouicl
and that they should depose his enemy, the sliS rfKuSTn
Sere inVutry - 6 ^ ^ W0Uld S
J .1.^ ! n K - ,lwai . t affairs, and would guarantee the safe constrnetlrm
by British enterprise of railways across Arabia.
The Government of India, while they considered that the Amir's
htsyms '"tlie'v the ^ were anxiot16 not to ali ^ te
sent f3 the sMe of ^ eie f or 1 « P 1,0 ? 0 ^ .^at a British officer should be
sent tiom the side of Aqabah to interview the Amir and to ascertain
more particuarly his views and the nature of his personality, and they
thought it might even be advisable that the British Government should
undertake to restrain the Shaikh of Kuwait in future from hostilities
against the Amir and to use their good offices to prevent Turkish ao-ores-
sions on^ Najd; but His Majesty's Government, fearing that a mission
might give rise to complications with Turkey and that anything- in
the nature of a protectorate might involve obligations which could not
be discharged without resort o material force, withheld their approval
Accordingly no action was taken; and a few months later, as we have
seen the Shammar Amir fell more completely than before into the hands
of the Turks and even joined with them in threatening an attack on
AmT 'Al fMA 1 / 1 ? u ! 1 . 0 ^ communications passed between the
Amu Abdul Aziz and the British Government.
Overtures
from the
Shammar
Amir to the
British Gov
ernment,
1901.
Orders of His
Majesty's
Government
on the same
and result.
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'Abdul 'Aziz was succeeded by his eldest son Mat'ab, a youth abonf p £
18 years of age, whose straightforwardness and generosity, aided by Man'r.t hi,
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MAT'AB-BIN-'ABDUL 'AZIZ.
1906-07.
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
- Pages
- 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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