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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1177] (1332/1782)
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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1177
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now mcreasmg from day to day. This was the timi of the vCderiZ
n aasim of the enterprmag Frenoh cartographer Mr C lUer and of
his greatei contemporary, the private English traveller Mr C M
Doughty, whose name stands with tl ia f nfSj.-lv if u f, . '
other workers in the Arabian field, ' ' ;ive those of a11
depende^^ b he ,,<>SS, * 8 f d himse,f . of Buraidah and its
had been in his efforts to subjuIatT'AuaLiT^l'f "gS Wahb fV is
Sa'fid, a Wahhabi ooramander 3 , dd^tedX Sham^LYrtXt and
^zriLTbTle ;: as '
resist the nroo-ress of ^ 1890 » combination to
n - i I fi k Ibn-Rashid was formed, embracing'the whole of
Qa S .m and Southern ^ajd besides the Bedouin tribes of the 'Ateibah
and Mutau , but it was disastrously defeated, at the battle of Buraidah
or Mulaidah, which was fought in March or April 1891. The veteran
Zamil of Anaizah who seems to have been the leading spirit anions the
confederates, was t.mself among the slain ; with him fell his second son
Ah and his relatives Khalid -bm-'Abdullah and 'Abdul 'Aziz-bin- Ibrahim ■
oapt™at er hal ' salaimi o£ ^
Qasim con
quered by
Ibn-Eashidj
1880-91.
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Qasim a district of Jabal Shammar, 1891-1904.
r l he Shamamr Amir at once placed Qasim under a governor of his
changed In To/the'i ^ the ^ un!
cnanged in 19U1 the invasion of Qasim by the Shaikh of Kuwait actimr
in the W ahhabi interest, encouraged the Qusman to hope for release from
Shammar tyranny; but their expectations were diippointed by the
defeat of the invaders at the battle of Sarif, and many of them suffered
severely tor having ventured to show premature sympathy witb
the cause of Ibn-Sa'ud. Among those killed in the battle were Sal h-
^^'d^llah ^"^^-bin-Hasan, Salih-bin-
3d ah, Ah-bm- Abdullah, and Muhammad-bin-Ibrahim, all belono-inp-
to the ruling Abul Khad family of Buraidah ; and several ither members
of that family were either deported by Ibn-Rashid to Hail or obliged
to seek safety m exik At length, in March 1901, the whole of Qasim
was lost to Ibn-Rashid m consequence of an encounter, near ^Anaizah
between his troops and those of the Wahhabis
Turkish invasion of Qasim, J 904, and Turkish occupation of the
district; 1905-06.
The subsequent course of events in Qasim is so fully described in the
preceding chapter on the history of Najd that nothing can be added here!
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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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- Title
- 'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915'
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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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