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'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [1219] (1374/1782)
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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had obtained a promise of co-operation from the Turks. The fighting
fleet of Shaikh Salman, Ka^ab, now consisted of as many as 10 or
13 Gallivats, besides which he owned about 70 smaller vessels; and
no sooner did Karim Khan enter his territory than he began to retire to
the westwards^ moving from one point to another by water, and even
tually crossing the Shatt-al-'Arab into Turkish territory. The Turks,
who really intended to assist the Persians according to their agreement,
brought down an infantry regiment, known as the Barataliis, from
Baghdad; they collected a fleet of 11 Taknahs and a Gallivat,—the
former a small kind of armed vessel, flat, and coated with bitumen,-r
under the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
at Basrah ; they chartered a private British
vessel, the snow " Fanny/' Captain Parkinson, to join the expedition
under a regular agreement as to risk, pay, and division of prizes; and
they obtained the services of a couple of young Englishmen to command
two of their own Taknahs. They had been dilatory, however, in com
pleting these arrangements; and early in May, just as their force was
about to start, a letter arrived from Karim Khan in which he expressed
his dissatisfaction with their conduct and informed them of his own
retirement from the Ka'ab country. Upon this the Turkish expedition
was countermanded ; but eventually it received orders to proceed inde-
peudently of the Persians. The Turkish land forces, amounting to about
5,000 men, then began their march down the right bank of the
Shatt-al-'Arab, the fleet in the river conforming to their movements ;
the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
, it was observed, invariably remained well in the rear
with his best troops, while the inferior troops cleared the way. At
length the head of the Turkish force arrived opposite the northern end
of '"Abbadan Island, off which the Ka'ab fleet was anchored, and halted
there for the night under the protection of the a Fanny," while the
Mutasallim
During the eighteenth century this was the third most powerful official in Ottoman Iraq (after the Pasha and the Kiya). The title was given specifically to the Governor of Basra.
and K apitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
encamped a couple of leagues nearer to
Basrah. During the hours ot darkness the Ka'ab fleet surprised the
vessels under the command of the Kapitan
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and captured three of
his Taknahs without resistance; and on the next day they sailed quietly
up the river in full view of the Turks, plundered several villages near
Basrah, and took a number of small boats. Soon afterwards, however,
Shaikh Salman offered to make a single payment to the Turks; and
a peace having been arranged on this basis, the Turkish forces
returned to Basrah after an absence in the field of less than three weeks.
The participation of British subjects in this ineffectual expedition
had been sanctioned, if not actually arranged, by Mr. Peter El win
Wrench, the East India Company's Agent at Basrah, who, as remarked
86 a
pedition
against the
EVab, 1765.
Renewed
trouble with
the Ka'ab,
Auguit—
October 17S5«
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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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