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The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1912. It was written in English and Farsi. 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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Annex to Chapter II.
Account of tie Chiefs of the Ka’ab tribe, until their subordination to the under
Shaikh Misfal.
Date of
accession.
Name.
Died—D,
Killed—K
or Abdicated—
Abd.
Remabka
1690
Nasir bin Muhammad
?
The first known Chief.
J Ali bin Nasir bin Muham
mad.
Sarhan . ,
K
K
Plague in Basrah and Qubban : many
deaths.
1722
Hahmah
K
1734
Farjullah ....
K
Fighting with Persians under Muham
mad Husain Qajar. Farjullah assisted
Namsh Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 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. of Basrah
against Muntafik Shaikh Muhammad
al Mana who was killed.
1734
Tahmaz Khanfar
K
1737
Bandar bin Tahmaz Khanfar
K
Ruled for two months, killed by
Salman.
1737
Salman and 'Uthman .
D
%
Siege of Basrah by Persians under
Kirch Khan aided by Ka'ab.
Kurdilan captured by Salman.
1747. Nadir Shah assassinated : Ka^ab
go to Doraq from Shakhat-ul-Khan
on the Karun.
1756. Ka’ab attacked unsuccessfully by
Karim Khan.
1761. ’All Aqa Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Baghdad
and Maula Mutlab besieged them
unsuccessfully.
1762. Ditto a second
time, also unsuccessful.
1763
Salman ....
D
Uthman died.
1763. Karim Khan attacked Ka’ab,
who flooded country. Karim Khan
broke dam at Marid.
1765. “Siege of Muhammad Kakhiah
and Mr. Zobaid el Faran gi.”
1767
1768
Ghanim bin Salman
Daud bin Salman
K
1768. Ka’ab defeated by Karim Khan.
Ka’ab attacked by Arabs of ’Oman
who were defeated. Chain thrown
across Shatt-al-’Arab at Al Khast.
1769-1773. Plague.
1769
Barkat bin Uthman
K
1775. Second siege of Basrah by
Persians under Saduq Khan, cap
tured with help of Ka’ab.
1779. Karim Khan died.
Power of Ka’ab extended to Hindiyan,
Ramuz and Kurdilan and both banks
of Shatt-al-’Arab.
1782
Ghadhban
K
Muntafik attack Ka’ab with help of
Turks under Sulaiman and are
defeated.
Fighting with Arabs of Aden and Gulf.
Fighting with people of Ramuz and
Hindiyan.
A stormy reign.
1793
Mubarak bin Barkat .
Abd.
1
1794
Faris bin Daud .
Abd.
1795
Alwan bin Muhamad Shina-
wih bin Farjullah.
Abd.

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This volume consists of a précis issued by the Government of India which provides comprehensive details regarding the history of relations between the British Government and the tribes and rulers of 'Arabistan. The volume is divided into eleven sections as follows:

  • I. British Interests in 'Arabistan;
  • II. 'Arabistan: Internal Politics up to the death of Haji Jabir and genealogical table of Shaikhs of Mohammerah, 1527-1881;
  • III. Shaikh Miz'als's rule, 1882-1897;
  • IV. Shaikh Khaz'al's rule, 1897-1910;
  • V. Shaikh Khaz'al and the Persian Customs;
  • VI. Shaikh Khaz'al: Political Relations with British Government;
  • VII. Piracies;
  • VIII. Turko-Persian Frontier Question;
  • IX. Shaikh of Mohammerah and Turks;
  • X. Irrigation in 'Arabistan;
  • XI. Acquisition and Tenure of Land in 'Arabistan with Annexes.

Between folios 51-70, the volume contains a number of appendices including copies of various relevant agreements. On folios 69-70, the volume contains the Persian text of a concession granted to the Nasiri Company for running ships from Ahwaz to Shushtar.

The volume was compiled by Lieutenant Arnold Talbot Wilson, Acting Consul for 'Arabistan. The printing statement reads, 'Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1912'

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1 volume (68 folios)
Arrangement

The volume opens with a contents page (folio 4) followed by a prefatory note (folio 5), a list of relevant officials (folio 6), a schedule of appendices (folio 7), eleven chapters of text (folios 8-50) and ends with sixteen appendices (folios 51-70).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 8-65.

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English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script
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'A Précis of the Relations of the British Government with the Tribes and Shaikhs of 'Arabistan By Lieutenant A T Wilson, Acting Consul for Arabistan'
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front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 24r:46v, 49r:52v, 57v, 65r:66r, 67r:68v, back-i
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