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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' [14v] (33/143)
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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Date of
accession.
Name.
Died—D,
Killed—K or
Abdicated—
Abd.
Rbmabks.
1801
Muhammad bin Barkat bin
Uthman bin Sultan.
D
(< Mirza of Behbahan" fought and
defeated at Hindijan.
1811
Ghaith bin Ghadhban .
K
Abdullah bin Muhammad replaced
Ghaith for seven months as the
“ Ka'ab disagreed with " the former.
Prince of Karmau besieged Doraq un
successfully.
Paris bin Ghaith given as a hostage.
Alliance made with the Muntafik.
An armv sent under Shaikh's brothers
besieged but not taken.
Turks renew attack, this time helped
by Kuwait tribes and are defeated, as
also Ajil and the Kowaitis on a
separate occasion.
Peace made in 1827.
1827
Mubadir ....
D
1830. Plague in Basrah.
1838
'Abdullah bin Muhammad .
Basrah captured by people of Zobai
and Nejd.
Aziz Aqa
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 “ sent
to Haji Yusuf who sent some ot the
Ka'ab with messengers, and they went
to the palace and brought him out
without fear to Mohammerah." (1)
The Ka'ab on payment assist Turks to
regain the town. 'Abdullah bin
Muhammad ruled for five months
only.
1831
Thamir bin Ghadhban .
Abd.
The Turks under 'Ali
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
took
Mohammerah 1837 for a few months
only.
1837
'Abdul Riza bin Muhammad
and Musallam bin Muham
mad.
Abd.
1837
Thamir bin Ghadhban.
Abd.
Thamir harboured Muhammad Taqi
Khan Bakhtiari and in consequence
w r as attacked by M'utamid-ud-Dauleh
on behalf of Muhammad Shah and
had to fly to Turkish territory.
1840
Paris bin Ghaith
Abd.
1847
Hakim (Hashim?)
Abd.
1848
1868
Paris bin Ghaith (but Jabir,
Governor of Mohammerah,
with intervals in prison,
from 1857 onwards).
1857. British attack and take Moham
merah.
Paris sent to Tehran. Haji Jabir
given Fallahiyeh as well as Moham
merah : he now came from Diaji to
dwell at Mohammerah. This w 7 as
the beginning of his rule indepen
dently of the Ka'ab.
For subsequent events see heading of text Chapter II.
, ^ oe ®^? c< l ae ^ er 8 “Pilgrimage” Volume I, page 67 e£ fey., whence it appears that Thamir was Deputy of
llubaihr at Mohammerah and lived opposite the town when the flight of 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.
took place.
Mubadir Khan lived at Fallahiyeh and was seen by Stocqueler.
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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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- '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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