Arabia: 'Extracts from Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia' by John Gordon Lorimer, Indian Civil Service

This file contains extracts from the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia by John Gordon Lorimer a civil servant in British India and later Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It covers:

• Historical notes on the region focussing on the relations of the Wahhabi movement with the Gulf States from the Wahhabi invasion of Oman in 1800 to their expulsion from the Buraimi Oasis in 1869
• Notes on pearl fishing in the Gulf with tables of data on the number of boats and men employed in the trade and taxes levied on pearl fishers by local authorities
• Notes on various localities and tribes in the Trucial States and Oman, including information on geography; settlements and wells; resources and trade; the strength, character and political allegiance of tribes; and other information.