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‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer
On the morning of Sunday 8 February 1914, John Gordon Lorimer, the officiating British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, retired to his dressing room to ascertain the exact calibre of his automatic pistol as he wished to order cartridges from Bombay. He was later found lying on the...Lowe, Daniel
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The Death of a Political Agent: Captain Shakespear
Today, 24 January 2015, marks 100 years since the death of colonial officer and Arabian explorer and photographer, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, who died in a battle at Jarrab between the forces of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern-day Saudi Arabia, and his adversary, Ibn Rashid. Shakespear was well...Lowe, Daniel
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‘The Jewish State of Eastern Arabia’
In September 1917, Lord Francis Bertie, British Ambassador to France, received an unusual proposal from Dr M L Rothstein, a Paris-based Russian Jew. Bertie explained to the Foreign Secretary, Arthur James Balfour, that Rothstein proposed the Entente Powers should equip and organise an army ‘for the conquest of the Turkish...Lowe, Daniel
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Colonial Knowledge: Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia
John Gordon Lorimer’s monumental Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia – often simply referred to as ‘Lorimer’ by many researchers - has been digitised and is now accessible for free through the Qatar Digital Library.Lowe, Daniel
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The Death of Queen Victoria: the Politics of Mourning and Memorialisation in the British Persian Gulf
This blog post marks the 195 anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth on 24 May 1819. On the afternoon of 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. In the United Kingdom, as well as many thousands of miles away around the Empire, reactions ‘were...Lowe, Daniel
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Performing Authority: the ‘Islamic’ Seals of British Colonial Officers
The function of seals as symbols of textual authority and ownership is deeply rooted in the Islamic world, especially in Arabic and Persian-speaking societies. Historically, seals were used for authorising various documents, including letters and legal contracts, and for marking the ownership of books and manuscripts. Edward William Lane attests...Lowe, Daniel
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Lebanese LGBTQ publications: essays, magazines, memoirs and narratives
Blogger and novelist Fadi Zaghmout, together with translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, recently visited the British Library. His debut novel, ‘Arūs ʻAmmān (ʻThe bride of Amman’), deals with the various struggles facing young Jordanians, including sexual orientation and gender identity. With this subject in mind, we looked at different sources –...Lowe, Daniel
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Conference on Digital Islamic Humanities
Two representatives from the British Library attended the recent conference, ‘The Digital Humanities + Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies’, hosted by the Middle Eastern Studies Department of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Organised by Dr Elias Muhanna and held on 24-25 October 2013, this conference sought to bring together...Lowe, Daniel ; Sobers-Khan, Nurs
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Shubbak Literature Festival at the British Library
On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 July 2015, the British Library will host the Shubbak Literature Festival as part of Shubbak, London’s largest biennial festival showcasing the best in contemporary Arab culture.Lowe, Daniel
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Shubbak 2017: contemporary Arab culture at the British Library
The biennial Shubbak Festival returns to London this year between 1st and 16th July with a range of exciting and engaging events on contemporary Arab culture, with an array of literary events taking place once again at the British Library.Lowe, Daniel
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The Death of Captain Shakespear
A little known first-hand account, that the British Agents in Bahrain garnered by chance, sheds light on William Henry Irvine Shakespear’s death. Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear is an enigmatic figure in the history of Anglo-Saudi relations. Although he was one of the youngest Political Agents to serve in the...Lowe, Daniel
military operations, Naid, Āl Sa'ūd (Family), Kuwait, King of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd, Saudi Arabia, and First World War (1914-1918)
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George Percy Churchill’s Biographical Notices of Persian Statesmen and Notables
In 1906, the Government of India Foreign Department published (and republished in 1910) an index of prominent Qajar statesmen, compiled by George Percy Churchill, Oriental Secretary at the British Legation in Tehran. According to Cyrus Ghani, this collection of notes and genealogical tables, entitled Biographical Notices of Persian Statesmen and...Lowe, Daniel
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وفاة النقيب شكسبير
تُسلط رواية غير معروفة حكاها شاهد عيان، وحصل عليها الوكلاء البريطانيون بالبحرين من قبيل الصدفة، الضوء على وفاة وليام هنري إيرفين شكسبير. يعتبر النقيب وليام هنري إيرفين شكسبير شخصية غامضة في تاريخ العلاقات الإنجليزية السعودية. ورغم أنه كان من أصغر الوكلاء السياسيين سناً ممن خدموا في الخليج، إلا أنه من...Lowe, Daniel
آل سعود, المملكة العربية السعودية, الحرب العالمية الأولى (١٩١٤-١٩١٨), الكويت, العمليات العسكرية, سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود, and نجد
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The King’s Oryx: Ibn Saud’s Diplomatic Gift to George V
In 1920, a gift from Ibn Saud in the form of a female oryx was the first ever to have survived the difficult journey from Arabia to London. In correspondence between HM the King and the Amir of Najd of 1920 it was noted that an animal ‘unique of its...Lowe, Daniel
Āl Sa'ūd (Family), King of Saudi Arabia Sa'ūd bin 'Abd al-'Azīz Āl Sa'ūd, Saudi Arabia, and First World War (1914-1918)
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للملك جورج الخامس مها الملك: هدية ابن سعود الدبلوماسية
كانت هدية ابن سعود في سنة ١٩٢٠عبارة عن أنثى المها وهي أول هدية تمكنت من التغلب على الرحلة الصعبة من الجزيرة العربية إلى لندن. في رسالة بين ملك بريطانيا وأمير نجد في سنة ١٩٢٠م لوحظ أن حيوانًا "فريدًا من نوعه" قد وصل إلى لندن، وفي الواقع "لم يصل آي حيوان...Lowe, Daniel
آل سعود, المملكة العربية السعودية, الحرب العالمية الأولى (١٩١٤-١٩١٨), and سعود بن عبد العزيز آل سعود
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Performing Authority: the ‘Islamic’ Seals of British Colonial Officers
Cultural appropriation was as much a part of empire as military force. The use of ‘Islamic’ seals by British colonial officials is one example of this. In his record of nineteenth century Egyptian society, Edward William Lane wrote that ‘[a]lmost every person who can afford it has a seal-ring, even...Lowe, Daniel
foreign relations, communication methods, Persian Gulf Political Residency, Sir Knight Lewis Pelly, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, and Sir Knight Charles Dalrymple Belgrave
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صناعة السلطة: أختامٌ "إسلامية" في أيدي مسؤولي الاستعمار البريطاني
لم يكن الاستملاك الثقافي أقل أهمية من القوة العسكرية في صناعة الإمبراطورية البريطانية، ويعد استخدام مسؤولي الاستعمار البريطاني للأختام "الإسلامية" مثالًا صريحًا على ذلك. يقول المستشرق إدوارد ويليام لاين في تأريخه عن المجتمع المصري في القرن التاسع عشر: " يقتني ختمًا تقريبًا كل من يستطيع تحمل تكلفته، وإن كان خادمًا"....Lowe, Daniel
تشارلز دالريمبل بلجريف, المقيمية السياسية في الخليج العربي, وسائل الاتصال, لويس بيلي, مستشار حكومة البحرين, and العلاقات الخارجية
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‘Imperial Boredom’ and Imperial Reading
A colonial officer named Hickinbotham illustrates the everyday boredom of administrating the Empire with his practical jokes and escapist reading list. The British biographical publication Who’s Who of 1942 records that Edward Wakefield and Tom Hickinbotham, the Political Agent at Kuwait, circumnavigated Warbah, an island in the Gulf near the...Lowe, Daniel
Yemen, Kuwait, Political Agent, Kuwait, Aden, Arabian Peninsula, and Persian Gulf Political Residency
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"الملل الإمبراطوري" والقراءة الإمبراطورية
وضّح مسؤول إستعماري بإسم هيكينبوثام الملل اليومي في إدارة الإمبراطورية بنكاته العملية وقائمة قراءة تهَرُّبية. سجلت المطبوعة البريطانية المتخصصة في عرض السير الذاتية والمعروفة باسم "هو إز هو" (Who's Who) في سنة ١٩٤٢ أن إدوارد ويكفيلد وتوم هيكينبوثام، الوكيل السياسي بالكويت، أبحرا حول وربة وهي جزيرة في الخليج تقع بالقرب...Lowe, Daniel
الوكيل السياسي بالكويت, عدن, الكويت, شبه الجزيرة العربية, اليمن, and المقيمية السياسية في الخليج العربي
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"مأساة الخليج العربي": وفاة وتَرِكة جون جوردون لوريمر
لقد اعتُبِرَت الوفاة المبكرة لجون جوردون لوريمر، المقيم المُفوّض في الخليج العربي ١٩١٣-١٩١٤، مأساة حزينة. مع ذلك فإن تَرِكته المتمثلة في "دليل الخليج وعمان ووسط الجزيرة العربية"، الذي ظهر بعد أربعين عامًا من وفاته، ظلت مصدرًا أساسيًا لجميع الدراسات التي أُجريت عن الخليج منذ ذلك الحين. في صباح يوم الأحد...Lowe, Daniel
المكان, موسوعات, عمليات الاستخبارات, بوشهر, and الخليج العربي