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Trucial ‘Oman

Lorimer.net: Charting Tribal and Migrant Populations in the Early Twentieth Century Persian/Arabian Gulf The 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences June 2010 by

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Trucial ‘Oman

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  1. Lorimer.net: Charting Tribal and Migrant Populations in the Early Twentieth Century Persian/Arabian Gulf The 9th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences June 2010 by Dr. Ronald Hawker, Associate Professor, Department of Art and Design, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ronald.hawker@zu.ac.ae

  2. John Gordon Lorimer (1870-1914) born in Glasgow; Resident and Consul General, Baghdad, 1909-1912; Acting Gulf Resident 1913-14; fluent in classical Persian and Arabic, Russian, wrote Grammar and Vocabulary of Waziri Pashto (1902) and Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf (1908); died of self-inflicted gun shot wounds, 1914 Brother: David, vice-consul Ahwaz, 1904-1909, Political Agent, Bahrain, 1911-12; author of The Phonology of the Bakhtiari(1922). Photograph retrieved (April 16, 2010): http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari-kuch/eet/caricature-orientalists/index.html

  3. Districts in Southeastern Persia Trucial ‘Oman Sharjah Dubai Shamil Ajman Bastak Dubai Abu Dhabi Baraimi Shibkuh Hanjam Island Lengeh Qishm Island Hormuz Island

  4. 60 houses ,25 camels, 30 cattle, 200 sheep, and 2000 date palms 50 houses ,20 camels, 50 donkeys, 20 cattle, 150 sheep, and 1000 date tre 20 houses , 10 camels, 20 donkeys, 15 cattle and 300 sheep and goats, 700 dates. 200 houses, 50 camels, 20 cattle, 700 sheep, 4000 date palms. 15 families, 300 trees, 10 camels, 25 donkeys, 10 cattle and 50 sheep and goats. 40 houses, 10 cattle, 20 donkeys, 18 camels, 50 goats and sheep , 700 date trees. 40 houses , 600 dates. 7 or 8 houses, no livestock 30 houses, 500 date trees.

  5. Numerical data • Population • Economic data: • Livestock: • Camels • Donkeys • Sheep and goats • Boats: • Pearling • Fishing • Trading • Agricultural • Number of date palm trees Non-numerical data District Sub-district Town Ethnicity Religion School of jurisprudence

  6. Shamil 38586 Shibkuh 27394 Bastak 2460 Hanjam 1830 Hormuz 1200 Qishm 11297 Lengeh 19627 Sharjah 58726 Ajman 1184 Umm Al Qaiwain 5500 Dubai 16710 Abu Dhabi 11185 Baraimi 8412

  7. Ethnicity Shamil Bastak Shibkuh Hormuz Island Hanjam Island Qishm Island Lengeh

  8. Shibkuh Hormuz Lengeh Bastak Hanjam Shamil Qeshm Island

  9. Trucial ‘Oman Sharjah Umm al-Qaiwain Ajman Dubai Abu Dhabi Baraimi

  10. Duvvan Population: 350 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 26 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Sheep: 700 Al Ali Tribe Qais Population: 2250 Shipping: 3 Shops: 50 Warehouses: 9 Pearling:26 Fishing:67 Tavuneh Population: 450 Shipping: 23 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12 Umm al-Qaiwain Population: 5000 Shipping: 1 Shops: 20 Pearling: 70 Fishing: 60 Camels:720 Donkeys:40 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 200 Dates: 1500 Gulshan Valley Population: unknown Resources: unknown Charak Population: 1020 Shipping: 8 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12

  11. Jazirat al-Hamra Population: 2500 Pearling: 25 Fishing: 10 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Cattle: 150 Sheep: 50 KhorKalba Population: 750 Shipping: 6 Za’ab tribe Abu Dhurus Population: 100 Fishing: 4 Donkeys: 2 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 10 Dates Khatt Population: 250 Camels:10 Donkeys:15 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 150 Dates: 10,000 Saham Population: 1000 Shops: 50 Shipping: 30 Dates Bu Baqara Population: 500 Fishing: 12 Camels: 5 Donkeys: 10 Cattle:15 Sheep: 100 Dates: 2000 Qasbiyataz-Zaab Population: 125 Fishing: 2 Dates

  12. Bandar Abbas 200 shops Lingeh 455 shops Qais 50 shops 9 warehouses Umm al Qaiwain 20 shops Sharjah 205 shops 200 warehouses Delma Island: 10 shops Dubai 400 shops 200 warehouses Abu Dhabi 70 shops

  13. Malabar chest from Sheila Unwin, The Arab Chest, London: Arabian Publishing, 2006, p.63.

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