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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 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
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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). 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 http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari- kuch/eet/caricature-orientalists/index.html Photograph retrieved (April 16, 2010): http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari- kuch/eet/caricature-orientalists/index.html http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/bakhtiari- kuch/eet/caricature-orientalists/index.html
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Trucial ‘Oman Abu Dhabi Baraimi Dubai Sharjah Ajman Dubai Districts in Southeastern Persia Shibkuh Lengeh Bastak Shamil Qishm Island Hanjam Island Hormuz Island
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20 houses, 10 camels, 20 donkeys, 15 cattle and 300 sheep and goats, 700 dates. 15 families, 300 trees, 10 camels, 25 donkeys, 10 cattle and 50 sheep and goats. 50 houses,20 camels, 50 donkeys, 20 cattle, 150 sheep, and 1000 date tre 60 houses,25 camels, 30 cattle, 200 sheep, and 2000 date palms 200 houses, 50 camels, 20 cattle, 700 sheep, 4000 date palms. 40 houses, 10 cattle, 20 donkeys, 18 camels, 50 goats and sheep, 700 date trees. 30 houses, 500 date trees. 40 houses, 600 dates. 7 or 8 houses, no livestock
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Non-numerical data 1.District 2.Sub-district 3.Town 4.Ethnicity 5.Religion 6.School of jurisprudence Non-numerical data 1.District 2.Sub-district 3.Town 4.Ethnicity 5.Religion 6.School of jurisprudence Numerical data 1.Population 2.Economic data: 3.Livestock: Camels Donkeys Sheep and goats 4.Boats: Pearling Fishing Trading 5.Agricultural Number of date palm trees Numerical data 1.Population 2.Economic data: 3.Livestock: Camels Donkeys Sheep and goats 4.Boats: Pearling Fishing Trading 5.Agricultural Number of date palm trees
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Abu Dhabi 11185 Abu Dhabi 11185 Dubai 16710 Dubai 16710 Baraimi 8412 Baraimi 8412 Ajman 1184 Ajman 1184 Sharjah 58726 Sharjah 58726 Umm Al Qaiwain 5500 Umm Al Qaiwain 5500 Shibkuh 27394 Shibkuh 27394 Lengeh 19627 Lengeh 19627 Bastak 2460 Shamil 38586 Shamil 38586 Hanjam 1830 Hormuz 1200 Qishm 11297 Hanjam 1830 Hormuz 1200 Qishm 11297
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Shibkuh Lengeh Bastak Shamil Qishm Island Hanjam Island Hormuz Island Ethnicity
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Shibkuh Lengeh Shamil BastakHanjam Hormuz Qeshm Island
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Trucial ‘Oman Abu Dhabi Baraimi Dubai Sharjah Ajman Umm al- Qaiwain
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Population: 5000 Shipping: 1 Shops: 20 Pearling: 70 Fishing: 60 Camels:720 Donkeys:40 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 200 Dates: 1500 Umm al-Qaiwain Population: 5000 Shipping: 1 Shops: 20 Pearling: 70 Fishing: 60 Camels:720 Donkeys:40 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 200 Dates: 1500 Qais Population: 2250 Shipping: 3 Shops: 50 Warehouses: 9 Pearling:26 Fishing:67 Qais Population: 2250 Shipping: 3 Shops: 50 Warehouses: 9 Pearling:26 Fishing:67 Charak Population: 1020 Shipping: 8 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12 Charak Population: 1020 Shipping: 8 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12 Duvvan Population: 350 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 26 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Sheep: 700 Duvvan Population: 350 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 26 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Sheep: 700 Al Ali Tribe Tavuneh Population: 450 Shipping: 23 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12 Tavuneh Population: 450 Shipping: 23 Pearling: 12 Fishing: 12 Gulshan Valley Population: unknown Resources: unknown Gulshan Valley Population: unknown Resources: unknown
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Za’ab tribe Jazirat al-Hamra Population: 2500 Pearling: 25 Fishing: 10 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Cattle: 150 Sheep: 50 Jazirat al-Hamra Population: 2500 Pearling: 25 Fishing: 10 Camels:100 Donkeys:100 Cattle: 150 Sheep: 50 Khatt Population: 250 Camels:10 Donkeys:15 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 150 Dates: 10,000 Khatt Population: 250 Camels:10 Donkeys:15 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 150 Dates: 10,000 Khor Kalba Population: 750 Shipping: 6 Khor Kalba Population: 750 Shipping: 6 Bu Baqara Population: 500 Fishing: 12 Camels: 5 Donkeys: 10 Cattle:15 Sheep: 100 Dates: 2000 Bu Baqara Population: 500 Fishing: 12 Camels: 5 Donkeys: 10 Cattle:15 Sheep: 100 Dates: 2000 Abu Dhurus Population: 100 Fishing: 4 Donkeys: 2 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 10 Dates Abu Dhurus Population: 100 Fishing: 4 Donkeys: 2 Cattle: 10 Sheep: 10 Dates Saham Population: 1000 Shops: 50 Shipping: 30 Dates Saham Population: 1000 Shops: 50 Shipping: 30 Dates Qasbiyat az-Zaab Population: 125 Fishing: 2 Dates Qasbiyat az-Zaab Population: 125 Fishing: 2 Dates
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Delma Island: 10 shops Delma Island: 10 shops Abu Dhabi 70 shops Abu Dhabi 70 shops Dubai 400 shops 200 warehouses Dubai 400 shops 200 warehouses Sharjah 205 shops 200 warehouses Sharjah 205 shops 200 warehouses Umm al Qaiwain 20 shops Umm al Qaiwain 20 shops Bandar Abbas 200 shops Bandar Abbas 200 shops Lingeh 455 shops Lingeh 455 shops Qais 50 shops 9 warehouses Qais 50 shops 9 warehouses
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Malabar chest from Sheila Unwin, The Arab Chest, London: Arabian Publishing, 2006, p.63.
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