'Pocket No. 2: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Qāsimi Family of Shārjah in Trucial ’Omān'

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Title:
'Pocket No. 2: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Qāsimi Family of Shārjah in Trucial ’Omān'
Date:
1915/1915
Description:
This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Ruling Qāsimi Family of Shārjah in Trucial ’Omān'. It contains 51 named and unnamed individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Āl Qāsimī family of Sharjah, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information.There is also a 'Chronological list of Shaikhs of Shārjah belonging to this family' with the period of their reign, including: Rāshid-bin-Matar [Rāshid bin Maṭar], Saqar-bin-Rāshid [Ṣaqr bin Rāshid], Sultān-bin-Saqar [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr], Khālid-bin-Sultān [Khālid bin Ṣaqr], Sālim-bin-Sultān [Sālim bin Sulṭān], and Saqar-bin-Khālid [Ṣaqr bin Khālid].In addition, a section of 'Notes' is included that gives 1907 as the year of compilation, as well as other details concerning the arrangement of the table, including: the omission of distant collateral relatives and nearly all females; the ordering of children from the same father according to seniority from left to right, with females invariably placed at the far right; dates of birth and in some cases death are approximate only; when the fact or date of death is not mentioned the person was probably alive in 1906; and members of the family, except where otherwise stated, reside in Sharjah town.1 folio
Language:
English
Arabic
Type:
Archival item
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Other Texts
Type (Broader):
Text
Extent:
1 folio
Rights:
Open Government Licence
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100023876399.0x000015_ar
81055/vdc_100023876399.0x000015_en
IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 4
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