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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [3] (10/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.—Extracts from Brief Notes, containing Historical and
other Information connected with the Province of Oman ; Muskat
and the adjoining country ; the Islands of Bahrein, Ormus,
Kishm, and Karrack; and other Ports and Places in the Persian
Gulf.—Prepared, in the year 1818, by Captain H. Taylor, Assist
ant
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in
Turkish Arabia
A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
.. .. .. .. I
Oman .—Brief Notes relative to the Province of Oman.—Prepared, in Au
gust 1819, by Mr. F. Warden, Member of Council at Bombay .. 41
Kenn .—Extracts from a Joint Report on the Island of Kenn, in the Per
sian Gulf ; accompanied by a Map. By First Lieutenant J. H.
Grubb, Honorable Company's Marine, and Captain T. Ilemon,
Bombay Engineers.—Submitted to Government on the 12th Octo
ber 1822
Bassadore .—Extracts from a Report on Bassadore, situated on the North
western side of the Island of Kishm, in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. Prepar
ed, in October 1822, by Captain T. Remon, Bombay Engineers.—
To which is appended, a Plan of the Bassadore Roads ; prepared,
in the year 1836, by
Midshipman
An experienced sailor, but not a commissioned officer.
H. H. Hewett, Indian Navy..
Grane and Pheleechi .—Extracts from a Report on the Harbour ol
Grane (or Koweit), and the Island of Pheleechi, in the Persian
Gulf. Prepared, in November 1839, by Lieutenant J. Felix
Jones, Indian Navy.— Accompanied by a Trigonometrical Plan of
the Harbour of Grane, and the Island of Pheleechi, by Lieutenants
Guy and Brucks, Indian Navy • •
A bab T ribes .—Extracts from Brief Notes relative to the Rise and Pro
gress of the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf— Prepared, in Au
gust 1819, by Mr. Francis Warden, Member of Council at Bom-
Arab Tribes ; British Policy .—Observations on the Past Policy of the
British Government towards the Arab Tribes of the Persian
Gulf. By Lieutenant A. B. Kemball, Assistant Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Submitted to Government on the 18th October 1844.
-To which are annexed, copies of Treaties and Agreements
entered into by the Honorable East India Company, with the Arab
Tribes of the Gulf, or effected through British mediation, between
the 6th February 1806 and the 4th May 18o3 ..
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- IOR/R/15/1/732
- Title
- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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