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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [16] (53/733)
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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16
PIRATE PORTS.
water, as at other times the western end is nearly connected with the
main, and is called by the Arabs Jazirat-ool-Hamra. Anchorage in
three fathoms, sand ; with extreme of Hamra from Ras-ool -Khyma
ENE. to SW. ; centre of the town SE. Between this and Shargahlie
the small ports and villages of Amulgavine, Ejman, and Fasht, all
defended by towers held by musketeers. The first of these intermediate
places consists of a group of four villages, containing together dwellings,
belonging to the tribe Ahli Ali, under Shaikh Majed bin Sultan, "it
lies four leagues SW. by W. of the Jazira, between which and Shargah
(which lies in lat. 25° 24' N., eleven leagues south-west of that place)
the coast, at five miles from Amulgavine, takes a more southerly
direction.
Shargah.
Shargah has five fathoms at a quarter of a mile off shore ; the anchor
age is with the town and fort from ESE. to SE., distant three miles, in
seven fathoms. It is defended by towers, without cannon, and a frigate
may approach to within two cables length of the shore, to the westward
of the town ; but as the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are irregular, it is probable there are
hidden dangers.
The piratical Dows lie in a small lagoon to the westward of the
town. A bank of sand, thrown up along this coast by the violence of
the sea, forms a good parapet for the Native matchlockmen.
Boo Haile.
Three leagues south-west of Shargah lies Boo Haile, a town of two
lundred houses, defended by towers, under Shaikh Ali Mahomed of
the tribe Matarish. '
Khor Hussan.
At two days hence are the Khiran Beniyas, or ports lying along an
"f rl! ' J ;0aSt m Shar g ah to Huailah, a station one day's jonrney south
o Khor Hussan, a port and town near the island of Bahrein, on "which
vdlages are V cry thinly scattered for two days'journey along the sea
shore. This district stretches inland also for the same distance.
The Beniyas.
fhc Beniyas are a pastoral clan, of the province of Oman. Thev
inhabit a part of its northernmost district, called Sir, which is of a verv
sandy, barren soil. It i s divided into three branches • one called
the^nr 8 '™ 0 Manasir ' and a 'hird Owaimir. Those who dwell in
have bo"^ TT T 1618 ^ fineS, brCed ; While those onthe ooast
equipped for/t g " 0ns,rac,ion ' eaoh ^"ying four persons, and
is ung, the produce of which is taken to the town of
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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).
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- 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.
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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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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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