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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎101] (143/733)

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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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MARITIME RESOURCES—POPULATION.
101
One to Yabur Chaabee o,000
One to Moobaruk bin Hussein 2 ''5 00
One to Bin Joobeib 1,500^
^
OtEanse,-
One to '
Of Shargah,—
One to Saleh bin Suggur
One to Mitfah ^
One to Rashid bin Oosman
One to Ahmed bin Abdool Rahman ^500
One to Mahomed bin Khulfan 2 ' 500
One to Bin Fimah 2 ' 000
^
Of Khan,—
One to Mahomed bin Khumees
Of Araulgavine,—
One to Abdoolla bin Rashid ^
One (Buteel) to ditto *' '
One to Syud bin Rashid '
9,500
Three
Of Ejman,—
One to Ali bin Rashid
One to Ali bin Jalim '
One (Buteel) to Humeed bin Rashid ^
One to Khulfan 1 ,UUU
6,000
Four —
Of Aboothabee,—
Two to Shaikh Khaleefa bin Shakboot '
Morahs.
Morahs.
Morahs.
Morahs.
Morahs.
Morahs.
Morahs.
POPULATION AND CHIEFS.
The population of the several Arab towns is constantly varying, for
reasons which have been before adverted to. Those of the first class
Aboothabee Shargah, and Ras -ool-Khyma—may be said to contain
from 2 000 to 3,500 houses. Of the second class, Amulgavine, E J™ an '
Debaye and j'azirat -ool-Hamrah, from 1 ,000 to 1 ,500 houses; and the
smaller' such as Khan, Heyrah, Fasht, &c, from 500 to 800 houses.

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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)
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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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