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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [168] (210/733)
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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168
MUSKAT.
Muskat is the chief seaport of one of the two grand principalities
into which the Province of Oman is divided, of which Rastag is the
capital. It is inhabited by the Beni Yemen, or Beni Hinavi Tribe of
Arabs, of which the Imaum of Muskat is the head. The line of coast
from Cape Ras-ool-Gate to Cape Musseldom belongs to the Imaura.
The tribes dependent on Muskat are enumerated in the 2nd paragraph
of my sketch of the Province of Oman.*
2. The ascendancy of the Arabs of Muskat in the Gulf of Persia
may be dated from the year 1694-95, when they
a. d . 1694-95. .
became so powerful as to excite an alarm that
they would obtain the command of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. The navigation of
the Gulf became more difficult in the following year, from the increase
of their power, of which our Agent at Gombroon predicted that "they
would prove as great a plague in India as the Algerines were in
Europe."
3. Being superior to the Persians at sea, they carried on a success
ful warfare against the trade of that kingdom,
insomuch that the King of Persia made an
offer to our Agents that if the Company would co-operate in the reduc
tion of Muskat, he would grant them the same privileges at that port
as we enjoyed at Gombroon. No decided answer was returned, as we
had neither ships nor troops to spare.
4. By the observance of this policy, the English trade was uninter
ruptedly prosecuted, while the conduct of the Muskat Arabs towards
the Portuguese clearly proved that they would hold any aid given by
Europeans to the Persians as an act of hostility against themselves ; for
as soon as they found that the Portuguese had assisted the former, they
divided the Muskat fleet into two squadrons, one sailed along the Coast
of Africa, and burnt the Portuguese settlement at Mombassa, and the
other, stretching across the Indian Seas, destroyed one of their
factories.
* Vide page 42 of this Selection.
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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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