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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [286] (328/733)
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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286
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I have the honour to submit the information called for by Government
on the 17th February 1854, regarding the principal estates within my
political control. No mention is therein made of the ports on the Persian
Coast between Bushire and Bunder Abbas given below, because, being
situated within the territorial limits of Persia, their inhabitants
acknowledge a direct allegiance to the Shah, and, contributing to the
general revenue of the country, are more or less influenced in their
condition, and in the condition of their chiefs, by the administration
of the provincial functionaries within whose districts they are included.
Ports.
Tribes.
Names of Chiefs.
Congoon (with de
pendencies).
Aseeloo
Nahend
Nakheeloo (with
dependency).
Cheroo
Kelat
Charrak (with de
pendencies).
Mogoo
Lingah
Nussoor
Haram
Ali Boo Khaleef
Obeydalee
Beni Humeed
Marazeek
Shaikh Hussan bin Shaikh Jabnah.
Two brothers, Shaikh Abdoolla bin Khulfan
and Shaikh Ahmed bin Khulfan.
Shaikh Yoosoof bin Mubaruk.
Ruled at present by a lady chief.
Abdool Russool.
Shaikh Mahomed bin Ahmed.
Shaikh Hussein bin Abdoolla.
Sultan bin Hoossein.
Khaleefa bin Guzeeb.
It should be observed, however, that beyond the exaction of an
annual tribute, the control really exercised over them by the latter is of
a very limited character; and being, as they are, at least east of Con-
goon, composed of Arab Tribes, cognate with those on the opposite
shores of the Gulf, whence they originally migrated, the general
remarks apply equally to them as to the latter. Their means of
existence are derived from fishing, a participation in the coasting and
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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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- '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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