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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [292] (334/733)
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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292
BAHREIN MARITIME ARAB STATES.
XII. —The heat in summer is excessive ; no idea can be formed
Average Range of Ther- *axoiage innge of tho ihermometerj or of
mometer. the average fall of rain.
XIII.—Fifty thousand inhabitants on the island. No correct esti-
mate can be formed, without further inquiry
Estimated Population. „ . r i i i .
ol tlie population 01 the dependencies of Bah-
rein on the Guttur Coast.
MARITIME ARAB STATES.
These States are independent, but acknowledge the feudal supremacy
of the Wahabee ruler whenever his own power, or their dissensions,
may place him in a position to exercise it. Tiieir duels are expected
1o afford military aid in his expeditions, and to furnish supplies to his
troops when present, as in the case of the garrison at Lrymec in Oman.
The territorial possessions of the Maritime States are confined to the
inhabited spots on the sea coast, and may be said to he bounded by
the walls of their towns, and by the date groves in their immediate
vicinity. Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur, the Joasmee Chief, holds also
some territory on the Batinah Coast, such as Khore I 1 ukaun and Dub-
ba. which he wrested from the Imanm during the contest between
His Highness and the Sohar branch of his family, when he supported
the cause of the latter. The maritime tribes are each of them closely
related to nomade tribes in the interior, over whom the chiefs of the
former exercise a limited control.
The character of the Coast of Arabia, from the mouths of the Euphra
tes to the range of mountains in Oman which joins the sea a little below
Ras-ool-Khyma, is low, sandy, and barren. Water is everywhere more
or less brackish. The Desert passes close up to the walls of the towns,
and, beyond the scanty date plantations, tho produce of which is altoge
ther inadequate to the supply of the inhabitants, precludes cultivation.
The maritime tribes are dependent for their subsistence upon the
pearl and common fisheries. They engage, also, extensively in the
coasting trade of the Gulf, and in the carrying trade to India and Zan
zibar. Nothing is known of the interior of the country, with the
exception of Kowcit, and the bay of Kateef, sheltered by reefs. This
coast possesses no harbours, and forms a lee-shore to the pie\ailin 0
north-west winds. The towns are all built on the banks of deep creeks
or backwaters, into which the larger boats can enter only v> hen unlade
The heat during summer is excessive.
From the lowness of the country, the average fall ol rain is small, an
probably does not exceed from four to six inches in the year.
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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