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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [547] (591/733)
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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GULF OF PERSIA.
547
G onada.
Gonada, in lat. 24° 48' 5" N., long. 54° 52' S" E., forms the entrance
to a backwater of the same name, shoal at the entrance.
G orabee.
Gorabee, in lat, 24° 47 / N., long. 54° 50' E., is another entrance to
the same backwater.
H as E llora.
Ras Ellora, in lat. 24° 41' 40' / N., long. 50° 42'lO'' E., is the point of
a considerable backwater which appeared to extend to, and join that of
Ras-ool-
Grab
Shallow vessel with a projecting bow.
. The entrance being shoal it was not examined.
M arafjain.
Marafjain, in lat. 24° SS 7 30" N., long. 54° 40' 20 // E., is the point
of a backwater, with a shoal entrance.
R as-ool- G rab.
Ras-ool-
Grab
Shallow vessel with a projecting bow.
, in lat. 24° 36' 40" N., long. 54° 38' 50" E., is a mode
rately elevated rocky headland, at one entrance of a large backwater j
shoal at the entrance, but deep water within. It was on this account
not examined.
R as-ool- L uffan.
Ras-ool-Luffan, in lat. 24° 3V 45" N., long. 54° 34' lO'' E., is a low
point at the north-eastern entrance of the backwater that surrounds
Aboothabee.
A boothabee.
Aboothabee, in lat. 24° 29' 21" N., long. 54° 32' 20" E., is situated
on a sandy island, and is the principal place of the Beniyas Tribe, and
the residence of their Chief, Shaikh Tahnoon. The tribe consists of
about two thousand four hundred men ; but there are, of the Monasir
and other tribes, near five thousand more, who acknowledge his govern
ment. These mostly reside in the interior, at several places in a district
called Ruffthra. At Aboothabee the inhabitants are about twelve
hundred generally, although much increased in the pearl season, con
sisting of people of the above tribes, and a number of Banians, who are
traders and goldsmiths. There is in the town a fortified house, and a
small tower. There are several more towers in different parts of the
island, and two or three villages.
The inhabitants have a number of trading boats, and take a large share
in the pearl fishery. These form their principal resources, as the country
affords little or nothing; cattle and poultry are occasionally procurable,
but the only water they have is quite salt. The anchorage is foul, and
unsafe, except in southerly winds. Inshore, abreast the town, about
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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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