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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [581] (625/733)
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.
581
on the western, and the Dorak river on the eastern side. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are from four to eighteen fathoms. In lat. 30° 22' 20" N., long. 48°
58' 45" E., is a rocky islet, with fifteen and eighteen fathoms close to
it. The water is salt, and the banks all mud, and no landing on them
except at high-water.
B unda M onsure.
Bunda Monsure is situated between Khore Moosa and the Karroon,
in lat. 30° 17' 40* N., long. 48° 46 , 20' / E,
E ntrance of the D orak JR jver.
The entrance of the Dorak river is in lat. 30° 21' 10 y N., long. 48°
55' 10" E. The town of Dorak, the residence of the Chief of the
Chaab Arabs, is situated thirty-three miles NE. from the entrance, but
about forty-four by the river.
D eera I sland.
Deera Island is low,^ith a swamp in the centre, in lat. 30° 4 / ' 22"
N., long. 49° 5' 50" E.
B unaii I sland.
Bunah Island is narrow and low. The centre is in lat, 30° 1' 48"
N., long. 49° 10' 18" E. It is about three and a half miles long, and
has the ruins of an old fort on it.
K hore W astah.
Khore Wastah is a deep-water gut, running up towards Deera Island,
and between it and Khore Moosa.
Inside Deera and Bunah Islands there is a complete lagoon, in some
parts with thirty fathoms water, in others not one, full of banks and
sunken rocks ; and as it can never be navigated, except by boats, no
further description can be given.
T he K arabah.
The Karabah is a piece of broken ground, with irregular
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
of
from five to sixteen or eighteen fathoms, situated below Khore Wastah
and towards the Ali Meidan. The natives say that traditions men
tion a city formerly standing in this place, and say the irregularity of the
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are caused by the ruins of the buildings. I mention this as
a common tradition among the natives.
H as T ulloob.
Has Tulloob is a point of the main near Bunah island, in lat. 30° T
33 N., long. 49° 15' 6" E. It is low, with a few shrubs and brush
wood growing near it. About three miles within it, to the northward,
is the entrance of a river joining the Indian River, and where are some
extensive ruins.
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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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