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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [626] (670/733)
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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626
NAVIGATION OF THE
it are near thirty thousand German crowns, but he is frequently years
without receiving them, and nothing but his naval force would ever get
him one crown of it. The country is very plentifully stocked in fine
cattle and poultry; and grapes, dates, limes, oranges, and many other
fruits and vegetables, are abundant in their seasons. Fish is also very
plentiful, and the water very fine. The anchorage in the road is in six
fathoms, soft mud. About fifteen miles off shore, abreast of Sohar, is a
bank, with twelve fathoms water, where they go to fish. Most of the
villages within twenty miles either way on the coast are under the
government of the Shaikh or Chief of Sohar.
Sohar Peak.
Sohar Peak is a high conical hill, inland from Sohar, in lat. 24° 11' 16'
N., long. 56° 38' 43" E.
suarah.
Suarah is a village of about one hundred inhabitants, situated on the
coast, about three miles from Sohar. Between this and Sohar, in
lat. 24° 10' 20 // N., long. 57° 0' 50'' E., are two other small villages,
each containing forty or fifty inhabitants. Sahaam has about one
hundred, and has some small boats belonging to it.
Maykiliff.
Maykiliff is a small fort and village in lat. 24° 27" N., long.
57 4' 26" E. From Sohar to this place the coast continues low, thickly
studded with date groves. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
off the coast are regular to
five fathoms within a mile of the shore. Between this place and Ras
Hayara, in lat. 24° 4' 17" N., long. 57° 9' 50" E., is the village of
Diel, containing about forty inhabitants. The village of Ras Hayara is
large, and has many boats of about twenty tons belonging to it.
Supplies and water may be obtained.
Gassbeyher.
Gassbeyher is a village in lat. 24° 2' 20" N., long. 57° 12' 54" E.
Four miles to the SSE. is the village of Khoohoor, and between it and
Kaderrah, Ahassa and three other villages, at all of which cattle may be
procured. 1 he country continues the same as to appearance and cul
tivation. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
off the coast are regular.
Kaderraii.
Kaderrah is a village of about one hundred inhabitants, in lat. 23° 53'
.j long. 57 29 45' E. The usual supplies may be obtained here, and
it is under the Chief of Suik.
SuiK.
/ S, // neXt to ® 0 ^ ar J ^ ie largest place on this coast, and is in lat.
7 N., long. o7 32' 35" E. It contains about three thousand
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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.
- 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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