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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎8] (43/733)

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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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8
OMAN.
and entreated that they might be relieved from the persecuting attacks
of AH bin S uif; that he would be satisfied with complete possession of
the other towns, and allow them to enjoy the revenues of Ras-ool-Khyma,
as a stipend for the support of the chiefs of their tribes. The Imaum
granted their petition, and favoured them with gifts, and robes of
honour. In this state affairs remained till the Imaum's decease,
a. h . 1185 ( a. d . 1771).
During two years after the succession of his son Sueed, the affairs of
the l iinavi languished. In a. d . 1775, the Joasim attacked the whole
of Sir, and took possession of Jazerat-ool-Hamra and Shargah, and Ramse
and Khurfakhan also, a. h. 1189.
Jaud, the son of Sueed, dispossessed his father of power, and in
a. h . 1200 ( a. d . 1786) advanced against the Joasim, and re-took
Ivhui fakhan and Jazerat-ool-Hamra, and besieged Ramse. He left
Mahomed bin Khalfan in charge of the naval armament, and proceeding
himself by land to the southward, reached Jabal -ool-Akhdhar, where,
after some little stay, he died.
To this prince succeeded his uncle Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sueed, a
weak and incompetent ruler, in whose reign the Joasim re -possessed
themselves of all Sir, except Khasab, and the other towns of the
Shihiyyin.
The successor of this prince was his nephew Badr bin Halal, who
ound himself overpowered by the increased strength of the Joasim
who had become sectaries of the Wahabee faith, and were supported by
the arms of its Head. The power of piracy was now daily gaining
vigour, when Badr was murdered, and gave room for the succession of
his nephew Sueed bin Sultan, the present Imaum, who has continued
to lose his influence and territorial possession on every side.
This historical abstract shows that the Hinavi, of which tribe the
Yarabi and Syudi were branches, were the first Arabian settlers in
man; tiiat the Ghafin, of which the Joasim are a branch, entered
the province after the power of the Hinavi was perfectly established •
that they submitted to the dominion of these ; and that the Hinavi
retained the supremacy over the whole of Oman, with few intervals of
supersession, from the age of Imaum Malik, the founder of the Arab
power in this province, till nearly the close of the eighteenth century
I he Province of Oman extends from Ras-ool-Hud to the extremity
of the ports of the Beniyas, and covers nearly two thousand square
miles. It is divided into four districts,-Sir, Dhahirah, Hajar, and
Balmah The district of Sir extends from Musseldom to the end of the
demht and Tfif! 18 ' al0nS ^ Al ' abian 0f the Persia " Gulf - ^
tieptn inland of fifty or sixty miles.

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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)
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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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