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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [9] (44/733)
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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2
OMAN.
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Diiahirah.
The district of Dhahirah, or the interior, has for its northernmost
boundaries Sir and Ras-ool-Khyma, and contains the following towns,
and inferior dependencies :—Boraimi, Ghabbi, Obra, Dhang, JBahla^
Naziva, Jaalan, Sir, and Madrikah. The part of this district lying
between Bahla, Naziva, and Madrikah is called the eastern division,
or Baladoosh Shargiyyah.
Hajar.
The second midland district, Hajar, or the Rocky, occupies a chain
of mountains, extending north and south through the centre of the
Province of Oman, commencing at Muskat, and terminating in the sea
at the promontory of Ras-ool-Jabal. It contains the towns and lord
ships of Rastag, the ancient capital of Oman ; Jabal-ool-Akhdhar,
Sama-il-Badbad, Hajar, and Dabba.
Batinah.
The third, or maritime division, called Batinah, is situated between
Hajar and the sea. Tt is very fertile, and abounds in vegetable
productions, and fruits of all kinds; and is well watered by running
streams. It contains the towns and lordships of Sohar, Shinas,
Mudhliah, Birkah, and Muskat.*
Tribes of Oman.
The tribes of Oman are the Banu Noaimi, of 20,000 effective men,
most of whom are shepherds, and live south-westward of Boraimi. A
division of these, 400 in number, is settled at Ayman, near Shargah ;
Beni Katab, 8,000, within two days of Boraimi; Beni Kaab, 4,000, a
branch of the Noaimi, dwell in Dhahirah, near Obra, one day to the
eastward of it; Durua, 20,000, in Hajar, near Jabal-ool-Akhdhar, half a
day to the north of this place ; Ali Wahaibah, 30,000, twelve miles
south of Rastag; Beni Mohair, 1,000 men, one day inland south
of Shargah ; Matarish, 500 men, nine miles south of Boo Haile, in
the interior.
MUSKAT, AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRY.
Muskat, the capital and commercial emporium of the Imaum's
possessions, is situated in lat. 23° 28 N., long. o9 0 19 E.
Muskat is surrounded by steep rocks, on whose rugged superficies
* Mutrah is the best watering -place ; but water is also to be had on almost any part of
this coast.
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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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