'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [20] (57/733)
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20
PIRATE PORTS.
congoon.
Congoon is a large port and town belonging to Shaikh Mahomed
Khatim Nusooree, uncle to Shaikh Ullag. Its territory extends to a
small village, at a short distance to the westward of it. It pays 1,000
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
yearly to the Persians. The possessions of all the Shaikhs on
the Persian side extend, in some places one day's, in others two days'
journey inland. As far westward as Charak may be considered as
in the possession of the Joasim ; thence to the head of the Gulf they are
in general enemies or friends, as necessity and their interest dictate.
From Congoon to Bushire the sea coast belongs to the tribes Dashtee
and Tangifseeree. The Shaikh of the former is Hussain Jemal, and of
the latter Ahmed Shah. Their towns and villages are further inland
than those of their more easterly neighbours. A few huts, at various
distances, may be seen, before which the Natives draw up their boats
when returned from fishing, or a mercantile venture. The people of
Dashtistan and Tangistan are little employed at sea.
Bomosa.
^Bomosa lies eleven leagues NNW. | W. from Shargah, in lat.
25° 54/ N. It is an uninhabited island, about five miles long, and is
remarkable from a high round hill, which is in its centre. I have not
been near enough to make particular remarks.
Surdy.
Surdy lies about the meridian of Polior, and the parallel of Bomosa ;
and is said to be much such another island as the latter.
Polior.
An uninhabited island, about five miles long, and four broad. It is
hilly, with few or no trees ; the water is deep around this island, but
fiom its west end runs along ledge of dangerous rocks.
Its north end is in lat. 26° 20' 30'' N., and its south end in lat 26° 16'
N. This island is west of the Tombs, and is twelve leagues distant
from the Little Tomb,
Nobfleur.
A small, uninhabited island, ten miles SSW. from Polior, with deep
water between them. A ledge of rugged rock and breakers run from
its western extremity.
This island is low, except a saddle hill nearly in the middle of it
and has no vegetation, except a few scrubbed plants.
Kenn or KaSS.
Kenn or Kass is a low, level island, well planted with trees. It was
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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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