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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [118] (160/733)
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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118
ROUTE FROM BRYMEE TO SOHAR
«ud to have had their attention first directed towards it bv .1
inhabitants attempting to rebel, and the Wahabee General findin" 3
it necessary to summon the chiefs on the Arabian rv . . , . ndln g
capture the place, which was soon eifecfed ^he H f ^ ^
consisted merely of a wall of mud or sun did bricl l w
and entrusted to the charge of a Wahabee garrison ' ti ,' Improved '
was called Bin Gendrik, was shortly afterwards succeedeV'by TnoTher
ofSoud, the Wahabee Chief's General, the famous Mootluk to who
principally attributed the obstinate resistance and bra™' fl 0 ^
Sh.nas aga t the British in 1809 ; and it was under his superintendence
the fort received its present shape, and was surrounded b V the ditch
now forming its most formidable line of defence.
falf ofT haS bCen gen " ally 1,eld b y the Wahabees to the date of the
.ill of their power and influence, when the Naeem tribes assumed
possession in independence. Being from its position and advantages a
p arc of considerable importance, its capture would be deemed essential
by any force invading Oman. tssennai
ROUTE FROM BRYMEE TO SOHAR,
T raversed in J anuary -F ebruary 1840.
Names.
Brymee
to Bir-
ooI-Hu-
rnecza.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
ool-Tiz-
zee.
Shigee-
ree.
Saleet.
Hours.
Direction.
Remarks.
E^by N . Arnbek, a place on the road in the hills, having wells, and
NE.
NE.
NE.
At Bir-ool-IIumeeza (off the
road all the way very good.
abundance of good
track) is a good well. The
and water in several places.
1 he bed ot a mountain torrent, near a fine date grove, called
the Jrukhl-ool-Heil, with a fine stream of water. Two
hours further, another large date grove, the Nukhl bin
Kuttub, with also a stream of good water, and two hours
further Shigeeree.
A pass between two high peaks in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ool-Tizzee.
Iheie is here a round tower (Heerinal Shigeeree), built by
the Imaum of Muskat, but now belonging to Harned bin
Syf (Ool Bokhee Banee), and a spring of good water.
Two hours further an aqueduct upon arches, crossino- a
ravine called El Molana, belonging to the Kurnide Arabs,
and two hours further Saleet.
A small town, with large date groves, and a fine stream of
water. From Ool Humeeza to Saleet (eleven and a half
hours) the road very good, winding through high moun
tains. Plenty of water all the way, but no forage, except
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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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