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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎137] (179/733)

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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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JO ASM EES.
137
Date.
A. D. 1839
1840
March,
18
Occurrences. ♦
force by force. The Resident addresses the Shaikh of
Chaab, and the misunderstanding is settled.
Shaikh Sultan, thwarted in his forcible endeavours by land,
to reduce the Naeem Tribe of Kassaab, Koomza, and Ras
Musseldom, who would not acknowledge Ms supremacy,
resolves to send a naval f. rce to blockade their ports; but,
alarmed at the rapid successes of the Egyptians, and'their
tool Ameer Khahd, relinquishes his hostile intentions, and
quickly makes peace.
Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur receives the Egypto-Wahabee
Agent, Syud bm Mootluk, into his territories, and is by
him induced to summon the Beni Naeem of Brymee to
surrender their fort into his hands: they boldly refuse,
and prepare for resistance.
Two Debaye men being killed by a party of six, of whom
two are subjects of A mulgavine, the satisfaction offered by
that chief, in the shape of blood money, is refused. The
Shaikh of Debaye proceeds to foray the neighbourhood of
mulgavine, but is defeated, with the loss of six men made
prisoners. The Shaikh of Shargah requiring the liberation
of these, is refused, and joins the Shaikh of Debaye.
1 heir united forces march against Amulgavine, whose in
habitants are decoyed to some distance by a pretended
flight, and, suddenly attacked and overwhelmed, are com
pelled to retreat, with the loss of twenty men killed, and
many wounded. A peace is then concluded, the Amulga-
\ine Shaikh consenting to liberate the six prisoners, and
to pay his share of the blood money for the two Debave
men-.
Captain Hamexton is despatched to Brymee, with a view to
collect all the information in his power relative to that
place and its inhabitants. Owing to the intrigues of the
Joasmee Chiefs, and the Shaikh of Debaye, who offers
every obstacle to the prosecution of the Mission, it is not
without great difficulty and delay, nor until the principal
Brymee Shaikh voluntarily offers to accompany him, that
he is enabled to start for his destination.
Previous to his departure, wi|h a view to combine the power
and resources of the inland tribes, the Resident invites
their chieftains to a conference at Ejman. Small sums of

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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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