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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [274] (316/733)
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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NOTES OF A VISIT TO ZANZIBAR.
I left Bombay on the 15th January 1834, in H. M.'s ship Imogene,
and arrived at Zanzibar, after a passage of fifteen days, on the evening of
the 30th of the same month.
We came to anchor off the Imanm's palace, alongside of the Liver
pool, seventy-four guns, His Highness' flag-ship, carrying a red flag at
the main. This is not the usual place of anchorage, and only made
use of by the Imaum's men-of-war, in consequence of its being
immediately opposite the palace, which stands on the beach, about a
quarter of a mile from the ship. We found at this anchorage, besides
the Liverpool, two frigates, two corvettes, and a brig. Information
relative to the number, force, tonnage, state, age, and condition of His
Highness' squadron is given in an annexed statement.
At the anchorage off the town of Zanzibar, which is about five miles
from this, there were laying one English merchant brig, one American
merchant ship and two brigs, with several small craft of the country.
Before we had anchored. His Highness sent off a Captain of one of lus
frigates to welcome us on our arrival, and to express His Highness
great pleasure on seeing an English man-of-war. I thanked him or
his attention, and said I was sorry it was after sunset, as I could not
salute His Highness until early the next morning, when I would do so
with twenty-one guns. He said they knew our custom TC ry well, ami
that the flag-ship was ready to return our salute ^ enev "
He now went on shore, and I begged him to state to H ' s H 'S h " es »
that I was sent to pay respects to him, and to inquire after his health,
and that I had also despatches, which I would deliver at any ime
Highness would do me the honour to receive me. The next morning,
at daylight, we fired a royal salute, which was taken np y e
ship immediately after our last gun, and m the same time, so i
appeared a continuation of the same salute; and this exac nes
returning a salute they observed in all subsequent firing, tacing i
at our last gun. At 9 o'clock the Captain returned, bringing wit
present, which he said His Highness had sent for the Captain, consis
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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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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