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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [276] (318/733)
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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276
VISIT TO ZANZIBAR.
receiving us at the door; and we were shown into the same room as
yesterday, and served with coffee and sherbet, His Highness and the
young princes (his two sons) shaking hands in the most good -humoured
manner with all who offered to do so. When this was over, he told
the interpreter to take a chair near him, **###*
The Imogene, in compliment to His Highness, had been dressed in
colours since eight in the morning; and at the appointed time all the
boats attended to escort His Highness on board, he coming off in the
barge, which hoisted his red flag, the other boats attending, and forming
in two lines. He was received with a royal salute, and the officers in
full uniform, and was attended on board by two of his sons, the governor
(who is his uncle), and several officers. From the quarter deck we
went to the cabin, when they all took seats, and sat for some time,
Refreshments were offered, but it being their great fast of Rarazan,
none were accepted. His Highness began by thanking me for ray great
kindness and attention,—that he could not sufficiently express all he felt,
but that it came from his " inside, and from the bottom of his heart."
As the Liverpool was laying close under our stern, our attention was
called to her. I admired her very much, and repeated that I was
struck with her great likeness to the Melville. He said she was a very
fine ship, and built by the English, and that nothing would please him
so much as for the English to have her,—that if they would accept of
Jier he should be very happy. I thanked him, and told him I would
faithfully report his munificent offer to my Admiral. He said,—" That
is what I wish ; and to the Admiralty, and to the King. She is in very
good condition, but is too large for the service of Muskat; and if the
King of England will accept of her, it will make me very happy. I will
send* her to Bombay, or, if you like, will give her to you here." We then
went round the ship, and returned to the cabin for a short time, when he
took his leave, apparently highly pleased, and left with every expression
of thanks and gratitude. He proceeded to the shore under a royal salute,
the boats attending in the same manner as they brought him off. ,
The next day I went on shore to see the Imaum. * * * *
As I was going away, he said he wished above all things to have an
English person always with him : there was a house quite ready, and
he wished some one would come and live in it, and he would be guided
by him. I now took leave, and went on board. The next day I went
to receive my despatches, and take my leave. This was our last
interview
I now received His Highness' despatches, and after many expressions
^ This vessel was subsequently sent by His Highness as a present to His late Majesty
King William IV. Out of compliment to His Highness, her name has been changed to
The Imaum, and she now belongs to the British Navy.— Editor.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:28, 1:48, 50:688, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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