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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [288] (330/733)
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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288
MUSKAT.
Syud Humeed bin Salim, brother of preceding, age thirty-six years;
Governor of Musnaah, from which he derives an income of 800 crowns
annually.
Syud Humeed bin Sueed bin Khulfan bin Ahmed, cousin of the
Imaum, and confidant of Syud Soweynee ; age thirty-five years.
Syud Ali bin Syf bin Khulfan bin Ahmed, ditto ditto ; age thirty years.
Syud Hillal bin Ahmed, ditto ditto; age forty-five years.
Syud Hillal bin Mahomed bin Ahmed, ditto ditto; Governor of
Soweik ; age fifty-on^ years.
Syud Mahomed bin Salmin, maternal uncle of the Imaum ; age eighty
years; Warden of Muskat.
Syud Ahmed, son of preceding, age eighteen years.
Syud Soweynee, ditto ditto, age sixteen years.
Syud Azan bin Syf bin Ali, cousin of Imaum ; age seventy-five years.
Sons of preceding,—Ali, age twenty-two years; Budran, age thiity
years.
Shaikh Saleh bin Sueed bin Humeed, formerly in the service of
Humood bin Azan, now much trusted by the Imaum; age fifty years.
Ahmed bin Humad, sonof the late commander of the Imaum's forces,
who was killed at the taking of Sevee, on the African Coast; much
esteemed by the Imaum : age thirty-three years.
III. (C.) Syud Hillal bin Humood bin Azan bin x^hmed ; age four
teen years. Uncle of the above, Syud (ihcs bin
Rival Branch of Ruling Azan, a^e forty-one years ;—Governor of Rastag,
from which he derives an annual income of 3,000
its Dependencies by the crowns . This chief is believed to be biding
Imaum " his time, and would certainly contest the succes
sion to the Imaumship in the event of the death of His Highness, or at
least strike a blow for the recovery of the territory lately wrested from
his brother. r/ i t '
IV.—The Imaum of Muskat is independent, but pays Zukat, or
religious tithe, to the Wahabee ruler, Ameer
jtho ^'and Fysul, at the rate of 20,000 crowns per annum;
Annual Amount of Tribute. this amount being 12,000 crowns lor Muskat,
and 8,000 crowns for Sohar. , . , , • c
The Imaum has hitherto farmed Bunder Abbas and its depencenci ■
from the Persian Government. These districts have lately been
resumed by the Shah, but, if not recovered by force, will probab y
restored on the payment of an increased rent.
V.—One hundred and seventy thousand crowns, derived from customs
p f - A , and land taxes. Revenue of possessions on the
Estimated Gross Annual . ^ , ,. t i f( , Kp
Revenue. African Coast not known, but belie\
much more considerable.
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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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- '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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