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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [291] (333/733)
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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BAHREIN. 9^2
the main land opposite to Bahrein, under the protection of the Wahabee
ruler, Ameer Fysul, from whom they receive a sum of money annually
for their maintenance. '
Dining the past fifteen years, a severe contest has been sustained
with occasional intermissions, between these competitors for the chief-
ship of Bahrein, to the almost complete ruin of the trade, and prosperity
oi the island. J
f hief 0f B 1 ah . rein is ^dependent, but pays Zukat, or
not; 'if SO,' to "whom! and rc lgJ °" s t,lhe ' ,0 the Wahabee ruler, at the
Annual Amount of Tribute. r ate oi 4,000 crowns per annum.
V ' 0no hunc,1 ' ed thousand crowns, derived from the produce of the
Estimated Gross Annual extensive landed property in the possession of
J . , ,he famil y. and the taxes on land, and on
boats engaged m the pearl fishery. No customs or duties on exports
or imports are levied at Bahrein.
Vf.-The territory of Bahrein consists of the two islands known by
Boundaries of Territory, that name, and the line of coast extending from
Sqnare" ^ ^ 0f the bi S ht in which "c situat-
c O m e t0 Khore - al - A deed, on the other side of the
promontory of Has Tanoorah.
VII.-The larger island, which is thirty miles long, and of an
Prevailing Nature of the avcra ge width of six miles, is S 'enerallv low
S ; h0 "^, at "t — a -ge of small hi.L m^
the Country. he distinguished. The soil is fertile, and plenti-
snrface of the eronnd SpringS ' risin g t0 th e
■ nnace 01 the ground. The smaller island, with the excenti nn „f
or two date plantations, admits of no cultivation. The Coast of Gmt
partakes of the general character of the eastern shores of Arabia and"
barren and unproductive, ana is
VIII -Althongh Bahrein owing to constant internal dissensions,
Resources, a, " , Ml,SWal ^ ^ 0S ^ P°P^on,
• . <: wealth of its inhabitants it csfill w. •
tains a thriving trade, of which the exports and imports may be "0^";
estimated each at five or siy lal-k* , y loug^iy
1,200 boats to the pearl fishery ^ SOnC,S ">
IX.-Tts harbour, though in some degree difficult of access, is
Means of Communication. § ood ' and well sheltered, and will admit
vessels drawing not morp thnn c* ♦
seventeen feet of water. sixteen or
Climate. X ._ The cUmate ^ ^
Prevalent Disease.. XI.—Fevers prevail, and strangers sleenin? nn
shore are liable to suffer from its deadly effecls
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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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- 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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