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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎311] (353/733)

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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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JOASMEES.
311
roads of Mo goo. # She was laden with horses for the remount of the
17th dragoons, and with sulphur on account of the British. Six boats
were moreover captured off the coasts of Kurachee and Sind.
53. The success that attended the subsequent cruises undertaken
by the Joasmees added so much to their strength, that it induced
most of the other ports on the coast, from Cape Nabend to the
southward, to follow the same system. The Shaikh of Charrak in parti-
cular was encouraged to form a connection with Ras -ool -Khyma, and
Abdoolla bin Ahmed of Bahrein openly avowed his determination of
prosecuting piracy, as the surest mode of acquiring wealth and streno-th.
54. The Joasmees engaged and defeated the Imaum's fleet, and had
very nearly taken the Caroline frigate, of thirty-two guns.
55. A vessel belonging to Bombay, sailing under a British pass and
colours, was this year captured off Muskat, the greater part of her crew
put to death, and a ransom exacted for the release of the remainder.
56. The audacity of the pirates increased to such a degree that they
a. d . 1816. attacked the Aurora cruiser, and chased and
fired at the American ship Persia, and Cintra
schooner; and so great was the dread entertained of the Joasmees that
Lieutenant Bruce could not obtain a boat to despatch to Has-ool-Khyma,
to convey a letter of remonstrance to the chief in regard to these depre
dations.
57. Three vessels belonging to the port of Surat were taken in the
Arabian Gulf, sailing under British pass and colours, and many of their
crew murdered. The loss of property by this capture was estimated
at ten lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .
58. Many other captures were made of vessels sailing under our
protection, attended by similar acts of atrocity ; and at length most
indisputable proof was afforded of the faithlessness of their promises
to respect the British flag and pass, by the capture of the Company's
armed boat the Turrarow.
o9. The measures of the Government were limited to remonstrances,
and to the disposal of the cruisers for the protection of the trade, until
the exigencies of the public service in other quarters should admit of
an expedition being detached against the pirates.
60. A deputation was sent to Ras-ool-Khyma to obtain redress for
the capture of the vessels in the Arabian Gulf, which failed. The
oasmees exphciUy and boldly declared "that they would respect the
sect of Christians, and their property, but none other ; they did not
consider any part of Western India as ours besides Bombay and Man-
ga oie , t mt i we interfered in favour of the Hindoos and other
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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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