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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎362] (404/733)

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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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UTTOOBEE ARABS (BAHREIN).
About a. d . 1716, three considerable tribes of Arabs, called the Beni
Subah, A1 Yalahimah, and A1 Khaleefa, urged
a. d . 171G. motives of interest or ambition, entered into a
compact, and took possession of a spot of ground on the north-western
shore of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , called Koweit. The Beni Subah were subject
at this time to Shaikh Soleyman bin Ahmed; the Beni Yalahimah to
Jaubir bin Uttoobee ; and the Beni Khaleefa to Khaleefa bin Mahomed.
2 These chiefs strengthened the new settlement by intermarriages
with the daughters of the other clans, with the view of being enabled by
such alliances to resist the attacks of the Beni Khalid, who were a very
powerful tribe. .
3. The three tribes determined to follow the occupation of merchants
and agriculturists, and to share the profits equally. In the formation
of an administration, it was agreed that the sons of the Bern Su a
should exercise the functions of government, those of Yalahimah should
superintend and control the maritime, and the Bern Khaleefa the
mercantile, branch of their concerns.
4 In the course of fifty years, by a prudent and cautious po icy, e
new settlement attained a very high degree ot
A - D - 1766 - prosperity: but the accumulation of wealth
rendered the mercantile branch desirous of seceding from the original
league, that they might singly enjoy and add to their acquired nc es.
5. They were obliged to have recourse to dissimulation to ettect
their purpose. Khaleefa bin Mahomed, an artful and P oUt10 0 16 '
undertook to accomplish it. He represented to the other two t p
spects of wealth that presented themselves by proceeding o le
of that part of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. the most productive of pearls, an , y
forming a settlement on some contiguous spot, to conduct the fas icry
themselves. Lured by the advantages thus held forth, the em
Khaleefa Chief was permitted to leave Koweit, with a part of his 11 e.
He accordingly passed over and settled at Zobara, on the Aiabian

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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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