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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎364] (406/733)

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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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364
LTTOOBEES.
increased in strength and consequence. This state of prosperity
excited in particular the fears and jealousy of Shaikh Nassir, of the
Bomeheere Tribe, who was also Shaikh of Bushire and of Bahrein, and
who had been empowered by his sovereign of Persia to reduce Zobara.
Repeated but ineffectual attempts were accordingly made to reduce
that place between the years 1777 and 1801.
11. Availing themselves of the general warfare that prevailed in the
^ Gulf on the death of Kureem Khan, the Zobara
Arabs made a descent on the island of Bahrein,
and, after a short conflict, obliged Shaikh Nassir to retire to the fort:
after plundering and destroying the town, they returned to Zobara,
taking with them one of the Bushire gallivats that had been sent to
Bahrein to receive its annual tribute to Persia.
12. In pursuance of orders from Ali Moorad Khan, Shaikh Nassir
prepared an expedition against Zobara, for the destruction of his
powerful rival, in which he was to be assisted by the Shaikhs of
Bunder Reig, Genowa, Dushistan, &c. The fleet sailed from Bushire
with two thousand of the Dushistan Arabs for Bahrein, under the
command of Shaikh Mahomed, Shaikh Nassir's nephew. Though
deemed sufficient to attack Zobara, it appeared to be Shaikh Nassir's
object to bring the Arabs to terms by blockading their port, for which
purpose the Persian fleet kept constantly cruising between Zobara and
Bahrein.
13. The Uttoobees, unable to oppose them, offered through Meer
Gunneeh, of Bunder Reig, to restore the whole plunder taken at Bahrein,
as the price of peace. That Shaikh proving unsuccessful in his
negotiations, Shaikh Rashid of Julfar engaged to settle all the differ
ences to the satisfaction of both parties.
14. These negotiations also failing, the Persian troops landed at
Zobara to storm the fort, which they expected to reduce with little
opposition. The Persians, however, had scarcely landed, when they
were resolutely attacked by a force much greater than they expected,
which sallied from the fort, and, after an obstinate conflict, the Persians
threw down their arms, fled, and embarked on board their gallivats.
Shaikh Mahomed was killed in the action, and a nephew of Shaikh
Rashid's, and some men of consequence belonging to the Shaikh of
Ormus. Intoxicated with their success, the want of means of transport
alone prevented the. Zobara Arabs from proceeding to the attack of
Bahrein.
15. The Grane* fleet, consisting of six gallivats, and a number of
armed boats, arrived on the same day at Bahrein, set fire to, and plun
dered the town, and obliged the force left to protect it to return to the fort.
* The A1 Khaleefa, or Uttoobee Tribe of Arabs, occupy Grane.

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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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