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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [393] (435/733)
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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UTTOOBEES. 393
The towns of Muharag and Munama formed the head quarters of
.he respective ehiefs. These are merely separated by a n! row gut
n many p aces fordable a. low-water. Abdoolla bin Ahmed in pes-
1 0 e 01 ™ er ' and 'lie more powerful at sea, had complete
"blockade ^ ^ MUnama ' WhiCh he C0 " ,riVcd effectually
Several ^irmishes took place between the contending forces, in
which were killed Dhyj, the brother of Mahomed bin Khaleefa, and the
grandson of A doolla bin Ahmed, Mahomed bin Moobaruk, without
however, any decisive advantage resulting to either side; and the
parties maintained their respective positions until the middle of June
when Abdool a bin Ahmed, making a simultaneous attack by land and
sea, entirely defeated the forces of Mahomed bin Khaleefa, and obtained
possession of his town.
That chief fled with a few followers to the Gnttur Coast, and thence
o ja isa and Riaz, to solicit the aid of the new Wahabee ruler Bin
feooneyan. '
The Bedouin troops in the pay of Abdoolla bin Ahmed were let
loose to plunder the town which had fallen into their hands. Friends
plun/ercTLd the ^ 1 PrOp0rty WaS ^isoriminatej
sub j ects ' ' am0ns rest ' some g oods belonging to British
Many people and much property had been injudiciously, indeed
irregularly, received under his protection, by the British Agent o^
the island: among the former were the sons and several dependents
of one Shaikh Humood Omeree \vhr> li-ari k i
the last struggle. ' ^ ^ ell S a S ed in
It appeared from the Agent's statement, that the Zenana and
c 11 dren of Humood found refuge in his house with his sanction but
at his son and immediate dependents, on Mahomed bin Khalc'efa's
forces being broken, fled there for protection, and, finding the door
open, entered without Ins permission ; that having done so he was
exercise them Witi,0Ut f0ree ' Which he ™ unwilling "
demanded t b ha n t A th raed W!th Ms violori ™ s followers,
demanded that he abovemcntioned should be given up to him ^
threatening, in the event of refusal, to level the house with the grouTd'
and lull and plunder all the persons and property therein, the Tm ,
amounting in number to above 1,000 individuals, and he la ter in
va ue to between thirty and forty thousand Keroonees
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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