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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [532] (576/733)
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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NAVIGATION OF THE GULF OF PERSIA.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
I n laying the following account of, and directions for, navigating the
,< of l ersia, before the Government, it is necessary for me to stale
that mnch of that part from Ras Mnsseldom to Gehil ili, on the Coalt
of Arabia, has been compiled from ray Private Journals, kept prior to
ray joining the survey, corroborated by such information as I have since
been able to obtain, and from the surveys themselves.
Not having been present during the greater part of the period the
ove coast was examined, and my predecessor not having left me any
nforraation on the subject, I trust that should any errors be found
w ich I conhdently hope, if they exist at all, do so only in a trifling
Memoir. ^ aCq '" ltCd 0f " Want 0f Care in drawi "g °P tMs
On the lomaming j3art of the coast I have been constantly employed
rel atiye" to f im vig at ion. V0UCh r0r lh0 aCC " raCy 0f What is there
In regard to the population, religion, manners, customs, trade and
.esou it cannot be expected that a person situated as I am, having
these^eithrnVnaii'ld ^ e ' eVen yearS ^ age ' 8hould be able 10 write
"cal rules which a person hLro-Ta'dpmZ'V^?? 111 ^ 11 / 0 gramma "
would do- what T her 1 L ^ J t0 benefit by education
and manners of the ptopkVhav ^ plaC ® the si '"ation, numbers,
known, in as clear a PoS J ' ^ Wh0 are linle if at a11
would permit. >1L ^ a& m y lnformatlo n and abilities
in ,he foi,owin « — : 1 ha ™
localities, of the revenues, tradr&c'" w'rTrV 0 tribeS ' ancl their
replies. This I have done tn i ? Ve rioted ' Wlth their
and then taken such of the substa,^. ^ 101 peVSOns at differe nt periods,
is impossible to trust to the native 06 ^ appeared to a S ree tlle best ; b" 1 ^
sequently it can at best bo coTZZZ!* " " ^ ^ WOrld ' COn -
Another difficulty I consider it ^ dn a PP roximatl ™ ^ the truth.
stay at the several places - the difT to notice ^ ^7 short
P aces, the different accounts, particularly as to the
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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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- IOR/R/15/1/732
- Title
- '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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