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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎549] (593/733)

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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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GULF OF PERSIA.
549
until you get to Gebil Ali, already described, when the coast continues
flat and barren, with here and there a few rocky cliffs, until you
reach Aboothabee, which is on a flat sandy island, without a shrub
near it.
Gebil Stagey.
Gebil Stacey is a small island and hill, situated in Aboothabee
Creek, in lat. 24° 23' 40" N., long. 54° 26 / 10" E.
Jazeerat el Barany.
Northern Point is in lat. 24° 26' 10" N., long. 54° 26' 40" E. This
island is low and sandy, with some groves of trees in different parts.
A reef fronts it to about two and a half or three miles.
Gebil Bukschacey.
Gebil Buckschasey is a hill on the island of the same name, in lat.
24 18 30 N., long. f54 0 23^ E. The island is low, and the inlet be
tween it and el Barany has three fathoms within, but is nearly dry at
the entrance at low-water.
Has Zubbazie.
Ras Zubbazie is a low point of the main, in lat. 24° 19' 20''' N lon^
54° 21' 20" E. ' &
Ras el Chaaf.
Ras el Chaaf is a flat, elevated rocky point of the main, in lat.
24° 11' N., and long. 54° 18' SO 7 E.
Oman Majarib.
The northern point is in lat. 24° 13' 50" N., long. 54° 17' 30" E, This
island is low, and covered with mangrove trees. There are two fathoms
of water in the creek round it, but no entrance.
Jazeerat Guntoor.
Jazeerat Guntoor is similar to the last; its east point is in lat.
24° 11' 10" N., long. 54° 14' 25" E.
Khore Guntoor.
The entrance to Khore Guntoor is in lat. 24° 18' 40" N., long.
€>4 11 E., is about one mile wide, and has near three fathoms at the
entrance at high-water spring tides, which is between two reefs ;
within it is narrow, and has four or five fathoms water.
Gebil Slflalee.
Gebil Sulalee, on the island of the same name, is in lat. 24° 11' 50"
N., long. o4 0 9 50" E. The island is generally low, except this hill,
and a few mounds in different parts.
Jazeerat Billyaird.
The northern point is in lat. 24° 15'40" N., long. 53° 55' 40" E. ;

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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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