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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [555] (599/733)
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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GULF OF PERSIA. 555
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520 25, 40 ' / E - This island is low, and has a reef extending off all
%(!; parts except the south end, to a distance of from a mile to a mile and
t|i: a half It is most extensive to the northward : off the southern end of
Wilifl tllls ls l a nd you have good shelter in a north-wester.
I sland of S herrarovv.
The south point of the island of Sherrarow is in lat. 25° 2' N
long. 52° 17' 40" E. It is small and rocky. Offthe north side, distant one
mile, is a htgh rook above water, having three fathoms close to it, and
eight and nine between it and the island. This island affords worse
shelter than any of the others in this group.
Y assaat, or P syche's I slands.
The Yassaat or Psyche's Islands are a group of low islands, the
southern ones of which are formed of alternate strata of earth and
gypsum. The northern point of the group is in lat. 24° 14' 50 // N.,
long. 51 58' 30" E.; and the southern part is in lat. 24° 9' 45 // N., lono-.
51 58 E. A chain of reefs commences off the northern part of the
islands, and runs as far as Guffay, in lat. 24° 36' lO" N., long. 51° 42'
50" E. There is good anchorage under the lee of the islands, but in
rounding them you must pass to the eastward, the reefs above men-
tioned blocking up the passage.
M ahamalah.
Mahamalah is a small rocky islet, in lat. 24° 1' 35' / N., long. 51° 53/ E
O aial A ttub.
Omal Attub is a small island in lat. 24° 13' N., long. 51° 51' 15" E
with several rocky islets lying off it. There is good anchorage in six
or seven fathoms off it.
N eighty I sland.
Neighty Island is a small rocky island, with several detached islets
off it, in lat. 24° 16' 50" N., long. 51° 47' 45" E. A reef runs round the
island, and the channel between it and the shore is not more than
three quarters of a mile wide, with only three fathoms in some parts
of it.
G ussah E lbayah.
Gussah Elbayah is a small high rock, situated close to the shore in
lat. 24° 7' 50" N., long. 51° 47' E. '
R as-ool- M aechereeb.
Ras-ool-Maechereeb is a point in lat. 24° 17' N., long. 51° 44' 55//
E. It forms the north-eastern entrance of Dooat al Nachiah, which
is five miles deep, having from three to two fathoms in it; but there are
several shoal patches near the entrance.
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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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