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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [561] (605/733)
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.
0' 50" N., and long. 51
R as-ool- M aroona
Ras-ool-Maroona is a point in lat. 26
27 / 40' / E.
A ffeeraat.
Affeeraat, a small fishing town, in lat. 26° 1' 50" N., long. 51° 26' E.
is inhabited by about one hundred and fifty men of the Abookara and
Uttoobee Tribes, subject to Bahrein. A few cattle and water may be
procured here. There are some small hills near this town, by which it
may be known.
H as A ma lisa.
Ras Amalisa is a point in lat. 26° 6' N., long. 51° 26' E. It may
be easily known by a small mound a little to the northward of it. A
small mound, like a tomb, situated near the point of the main, a little
within a backwater, is in lat. 26° 9' 40" N., long. 51° 20' 20" E.
R ooese.
The centre tower of Rooese is in lat. 26° 8' 25' / N., long. 51° 18' 50" E.
It is a small town, much in ruins, situated on a shallow backwater, into
■which the boats belonging to this part of the coast enter at high-water.
e inhabitants are about one hundred, of the Abookara and Uttoobee
Inbes, subject to Bahrein; they are mostly fishermen.
R as R eccan.
Ras Reccan is a small island, in the shape of a T, and is the northern
point. It is in lat. 26° 11' 25" N., long. 51° 18' 15" E., and is very low.
It is nearly joined to the main at low-water, the shallow backwater of
Rooese being the only separation. From the point to A1 Bidder
sonthward and to Warden's Islands westward, the authority of the
onaikh oi Bahrein is acknowledged.
General Remarks on the Coast fr
After passing Fasht al Arief, and being abreast of Ras Allarch, you
should not come under five fathoms, which will be from two and a half
to three miles off shore, until you are abreast of Ras Abool Nasheit
when it will be necessary, if not bound to Al Bidder, to keep more to
the eastward, not coming under four and a half or five fathoms, until you
are well past Ras Mut Buck. To preserve this depth, you will in some
places be ten and eleven miles off shore, abreast of Ras Mut Buck six
if fl be i ni l Wel1 paSt the Bas ' you ma y lhen kee P in four
and a half or five fathoms, about two and a half miles offshore, until you
get near Ras Reccan.
General Remarks on the Coast from Aboothahee to Al Bidder .—The
coast is nearly all destitute of water, and uninhabited, except bv
straggling parties of the Monasir and other wandering tribes, and is -
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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