'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [563] (607/733)
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.
R ayborraidge.
Rayborraidge is a small village, at the back of Bahrein, on the main,
in lat. 25° 57' 20" N., long. 51° 6' 20" E. Between this and Bahrein the
water is shoal, and full of patches. Towards Bahrein the reefs extend
a considerable way off the island, and render it quite unsafe for naviga
tion. It has about one hundred and fifty inhabitants, Uttoobees of the
Bahrein Tribe.
D ooat al U fzan.
Dooat al Ufzan is an inlet running in on the western side of these
islands, with shoal water over rocky ground. The bottom of it is in
lat. 25° 31' N., long. 51° 1' 50'' E.
W arden's I slands.
Warden's Islands is a group of eight or nine islands and rocks,
extending from lat. 25° 46' 25" N., long. 50° 55' E., to lat. 25° SS' N.,
long. o0 53 20 E. The principal is called Al Howahk, and is about
four miles long. It has two fishing villages on it, and belongs to
Bahrein.
R as S evid.
Ras Sevid is in lat. 25° 36' 15" N., long. 50° 53' 30" E., and forms
the eastern point of Dooat Eselva. It is moderately high and broken
land.
D ooat E selva.
The bottom of Dooat Eselva, or the southern part of the bight, is in
lat, 25° 8' 55' N,, long. 50° 42' 20" E. The bight or inlet ealled Dooat
Eselva is formed by Zucnonee and Ras Sevid, and runs in about
twenty-seven miles nearly due southward, and has deep water in it. f
G ebil M owah.
Gebil Mowah is a moderately high bill, in lat. 25° 19' N lono-
50° 34' 15" E. ' 0 '
F ort and I sland of Z ucnonee.
The fort is in lat. 25° 33' 55" N., long. 50° 24' 46" E. The island is
about four miles long, and nearly two broad in some parts. The fort is
on its western side, near the centre. The inhabitants are about four
hundred, of the Alassar Tribe, and acknowledge the nominal authority
of the Shaikh of Bahrein. Nearly opposite to this, distant about twelve
miles, is the southern point of Bahrein, called Ras-ool-Bhur, or Point of
the Don, in lat. 25° 46 r 20" N., long. 50° 33' 30" E.
G ellie A dguiere.
This is a small fort, situated in a bay with two and three fathoms in
it. It i& in lat. 29 39' 55" N., long. 50° 18' E., and was during its
prosperity considered the port of Deriah, the Wahabee capital, but 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).
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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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