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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [572] (616/733)
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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572
NAVIGATION OF THE
within one hundred yards, and as soon as round, come to and moor in
three fathoms, the place being too narrow to lay at single anchor.
K as A llaly.
Ras Allaly is in lat. 26° 48 / 20" N., long. 49° 59' 17" E. It is
rather high, and forms the southern point of Dooat Booally or JBooally
Bay. Between this and Gebil Rnmmul is a very remarkable black
rock, situated about three miles from the beach.
G ebil R ummul.
Gebil Rnmmul is in lat. 26° 55' 40" N., long. 49° 37' 30" E. It is
a high, sandy mountain, situated about fifteen miles inland, and nearly
opposite to Ras Booally, The Bay of Booally is within these, and has
deep water, but there are a number of shoal patches extending from
the shore to the distance of two or three miles.
R as B ooally.
Ras Booally is in lat. 27° 17' 22" N., long. 49° 41' 15" E. It is a
low point, forming the south-eastern point of the island of the same
name, and the north-western entrance to a bay bearing its name. It
may be known by a small ruin about a quarter of a mile from its point.
A spit runs near three miles off this cape.
J ezeerat G inua.
Jezeerat Ginua forms the south-eastern entrance of this inlet. It is
in lat. 27° 21' 56" N., long. 49° 20' 55" E. It is above twenty-five feet
above the level of the sea, and formed of sandstone rock. Between
tins and Jezeerat Booally is a deep bight, but full of shoals, so as to
render it unnavigable even for boats.
R as M oosalame.
Ras Moosalame is in lat. 27° 23' 28' N,, long. 49° 19' 50' E. It is
alow point, and forms the north-western entrance of a small inlet of the
same name, within which is an island of this name, inhabited by about
five hundred men of the Beni Khalid Tribe, under two Shaikhs, ac
knowledging the authority of the Shaikh of Kateef. They have a small
Ghuiee, and support themselves chiefly by fishing.
R as-ool -G har,
e "t ,,ar r . a remarkable poin' of broken land, and off it
49° 14 SO' p" 0 /, Clang " ous shoals - ^ in lat. 27° 32' 20' N, long.
markable datr> " IU 11106 01 ' ^'ur miles to the south-east are two re
markable date trees, in lat. 27° 30' 28' N., long. 49° 16' 20" E.
G ebil M enafir.
ebil Menafir is in lat. 27° 35' 40' N., long. 49° 1' E, It is high, and
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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.
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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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- '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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