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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [573] (617/733)
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.
573
can be seen twelve or thirteen miles off. This bay contains several
detached shoals, which render it unsafe to approach.
H as T annojib.
Has Tannojib is a high bluff point, in lat. 27° 50' 10" N., long.
48° 54' 33" E., and is fronted by reefs and broken patches, with some
deep boat channels among them.
R as S uffana.
Ras Suffana is a point of the coast forming the entrance to an inlet of
the same name, but cannot be approached except in boats; it is in
lat. 28° N., long. 48° 85' 50" E.
G ebil.
Gebil is a mountain a few miles inland from Ras Mushab, and very
remarkable. Tt is in lat. 28° 10' 55'' N., long. 48° 26' E.
R as M ushab.
Ras Mushab is in lat. 28° 11/ 43 // N., long. 48° 28' 53" E. It is
formed by two small, sandy, low islands.
Remarks on the Coast from Khore el Ktiffagee to Ras Mush ah.—
From Khore el Kuffagee to Ras Mushab this coast is safe and clear,
except two small shoals off the latter. In running down, after passing
Khore el Kuffagee, you should get into the stream of twelve fathoms, and
not come under until you reach Gebil, when it is necessary to keep out
to sea, and run out in the stream of eighteen fathoms, keeping a sharp
look-out ahead for shoal spots, the coast being fronted from Ras Mushab
to Ras-ool-Ghar with patches dry in many parts, and having deep
water between them ; but in some parts they do not show themselves.
It is dangerous to get near them with the wind blowing hard on the
shore, as a very heavy sea runs, and every winter numbers of the na
tive vessels get wrecked about this dangerous part of the coast. The
northern part of this dangerous bank of shoals is in lat. about 28° 14' SO''
N., and long. 48° 45' SO' 1 ' E., and continues without intermission to
Ras Baldana, which is a dry point of the reef in lat. 27° 52' N., long.
49° 9' 30' 7 E. After this they become now detached, but it is unsafe to
come near the coast until you pass Ras-ool-Ghar, when it becomes now
clear, and you may near it to seven fathoms until you reach Ras Moo-
salame, from whence it will be necessary to keep out in eight fathoms
until you get near Ras Booally, from which a long spit extends. After
passing it, you may keep in any depth from eight to ten fathoms, until
you reach Ras Tannora, the north-western point of Kateef Bay.
J ezeerat O malmaradain.
Jezeerat Omalmaradain is in lat. 28° 40' 33" N., long. 48° 34' 40' 7 E.
It is low, and about one-third of a mile long. Off the end of it is a
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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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- 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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