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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎588] (632/733)

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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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NAVIGATION OF THT?
R ahmah's T ower.
Rahmah r 3 Tower is a small round tower, built by that chief, about
half a mile from Khore Kwoire.
B ashee.
Bashee is a small village, in lat. 28° 39' 10 // N., long. 51° 6' 10" E.
T angassier.
Tangassier is a small town under the Asses Ears, in lat. 28° 31' 30'
N., long. 51° 8' 22' / E. Here the Tangassier District ends.
A sses E ars.
The Asses Ears are two small passes on the high land ; they may be
known from a third small peak rising by their side. They are in lat.
2S C 29 / 50" N., long. 51° lo'E., and are a well known landmark.
K agoor.
Kagoor is a small village, in lat. 28° 18' 40 ,/ N., long. 51° 17' 30" E,
L uir.
Luir is a small village, about one mile to the south of Kagoor.
K hore J ayhira.
Khore Jayhira is a small fresh-water river, in lat. 28° 9'35" N,,
long. 51° 21'' 10" E.
E as-ool- K han.
Ras-ool-Khan is a low sandy point, in lat. 28° 2' 5" N., long.
51 22 bO E., under which vessels not drawing more than twelve feet
watei may find shelter in a north-wester, but should be careful how they
enter this bay, a^ there are one or two small rocky shoals, with only ten
or fifteen feet water on them. This anchorage is called Bunder Khan,
and from hence commences Burdistan Bank.
H as Y abreen.
Ras Yabreen is in lat. 27° 55' 40" N., long. 51° 28' E, and is a
ow point. Jezeerat \abreen is separated from it by a ebannef with
ten o r twelve fathoms water in it, but has not more than five or six feet
%!| le e " lla " ce - This island is the commencement (to the northward)
o e islands and bants which form the Burdistan Reef. The islands
may be approached to four and a half or five fathoms in the day, but
you should not come under seven fathoms in the night,
y ' al Remarks on , the Navigation from Bushire to Jezeerat
half or ' f T"® Bushire ' and being clear of the pilot in three and a
wind) in that a " oms ' staud down along the coast (if with a fair
) depth until you pass Bushire Point, when it deepens into

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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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