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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [598] (642/733)
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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598
NAVIGATION OF THE
hundred men, of the A1 Ali Tribe. About three hundred and sixty of
these are fighting men ; the remainder fishermen and traders. Supplies
can be procured here, as well as pretty good water. These people
being of the same tribe as the pirates of Amulgavine, were closely
connected with them during the time they were in force.
Djrd.
Djrd, in lat. 26° 39' 15' 7 N., long. 54° 25' 40" E., is a small village
on the Charrak side of Cape Djrd or Certes, and contains one hundred
men, of the A1 Ali Tribe. It has a few small trading boats, but the
people are principally fishermen.
Ras-ool-Djrd, or Cape Certes.
Ras-ooI-Djrd, or Cape Certes, in lat. 26° 35' 52" N., long. 54° 26' 6'
1 j ., is a high projecting headland, when viewed at a distance, but when
close terminates rather abruptly in a low point. It forms the south
eastern point of Charrak Bay, and the western point of Mogoo Bay.
A reef runs oft this point rather more than three-quarters of a mile. A
ship, in rounding it, should not come under five fathoms.
Charrak Bay.
Charrak Bay is about four miles deep, and formed by Ras-ool-Djrd
on one pait, and Ras Tawoona on the other. The
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
are from
twelve to three fathoms to a mile off the shore : under that distance,
except near Charrak town, the ground is foul, and some small patches
of rocks lay scattered about.
Mogoo.
Mogoo, in lat. 26° 35' 9" N, long. 54° 25' 34" E, is the western
town in the bay of the same name, situated nearest to Ras-ool-Djrd.
It is small, and inhabited by about two hundred and sixty men, of the
oasmee Piibe. ihcy have a few trading boats, but live principally by
fishing, and the pearl fishery, in which they are employed as divers.
duan.
Duan is in lat. 26° 34' 35" N„ long, 54° 37' E. Jt is at the bottom
AT rr 0 ?u 0 ® a 7' inbablted b y about a hundred and forty men, of the A1
Ali inbe, chiefly fishermen and cultivators.
Ras-ool-Ettee.
Ras-ool-Ettee is the fall towards the sea of the high land over Eas
wholp^'f ll 1 i* I!' i' S ® c " cra "y set by navigators for the latter. The
called h ^ generally called Cape Bostana or Bestian is
mine said t "T 3 Gebil - ool - £ "-. On the high land a copper
ald t0 have been work ^ ^ the Portuguese, is said still to e.-ust.
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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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