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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎609] (653/733)

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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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GULF OF PERSIA.
G09
at this part is three miles wide, clear working ground, and four and a
half from shore to shore.
H as S allack.
Ras Sallack is a low rocky point, in lat. 26° 41' 15" N., long. 55° 48'
oO" E. It is safe to approach to five fathoms.
I
S allack V illage.
Sallack Village is two and a half miles to the westward of the cape,
and has good water. The troops were removed from Kishm to this
place, and aftei a few days to Bassadore, the anchorage being too much
exposed lor the shipping. Cattle, poultry, and fish are procurable, also
a few vegetables in the cold season.
R as T arkaom.
Ras Tarkaom village is in lat. 26° 38' SO' 7 N., long. 55° 38' lO" E.
It is a small point and fishing village ; off this begins the bank com
monly called Bassadore Flat.
R as K iiarroon.
Ras Kharroon is in lat. 26° 34' 10" N., long. 55° 28' E. You may
pass it foi the inner channel to Bassadore. Half a mile from here are
several salt hills, and boats load with salt for the Arabian Coast.
R as D rusterkoon.
Ras Drusterkoon is in lat. 26° 32' 45" N., long. 55° 24' 30" E. It is
the south-western point of Kishrn. A bank, dry at low-water, com
mences running off from this point to Bassadore Point, between which
and the southern bank of the channel into Bassadore is a narrow channel,
with soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. from three to ten fathoms at low-water, except about
two and a half miles from Bassadore Point, when it contracts to about
three hundred yards wide, with a fathom and a half and two fathoms
in it.
CENTRE OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , AND THE PEARL
BANKS.
The centre of the Gulf towards its head is clear of dangers, except
such as have been already described with the coast and islands, with
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. varying from nine to twenty-six fathoms above the parallel
of 28°.
B iddulph's G roup,
Biddulph's Group are called so from Captain Biddulph, of Her
Majesty's sloop Hesper, being the first person who visited and made
any remarks on them ; they are three in number, as follow.

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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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