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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [629] (673/733)
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 OP PERSIA. 029
by fishermen; about three miles further to the NE. is another small
fishing village.
F ahill I sland.
FahiU Island, called by Europeans Muttra Island, is a rocky island
about a quarter of a mile long, two and a half miles offshore, with a
channel between them, with
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
of from twenty to fourteen
. fathoms >'■ It is in lat. 23° 42' 13' N., long. 58° 36' 10" E, and is
an excellent mark for making Muskat. From Burka to this place, and
0r "' t5 ' miles 0(1 shoro ' llle eurrents set strong to (he west
ward dunng the months of June, July, August, and September ; at
another" 163 ^ lrreSular ' 80melimea one way, sometimes
S haytayfee,
Shaytayfee is a fine village, with some good houses in it, in a small
bay formed by Ras Muttra, lo the SE. The bay has
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
of from
six to two fathoms close to the shore. It is a quarter of a mile wide at
the entrance, and a third of a mile deep. The Irnanm has a cannon
foundry at this place, and there are several large trading boats bolon-
ing to it. 5
R as M uttra.
Has Muttra forms the north-western point of Muttra Bav. It has
three rocky islets off it, and is a high, bold headland.
A rbug,
Arbug is a handsome town, principally inhabited by wealthy mer
chants, and their dependents. It is situated in a small bay between
as Muttra and Muttra Town. It has a pretty picturesque appearance
1 here are two or three forts and towers for its defence, which add much
to the prospect from sea. The houses are good, and most of the rich
shipowners reside here.
M uttra.
Muttra is a large and wealthy town, at the bottom of the bay of the
same name. It is distant from Muskat two and a half miles, there
being a road over a pass to connect them, though canoes and other boats
are the usual modes of communication. The town is two-thirds. of a mile
long, and contains not less than fifteen to eighteen thousand inhabitants.
About one thousand of these are Banians from Sind and Kutch
settled here for the purpose of trade/ As I shall speak of the exports and
imports under the head of Muskat, I will only add that Muttra has about
fifty trading boats, of from three handred to thirty tonsj and the Imaum's
revenue, principally from customs, in 1827, was sixty-two thousand
(jerman crowns.
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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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