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³ All these affairs have been patiently and minutely detailed by Mr. Orme, and are interesting, because connected with the early history of one of our Indian Presidencies. Bombay was frequently involved in the broils of its neighbours, and sometimes exposed to the insolence of both parties. [For a review of the position of Bombay at this date, see B.C.G., ii. 81-5 and Strachey, Keigwin’s Rebellion, pp. 18, 19. On one occasion (October 1677) Sīdī Kāsim and his followers had a free fight with Sīdī Sambhal and his men in Mazagon, then a fortified village on the east of the Island of Bombay.]