'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎109] (151/733)

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ADEED— GRANE.
cannot bo approached by on. T^arc
between three and four mi es, town On the right is a line
fort, with two towers, in the centre of Awards the
of four towers, at some distance f--^ be g ach! are tW o
foot of the hills. r wTone at the back of the town, com-
other detached towers which, ^ pvot ected only by a sort
plete the defences on this sid . elevation, commands
Of square block -house which snuaAedup^^ 1 ^ of
the wells from whic i t ic p ac ^ select a m ore wretched,
Grane # or Koweit.
. •. t i nt thp north-west end of the Persian
Grane or Koweit is si na cc c containing the navy of Great
Gulf; has an excellent harbour, capa (re The country around
Britain ; withou., and inhospitable descrip-
is a salt and sandy dt-t ' f the eye can reach, except
tion, without a treeors "° V ^ u 0 f w hich the water is particularly
a few bushes which mark the wells, o
salt and bad. o/i^rmtfip-e this town presents a
Although wanting in a m0 j' erit y its population consists of
singular instance of coramercu 1 4 ^ andBu teels, from a
nearly25,000inhabitants, who possess 31 B S oonsl autly
hundred and fifty to three hundred ^ ^ the coasting comm erce
with India; 50 smaller boats are emi y the j
of the Gulf, and ahont 350 boats are migage^m
banks, It can produce about 6,0 are dosely united, and
The energy and courage of tie P P ^ ^ te(1 an d feared by all
free from feuds and factions, rem ^ ^ ag to ref!ent
the other maritime tribes, an ' i ves a g they Eire cautious in refrain-
insult or aggression towards ^ ^ p eac eable neighbours, a
iaa from injury and annoyance towards tneirf
piracy upon a Grane boat is of rar ® OC0 " 1 a r ® a ment of affairs has been
The Shaikh Subah, to whom - "taxes or customs, the port
made over by his f a ther S ^ r ' ^d upon the sales and purchases
being entirely free ; a small dn y, consti t u tes the only revenue
of the Bedouins who resort o annual)y .
realized by him, amounting ' r t ^ e badness of its water.
It is quite unsuited for a military exist in a similar
AS a naval station, the same ^ectmn wo uld „ From
degree, the vessels of war -a'ering at odm plac ^ ^
the character of its harbour, it would answei
* A Trigonometrical Plan of Grane is given at page a2 of tins Selectio ,