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are procurable, as is also firewood from numerous bushes scattered over the
valley. Plane trees are numerous, and fuel can also be obtained in abund
ance from the nomads in the neighbourhood. There is a good camping-
ground, and the water is good, but the supply is limited. It is obtained
from wells and springs.— {Jones — Petty — Durand — Stotherd, 1893.)
BUSIIKABAD—
A village in the Anar district {q.v.) of Kirman.
Bt SHU’AIB (1) (Lartstan)—Lat. 26° 48' 7" N.; Long. 53° 15' 20" E.;
Elev.
An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated 9 miles off the coast of Laristan
opposite Nakhilu. It is 12 miles long by 2| miles broad. It has 9 villages,
contains 425 men of the ’Abusemate tribe, and is subject to the Shaikh of
Nakhilu. The principal villages are Giru at the south-east end and Saza
at the north-east, or which the above are the latitude and longitude. The
outer parts of the island are rocky, and loose stones occur except at the
west end, which contains good soil. The centre is a valley with good soil
and cultivated. The inhabitants are civil, but great cheats. Good water
and some few supplies are procurable. There is a fine pearl fishery round
the island. It is separated from the main land by a channel of considerable
width, particularly at its west end, from which runs a long ledge of rocks.
It is said that rocks lie off its south-east end. The anchorage of the east
end is well sheltered from nor’-westers, and that at the north-east part from
both nor’-westers and sou’-westers ; but the ground is bad, and it will
always be prudent to lay with a long scope of cable out.
“ The straits of Bu Shu’aib are formed by the islands of Bu Shu’aib and
Shitvar and the main. They are nearly 9 miles wide at the west part, and
between the spit off the north-west of Bu Shu’aib and Nakhilu, its nar
rowest parts : they are 14 miles in length, and have soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. from 32 to
5 fathoms : in mid-channel the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. are from 32 to 16 fathoms. These
soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. at the distance of 1 mile from the shore are quite regular, and
in no part is there danger outside of 5 fathoms, that is outside the small
bank that runs along the side of Bu Shu’aib. On the tail o* the spit run
ning off north-east of Bu Shu’aib there are 4 fathoms of water and it shoals
gradually, until 8 miles near the shore to two-thirds of a mile, when it
shoals to 2 fathoms. No other danger exists in these five channels. ”—■
(Brucks — Taylor- Kinneir — Morier — Chesney.)
BU SHU’AIB (2)— Lat. 26° 42' N.; Long. 53° 20' E.
Otherwise known as Shaikh Shu’aib or Jazirat-Ash-Shaikh. An island
of some importance. It subtends the coast of the Shibkuh district
to which it is nearly parallel, from Shlvuh in the west to Nakhilu in the
east, a mean distance of about 14 miles, but, at the east end, the coast line
is within 5 miles. The length of the island is almost 15 miles and its
breadth about 3 miles. It rises to a height of 120 feet on the centre and has
a low plain 1 to 20 miles in extent at either end ; the greater part is almost
devoid of vegetation. The anchorages off the coast are sheltered from one
direction only. Water is found in wells 2 to 3 fathoms deep and is of good
quality. There are ten villages on the island which are as follows:—
Dehrlz, Dehkun, Helah, Kuiali Kuseh, Laz, Laza, Qurat, Has.