'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎568r] (1140/1278)

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water, which is a fair berth for anchoring if the tide is not favourable for
entering the river, as from this you can always run into Khur ’Abdullah
if it conies to blow hard from the south-east, at which time no pilot will
cross the bar.— (BrucJcs.)
KHf}R KHALATEH— Lat. 29° 31' 40" ; Long. 50° 36' 6" ; Elev.
The mouth of the Ganaveh river on the coast of Ears ; it has 1 fathom
at the entrance and 2 inside at low water.— (Brucks.)
KHUR KHALIL— Lat. 29° 34' N. ; Long. 50° 33' E. ; Elev.
A tidal inlet on the coast of the Haiyat Daud district of Ears, used by the
boat owners of Ganaveh. In rain the water-course discharges a large
quantity of fresh water. The Khur is 1 mile south of Ganaveh, or 1 ^ miles
south of Ganaveh tree, a landmark 21 miles north by east, ^ east from
Kharak flagstaff. (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR KHUVAIR— Lat. 28° 47" 25' ; Long. 51° 4'; Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 3 miles from the coast, on a
creek bearing the same name, which runs inland 10 miles north of Bash!
near the commencement of the Bushire Mashileh. The creek is in Halileh
bay and is dry at the entrance at low water. Near the Khur is a small
fort and date grove. The village contains 20 houses, and the inhabitants,
in addition to the date-plantations, own 10 baqdrehs and are traders and
fishermen. (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Brucks—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR LAILATAIN-Lat. Long. Elev.
A smafl creek on the coast of Ears in the Liravi district, 1 mile south
east of Ras-ut-Taub.— (Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHtJR MALIK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain of Ears.— (MacGregor.)
KHURMUJ— Lat. 28° 40' N. (St. John) ; Long. 51° 25' E. ; Elev. 465'.
The principal town of the Dashti district of the Persian coast of Ears ;
i is situated at an elevation of 465 feet, nearly 20 miles from the sea at the*
toot ot the great maritime range, and is distant 40 miles south-east from
tfusflire town and 17 miles south-south-east of Ahram, the capital of the
r ^ an ^ S ^ n C ^ S ^ C ^* The present town is adjoining by traces of an
older one, which was destroyed by the Persian Governor of Shiraz at the
beginning of the 19th century.
Ihe place, which has doubled in size during the last 40 years consists of
about 3o0 houses, of which one-third are mat huts and the remainder of
mud and stone. The population numbers about 500 souls. On the out
skirts of the town is a substantial stone fort, the residence of the Khan of
ashti, which internally, in 1865, was comfortable and elegantly furnished,
mere are water-mi Us driven by a small stream from the high hills behind the*
town, and water for irrigation is brought from the same quarter in open chan-
eis. Ihe water is good and grazing excellent. Barley and wheat are plenti-
5 mutt011 and beef are procurable, though not in large quantities. Routes
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