'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎145] (314/524)

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centre of the plain, and on the high road, is the group of hamlets called
Konar Thakhta, lying around a commodious and solid masonry cara
vanserai. Distant a mile and a-half North-west from Konar Thakhta is
found the best well water.
19. There are some 31 villages or hamlets subordinate to Khisht
considered as a revenue
On the West.
On the North of Khisht.
Mohleddeen ^ fursac.
Aykoony •. 15
Booreky .. \
Khajemaly* . 1 ^
Bozeen .... 1 ^
Gooreekel .. £
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Movrizy ... .5
Siahmenseer 6
Shod .6
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Malesheekh ..8 fursacs.
Dashtegoor .. 7
Sardaslitak .. 8
Siahmenseer . .6
Khoonesorkh 6
Shool........5
Jereh 6
Meylak 6
Chashistany .. 1
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division. The list as per
margin shows their names
and their distance and di
rections from the fort of
Khisht. These villages
may contain from 100 to
200 inhabitants each,
dwelling in from 30 to
60 temporary huts. The
produce of the country
not required for home
consumption is either
consumed by passing
caravans, or is exported to Kauzeroon and Bushire. The imports are
piece goods, sugar, and coffee for home use. The revenue, amounting
to about 7,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , is levied in the lumps. The safety of road
traffic is provided for by the chief of the district, who maintains some
50 irregular footmen for the purpose. The chief is responsible for
all goods lost or plundered from caravans within his district, and
charges a sort of transit due of 25 cents of a kran on every load of
piece goods, and 12^- cents on every load of miscellaneous merchan
dize. The management of Khisht may serve as a sample for that of
other districts.
20. I estimate the altitude of the Khisht plain to be about 800 to
1,000 feet above the level of the Gulf, and I find some confirmation of
this estimate, in the fact that the bluff marked on the chart as Gisakoon,
and which on its two sides is distinctly visible from Khisht or from Bu-
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shire, appears to rise certainly within 800 feet as high above the Khisht
plain as above that of Bushire.
21. I passed two daj^s in the serai during July and two days in the
early portion of September ; during both periods a fiercely hot wind
19 g