"مختارات من سجلات حكومة بومباي" [‎٦‎٢‎٩] (٧٣٣/٦٧٣)

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by fishermen; about three miles further to the NE. is another small
fishing village.
F ahill I sland.
FahiU Island, called by Europeans Muttra Island, is a rocky island
about a quarter of a mile long, two and a half miles offshore, with a
channel between them, with soundings of from twenty to fourteen
. fathoms >'■ It is in lat. 23° 42' 13' N., long. 58° 36' 10" E, and is
an excellent mark for making Muskat. From Burka to this place, and
0r "' t5 ' miles 0(1 shoro ' llle eurrents set strong to (he west
ward dunng the months of June, July, August, and September ; at
another" 163 ^ lrreSular ' 80melimea one way, sometimes
S haytayfee,
Shaytayfee is a fine village, with some good houses in it, in a small
bay formed by Ras Muttra, lo the SE. The bay has soundings of from
six to two fathoms close to the shore. It is a quarter of a mile wide at
the entrance, and a third of a mile deep. The Irnanm has a cannon
foundry at this place, and there are several large trading boats bolon-
ing to it. 5
R as M uttra.
Has Muttra forms the north-western point of Muttra Bav. It has
three rocky islets off it, and is a high, bold headland.
A rbug,
Arbug is a handsome town, principally inhabited by wealthy mer
chants, and their dependents. It is situated in a small bay between
as Muttra and Muttra Town. It has a pretty picturesque appearance
1 here are two or three forts and towers for its defence, which add much
to the prospect from sea. The houses are good, and most of the rich
shipowners reside here.
M uttra.
Muttra is a large and wealthy town, at the bottom of the bay of the
same name. It is distant from Muskat two and a half miles, there
being a road over a pass to connect them, though canoes and other boats
are the usual modes of communication. The town is two-thirds. of a mile
long, and contains not less than fifteen to eighteen thousand inhabitants.
About one thousand of these are Banians from Sind and Kutch
settled here for the purpose of trade/ As I shall speak of the exports and
imports under the head of Muskat, I will only add that Muttra has about
fifty trading boats, of from three handred to thirty tonsj and the Imaum's
revenue, principally from customs, in 1827, was sixty-two thousand
(jerman crowns.