"رحلات في آشور، ميديا، وبلاد فارس، بما في ذلك رحلة من بغداد مروراً بجبل زاغروس وصولاً إلى حمدان، في أكباتانا القديمة، والبحوث في أصفهان وأطلال برسبوليس، ورحلة منها مروراً بشيراز وشابور وصولاً إلى ساحل البحر. وصف البصرة، بوشهر، البحرين، هرمز، ومسقط، وسرد لحملة ضد قراصنة الخليج العربي، مع رسومات توضيحية لرحلة بحرية لنيرتشوس، والمرور ببحر العرب إلى بومباي. [‎٤‎٥‎٢] (٥٨٢/٤٨٣)

^2 ISLAND OF BAHREIN.
north-north-west direction, till it reaches the point of Ras Rekkan,
or Ras-el-Sharek of the Arabs, where it takes a bend round to the
south-west, and forms the Bay of Bahrein. This Cape of Rekkan
is in lat. 26° 12' north, and long. 51° 13' east, having the town and
Fort of Zubarra about a mile or two to the south-east of it; and to
the west-south-west of it, at intervals of a few miles distant, are
the towns of Yamale, Agulla, Khore Hassan, and Fereyha, with
the creek and port of Laghere, at twelve hours' sail beyond the
Cape, to the westward. The coast from the Cape westward forms
a concave semicircle, extending a few miles deeper than the line
of 26° north lat. and ending at El Kateef, the eastern point to
the entrance of which is in about lat. 26° 28 north, and long.
50° 5' east.
The islands of Bahrein, which are seated in this bay, are two
in number; as the name, being a dual in Arabic, implies. 1 he
largest of these bears this name particularly, and the smaller re
tains that of Arad; an appellation of very early date, when these
islands bore the names of Tylos and Arad, in allusion to the Tyrus
and Aradus of the Phoenicians, on the coast of Syria. The principal
island has its centre in lat. 26° 13' north, and long. 50° 35', east.
Its length is about ten miles, in a direction of west-north-west and
east-south-east, and its breadth about half that, in another direction,
across. The general appearance of the island is low; but it is
every where fertile, well-watered, and supporting an extensive
population. There are estimated to be no less than three hun
dred villages scattered over this small island, and every portion
of the soil is cultivated; producing dates, figs, citrons, peaches,
and a species of almond, called loazi, the outer husk of which is
eaten as well as the kernel. The principal town, which is called
Minawah, or Minawee—properly, the scala, or port, like other
places of the same description on the coasts of the Arabs, from
mina, a port—is large and populous, and has a good bazaar, with
twelve caravanseras for strangers. Many wealthy merchants re
side here, and an extensive commerce is carried on in the export-