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BAN—BAN
The Band Amir is a sluggish muddy stream. This name really only
belongs to the lower portion of the river after the junction of the
Kur and Pulvan. There is a stone bridge where the Persepolis road
from Shiraz crosses the stream.
Higher up, the river, which drains every large basin, is much
bigger, but it dwindles down to a small stream by the time that
it reaches the margin of Lake Niris, into which it flows, being ex
hausted by numerous canals and irrigation works, which occur in
its course through Marvdasht and Kulwar. ^ ( Ussher — Lovett^)
BANDAR-AL-GHAWl (PARS)—An anchorage near Bushahr, with
Ras-al-Tabri west to north-west in 6 feet at low water; small native
vessels anchor here. [Constable — Stiffe-—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
BANDAR DILAM—Lat. 30° 1 / 50.* Long. 50° 12' IS." Elev.
A small port on the Persian Gulf, situated in the bay called Duhat
Dilam, 31 miles north-west of Bandar Rig, 62 miles from Bushahr, 67
miles from Bihbahan. It is now only a small trading and fishing
village, though once a place of trade belonging to the Dutch, the
remains of whose factory are still pointed out. The water here is
indifferent, dear, and at a distance of a mile from the town. The
inhabitants carry on a slight trade with Basrah and Bahrein. The
harbour here is only suitable for boats. The anchorage, however, is
good and the roadstead one of the best in the gulf. It is under the
government of Bushahr, and is described as a thriving little place of
2,000 inhabitants.
The centre part of the town is occupied by a large enclosure or fort,
the residence of the Katkhuda. The south part is filled with fishing
population, while the northern half is full of traders. The fishermen
here, using the drag net, catch great numbers of seyr fish. These they
split and dry and send to Basra by sea, and to the villages round on
donkeys. The traders import iron, sugar, tea, and cloth from Bu
shahr and Kowait, and dates from Basra, and forward them by cara
vans to Bihbahan, while they bring down bales of cotton, wool, ghee,
dried fruits, and forward them to the Gulf towns. Ophthalmia is the
prevailing disease here. There is very little fever and no small-pox.
In fact, the town would be very healthy if it were not for ophthalmia,
The waters from the wells is good and abundant.
The fort is square (lat. highest tower, 30° 3' 14", long. 50° 9' 45*).
Half a mile to south of fort are a few trees with a little cultivation.
* Lat. of table hill. . 29° 57'58" 1 Nine miles S. E. | E. of Dilam
Long. „ . . 50° 17' 36 J is a small *table hill of light colour,
with perpendicular sides. It is 165 feet high and visible 14 miles.
The coast here is merely a strip of land 10 to 15 feet above the sea,
inland of which are swamps extending for miles. At about 1 \ miles
north-east of the town is a small fort, near the wells, from wdiich the
town is supplied with water. Several forts are visible in the distant
plain northward of the table hill. Dilam is the port of the Bihbahan
district and much gram, ghi, &c., is exported chiefly to Bushahr and
Kowait. Cattle, &c. are obtainable. The inhabitants are chiefly Arabs
of the Ubaidullah tribe. Native boats lie £ mile off the town, but