"دليل بلاد فارس، الجزء III، وهو يتضمن محافظة فارس، لورستان، عربستان، خوزستان، يزد، كرمانشاه، أردلان، كردستان" [و‎‎٨‎١] (٦٨٦/١٦٦)

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It should be remarked, too, that there are positions where gun vessels
can enfilade the whole line of sea and harbour bastions without exposing
themselves to the fire of more than a gun or two at a time, and from
judiciously selected sites the land wall and peninsula raked by a cross
fire of grape and canister, ingress or egress to and from the town might
be effectually prevented. Thus cut off from fresh water, from support
and from retreat, the garrison would be wise to surrender without
striking a blow.”
The anchorage of Bushahr is in a road formed by two hanks 2| miles
off the town, having from 4 to 2^ fathoms at low water; soft muddy
bottom. The following directions will conduct a ship into the roads
should she not be able to obtain a pilot; but Brucks recommends a
pilot being always taken :—
“A ship coming from the northerly wind should stand along the
bank extending off B-ohilla Point in a line of 4 fathoms, until she
gets the flagstaff to bear north 77° east, shipping in the inner roads
north 41° east, or the Old House or Sand Island north 47° east
(in doing which you will cross over hard sand), until the flagstaff
bears east, Old House north 46° east, shipping north 39° east. (In
crossing the hard sand, should a vessel decrease her water to less than
21 fathoms, she should bear away more for the town, and haul up
immediately she increases that depth.) When the above bearings are
on, haul up north 19° east, carrying soundings from 2f fathoms, until
the flagstaff bears south 45° east. Old House north 60° east, shipping
north 62° east. You may then, with the ebb-tide, bear away for the
shipping, keeping a good look-out for the point of the reef, which is
nearly dry at low water; but should the flood be running, it would be
advisable for a vessel to keep up about three-quarters of a point to
windward of the shipping, and bear away when the point is abreast
of her.
“A ship coming from the southward with a southerly breeze, may
stand along the low land in a line of 3| or 4 fathoms, until the
flagstaff bears north 37° east, shipping north 12° east, house on
Shaikh Shaad north 28° east; then bear away north 4° east, until the
flagstaff bears south 36° east, shipping north 52° east. Old House
north 51° east. (In standing along this course, a ship will decrease
her soundings at low water to 2| fathoms, then increase to 4|
fathoms with the above bearings on). She may then haul up for the
shipping.
“The marks for the shipping in the inner roads are given in case
of it being too hazy to see the Old House on the northern end of
Shaikh Shaad Island.
“Anchorage bearings—Flagstaff south 16° east, house on Shaad
north 51° east, eastern part of the tower south 25° east. Variation in
1827, 4° 12' west ”
Down to a period of recent date, Bushahr was, like other ports
along the coast, governed by its own Shaikhs. Eventually the Bus-
hahris fell out with the neighbouring tribes of the Dashtis and
Tangistanis. Persia availed herself of the dissension to press on