'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎97r] (198/982)

is reached in about 8 hours ; or by carriage by following the eastern edges
of the Bushire Peninsula for about 4 miles and then crossing the Mashileh
at the same place as the telegraph line. The amount of transport ordinarily
present at or near Bushire may be estimated at 250 to 300 mules when
the Shif route is closed, but when it is open there are none.
Administration. —The force at the disposal of the Governor of Bushire
consists nominally of one battalion of regular infantry and 50 artillerymen,
but in fact he has only 200 infantry and 20 gunners under his orders.
The regular garrison seldom receive pay, and for the most part gain a live
lihood by working as labourers in the town. The Governor’s power at sea
is represented by the Persepolis gunboat of 600 tons and 450 horse-power ;
her extreme speed is 6 knots and she carries 6 guns and 24 snider rifles.
There are no regular tribunals. Civil disputes are ordinarily settled by the
ecclesiastical authorities. The Imperial Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Customs under Bel
gian management have their principal office in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire.
The British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Surgeon is Port Health Officer, and the penalties for
infraction of the quarantine regulations are enforced by the customs author
ities.
Foreign Representation. —Great Britain is represented by a Consul-Gen
eral, who is also British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . He has two
assistants of the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. . There is also a Vice-Consul
belonging to the Levant A geographical area corresponding to the region around the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Consular Service. A British Post Office is maintain
ed in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , the mails not passing through the Persian office.
There are at Bushire 37 European British subjects as well as native
subjects. Russia is the only other power represented by a Consul-General.
Fiance, Germany^ the Netherlands and Turkey are each represented by a
Vice-Consul.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
BUSHKAN or BUSHUKUN— Lat. 28°48 / N. Long. 51°44' E. Elev. 1,990'.
A village in Pars on the road from Bushire to Firuzabad and 60f miles
(Stotherd) east of Bushire town. Other estimates give the distance from
Bushire as 75 miles. The village is situated on the north-eastern slopes of
the Kuh-i-Siah and is built in two parts, half being upon a small, isolated
mound, about 390 yards to the south-west of the other portion and sur
rounded by mud walls. The village contains a mud fort (probably the
walled portion on the mound) and some 250 huts with a few date-trees about.
In the second part of the village are about 100 houses with 1,000 sheep, 200
cows, 4 horses, 20 ponies and 300 donkeys. Barley • and bhusa are pro
curable, as is also firewood from numerous bushes scattered over the
valley. Plane trees are numerous, and fuel can also be obtained in abundance
from the nomads in the neighbourhood. There is a good camping-ground,
and the water is good, but the supply is limited. It is obtained from wells
and springs.— {Jones — Pelly — Durand — Stotherd, 1893.)
BUSHRABAD—
A village in the Anar district (q.v.) of Kirman.
Bt SHU’AIB (No. 1) (Laristan)—Lat. 26° 48'7" N. Long. 53° 15'20" E.
Elev.
An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , situated 9 miles off the coast of Laristan
opposite Nakhllu. It is 12 miles long by 2£ miles broad. It has 9 villages,