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fort with towers. The population is about 5,500 souls including some
A1 Nasur, some Bahrainis and some Jews ; but the bulk of the people say
-they are from the neighbouring village of Bardistan, and claim to have
come originally from Kufah. The inhabitants live mostly by agriculture ;
. but they own besides fishing-boats, half a dozen sailing-vessels which make
voyages to Bahrain and other places. As a port, Daiyir is the natural outlet
of a considerable grain-growing tract, and horses from Shiraz were formerly
1 embarked here to escape export duty. At times when its neighbour and
, rival, Kangan, has been temporarily destroyed, Daiyir has managed to
secure a large amount of trade ; but it has itself suffered vicissitudes of for
tune and was twice burned by the Khan of Gavbandi. In 1865 Daiyir was
ruled by a lady who appeared in public and was ahle to write ; she appeared
to ha\e been the mother of the present Khan of Dashti. The town is now
(1905) governed by a son of the Khan as the deputy of his father. To
the east of the village is a large date-grove, and there is a post of the
Imperial Persian CviStoms.~(Constable—Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot—
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
DAI Y CR —vido DLH URIA.
DAKHM-I-DARAB. —Lat. Long. Elev.
A domed tower standing on some isolated limestone hills to the south
of and above, the town of Abrquh in Eastern Ears.—(Aewcomew, 1905.)
DAKU— Lat. 26° 48' N. Long. 53° 21' E.
O! A iTm I - V 5 il - I f ge ’ S0 “ e 5 milcs from North-east point of the island of
fe »aikh ohu aib, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It has no trees but a population of 30 or 40
^e 11 -— {Constable, — Stifle—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
DALAKl or DALIKI— Lat. 29°26 / N. Long. 51° 19' E. Elev. 400'.
A^viUage in the Dashtistan District of Ears, 13 miles north-north-east of
Borazjun, adjoined by hills on the north-east and surrounded on the other
sides by date-plantations. The village, which is the third stage on the
Buslnre-Shiraz route, consists of about 40 houses inhabited by bilingual
Arabs, who are said to be the descendants of immigrants from Bahrain. The
villagers cultivate dates, wheat and barley, and own about 39 mules and
40 donkeys Fuel and forage are procurable, as also are supplies and cattle
m very small quantities. Good and plentiful water is obtainable from the
stream, but the water from the wells is brackish, as is also the water from
S 1 - 6 ! ^ I l a _ la ^ 18 curated for its naphtha springs. On approaching
Dalaki from Bushire, sulphur springs are first met with ; they well copiously
10m the base of the hills and flow in streams across the road. A little
farther on the brown naphtha may be seen floating on the white sul
phurous waves. The whole plain on the left of the road is converted into
marsh by these streams. The pungent odour from this swamp is
abominable and spreads over the surrounding country fora great distance
A concession for the working of the petroleum springs Suspected to
exist here was obtained by Messrs. Hotz of Bushire in 1884. The boring
MiLTSts^r 5 bu V the fP^bnent was renewed by the Persian
mg Rights Corporation, who sunk a bore to the depth of 800 feet ;