'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎308r] (620/982)

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Name.
Position.
Houses and inha' it-
ants.
Shiyas
A mile from the
coast and 5 miles
West by south of
Lingeh town.
100 (?) houses of
inixed tribes,
mostly Sunnis.
Birkeh Siflitl ..
On the coast, 25
miles north-east of
Lingeh town and
8 miles north by
west of Blsldi.
60 houses of Sun
nis, but t he place
is at present part
ly unoccupied.
Remarks.
The village is screened on
the seaward side by a
thick grove of date-palms.
The people are poor and
mostly live by fishing for
th- Lingeh town market;
they own 5 'atonilehs and
4 varjl . Some sheep,
onions and water-melons
are exported to the Ara
bian coast. There are no
arms.
Slightly north of the village
the main maritime ranre
abuts on the Sea and at
the foot of it, 2 mi'es
north-east of the village,
there is a creek with
a sulphurous spring on
tire farther bank. The
people cultivate and grow
dates on their own account,
and also tend plantations
belonging to inhabitants
of Lingeh town. Good lime
and mortar are prepared
and exported to Lingeh
town and to Trucial
’Om n. There is a post
of Persian Imperial Cus
toms at Sifbn.
Of the above, the Birkehs at which there are no permanent habitation
frequently become the centres of temporary encampment during the hot
season.
LINGEH (Town)—Lat. 26° 33' 5'; Long. 54° 53' 47". Elev.
A considerable and impo tant, but at the presen moment declining, town
on the Persian coast, the capital of the dis. rict of the same name. It is
situated about 96 miles west-soutlnwest of Bandar Abbas, 88 miles north-
north-west of Sharjah and a little over 300 miles soul h-east of Bu.hire
tdwh ; the British station of Basldti on Qishm island lies about 25 miles
■to the east-north-east of it.
Lingeh is a well-built town, better built than Bandar ’Abbas. The town
extends about a mile along the shore ; behind it are some date-plantations,
and to the north-east is a detached grove about half-way on the road to
Kung. The surroundings are extraordinarily arid, and the back ground
consists of an absolute desert rising gradually behind the town to a
watershed, of which the somewhat prominent hills form the eastern and
western extremities. There is an eastern suburb on the sea-face called