'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎383v] (771/982)

756
RAS-RAS
extends a flat, with 2 and 3 fathoms water on it at high water, and
dry in parts at low. In standing along it, 3| and 4 fathoms is a guide in
the day, but you should not come under 5 fathoms in the night.—
(Bruchs.)
RAS TALUB— vide RAS TANUB.
RASTUBEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, 10 miles south-west of Quvvamabad, on the road to
Shiraz, from which it is 53 miles distant. It is situated on the right
bank of the Pulvar, and the inhabitants are Lurs and said to be thieves.—
(Trotter.)
RAS TANUB— Lat. 30° 7' 33"; Long. 44° 15' 6"; Elev.
A low point of the mainland of Khuzistan near the Buneh island, with a
few shrubs and some brushwood growing on it. About 3 miles to north
of it is the mouth of a river or creek, joining the Tab river, with some ruins
on its banks. The coast to northward of this point h r ,s not been traced ;
it is nearly all overflowed at high water. It lies 18 miles west-north-west
of Ras Baskan.- (Bruchs — Constable — Stiffe.)
RAS-UL-ASYAT— Lat. 27° 41' 28"; Long. 52° 31' 20"; Elev.
A small point on the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , a little to the west of Ras
Ak^tar. Between these two points is a bight where boats can anchor.—
(Constable — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
RAS-UL-ATl— Lat. Long. Elev.
*
A cape of the Laristan coast, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It has a copper mine, said
to have been worked at one time by the Portuguese.— (Intelligence
Branch, War Office, Part I, 1881.)
RAS-UL-JABRl (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
Name of the eastern end of Lafkeh bank, Bushire harbour.—-(Ccwsfa&fe
■ — Stiffe—Persian Gulf Pilot.)
PAS-UL-JIRD— Lat. 26° 35' 52"; Long. 54° 26' 6".
A cape on the coast of Laristan, west of Mughu Bay. It is a high, project
ing headland when viewed at a distance, but when close terminates rather
abruptly in a low point. It forms the south-eastern point of Charak Bay
and the western point of Mughu Bay. A reef runs off this point rather
more than three-quarters of a mile. A ship in rounding it should not
come under 5 fathoms.— (Bruchs.)
RAS-UL-KHAN —Lat. ($.IF. 'point) 28° 1' 55"; Long. 51° 18' 40". Elev.
A point on the coast of the Dashti district of Ears. It is low and sandy;
vessels not drawing more than 12 feet water may find shelter here in a
nor’-wester, but should be careful how they enter the bay, as there are one
or two rocky shoals, with only 10 to 15 feet of water in them. This anchor
age is called Bandar Khan, and from here commences the Bardistan reef,
%v.), —( Bruchs — Constable—Stiff e.)