'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎388r] (780/982)

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Communications and transport .—The Rtid Hilleh river is a considerable
obstacle to movement, especially in summer. There is a ferry over it at
Mahmadi, and a fort at ’Askau, where it is crossed by a land route from
Bushire to Muhammareh. A ferry is also reported at Mahrizi. The district
can produce about 250 horses, 1,300 donkeys, and, according to the
statement of the Khan, 200 mules. The inhabitants own about 50 boats
and maintain communication with Kuwait and even Basrah.
Colonel Belly says :—“This district rears a good half-bred descrip
tion of horse, half Persian, half Arab, they pass currently under the general
name of the Arab Ka’b horse. The principal defects of this half-breed
&re found in a small arm and a falling-off in the hind quarter. They are
better roadsters than the pure Arab, but they lack his quietness, intelli
gence, and endurance. By re-crossing the Rud Hilleh Ka’b with a pure
Arab, it is found that a good-looking, serviceable horse, of large bone and
height, is obtained, but he is never as serviceable as the pure Arab.”
Administration. district is subject to the Governor of the Gulf
Ports. About 60 years ago it came under the Khan of Angali, with whom
it remained until its transfer, 6 years ago, to the Khan of Haiat Baud
who manages'it through a brother of his own stationed at Mahmadi.
Justice is dispensed as in the Khan’s own district of Haiat Baud {q.v.).
The taxes are 60 krdns on every 6 Hashim mans of seed sown or area of 13
acres cultivated ; also £ of the produce of the date palms or, in a bad year,
2 or 3 krdns in cash on account of each tree. The district is at present
farmed for an annual sum of 3,560 tumdns. The feud resulting from the
transfer of this district from the Khan of Angali to the Khan of Haiat Baud
is noticed in the article on Bushire, vide this Gazetteer. An official of the
Persian Imperial Customs at Mahmadi is the only direct agent of the Per
sian Government in the district.
Armed forces .—Rud Hilleh can muster some 700 tufangchis.
Topography .—The following is a list of the villages of the Rudhilleh
district. They are each described separately in this Gazetteer.
1. ’Askari. 9. Khashm Haj Haji.
2. Cham Khalifeh. 10. Khashm Shaikh Hamud.
3. Farakeh. 11. Majnun.
4. Gavabin. 12. Mahamadi.
5. Kaleh Sirhan. 13. Muhrazi.
6. Kaleh Sukhteh. 14. Nasiri.
7. Karaband. 15. Rustami.
8. Khashm Ahmadi.
(Felly—Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905— Chick, 1909.)
RUB HILLEH—
A stream in Ears, also called Shatt Bani Lamini, which rises in the vicinity
of Kaleh Safid, and traverses Shapur. In the plains it is fordable only at
times near the village of Kaleh Sirhan. It is there a sluggish stream, 100
yards wide, 3' 6" deep, with a firm, sandy bottom, flowing between banks
12 feet high.— (Bell.)