'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎111v] (227/988)

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MUD AM AB AD (Kirman) —
A ruined village, about 16 miles from Barman, on the road to Yazd by
Bafq.— (Abbott.)
MUFQA'EH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the Bushire peninsula (f. v.).
MUGHAR—
A river in Khuzistan, coming down from the Tang-i-Mughar, crossed a
few miles from Bala Ahmad on the road from Behbehan to Shuhtar by
the Kuhgalu country. It is greatly choked up with rushes, in which lions
hide during the day.— (DeBode.)
MUGHU—
A bay on the coast of Laristan, Persia, due north of the island of Farur.
It is a noble bay, secure against the prevailing winds of the Gulf. It is
formed by Cape Bustaneh to the eastwards, and Cape Certes (?), which in
Heather’s chart is improperly called Bestian, to the westward ; the ex
tremes, which lie north-west by west and south-east by east of each other,
are about 10 miles as under.
The bay is of a good depth, and is capable of holding the largest fleets ;
the ground is to\igh clay, from which you with difficulty heave up the
anchors : the soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. without the bay are irregular ; and between Mughu
and Farur is a rocky shoal, on which is less than three fathoms. This
shoal lies nearer to the main than to Farur, and is an objection against run
ning from the bay in the night, but in the day-time the marks are so good
that you may easily avoid it.
By keeping a remarkable round and lofty hill, named Charak hill, north
west, a ship will be led into Mughu Bay.
The Chiffonne’s marks for anchorage in Mughu Bay are as follows :
Against a north-west wind.—Extremes of the land west by north to
jsouth-east; the town of Mughu north by east, off shore 2 miles, in 5£
fathoms, tough clay ; the points which form the bay south-east by east
quarter east to west by north.
Against a south wind.—Farur south-east quarter west to south by west,
half west, off shore three-quarters of a mile, in 6£ fathoms, tough clay.
The shoal between Farur island and Mughu Bay.—The marks of this
-shoal, as taken by Mr. Smart, Master of His Majesty’s Ship Caroline, in
January 1810, are by compass the island of Farur south-half-west, to south
by west-half-west ; extremes of the Persian land north-west by west to
east-north-east ; the eastern fall of Charak hill, in one with the two points
of the eastern boundary of Mughu Bay, which in the charts is improperly
called Cape Bestian, north-north-west and north-west by north. These
bearings were taken from a boat. The shoal is composed of coarse sand and
shells.— (Brncks.)
MUGHU— Lat. (at thickest round tower) 26 0 35' 50" N. ; Long. 54° 30' 49" E.
The last, on the south-east, of the Shlbkuh Ports of the Persian Coast;
it lies about 17 miles south-east of Charak and 23 miles west by north of
Lingeh town.