'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎215r] (434/988)

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RAS HALlLEH —Lat. 28° 50' 30"; Long. 50° 54 f ; Elev.
A point on the coast of Ears, forming the north side of Halileh bay on the
Bushire peninsula, of which it is the most southerly point. (Brucks-r-
Foreign Department Gazetteer, 1905.)
RASHK MENU—
A garden in Kirman, about 7 miles south-west of Mashiz, on the road to
Saidabad, via Takieh.— (Sykes, 1900.)
RASH MEGU (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain of Ears, on the west of the Shiraz-
Isfahan post road, and about 34 miles north-north-east of Shiraz. It contains
50 houses.— (Is this liashmmjan or Bashmaijan ?) (Hopkins, 1903.)
4he name of this village is given as Rashmigun. Ample supplies of
barley,^ bhusd, and meat for an infantry battalion with its transport for one
day (September).— (Howe, 1906.)
RAS JABRIN— Lat. 27° 55' 40"; Long. 51° 28' 40"; Elev.
A point on the coast of Ears. It is a low point, separated from Jazireh
Jabiln by a channel with 10 to 12 fathoms on it, but npt more than 5 or
6 feet at the entrance. Brucks has the following general remarks on the
navigation from Basrah to Ras Jabrin:—Leaving Basrah, and being
clear of the pilot in 3^ or 4 fathoms, stand down along dhe coast (if with
a fair wind) in that depth until you pass Basrah point, when it deepens
into 5 ^ fathoms. A course now south by east will take you fairly down
to the line of 10 fathoms on the Bardistan bank, which should be crossed in
this depth.
“If a beating wind, you should not stand off into more than 28 fathoms
and in shore, at night, into less than 8 fathoms, unless above the Asses*
Ears, in which case you may stand into 5 or 6 fathoms; in the day-time
you may approach the shore to 4 fathoms, being to the southward'of the
Asses Ears. Iwenty-eight fathoms off shore, to 5 or 6 fathoms in short in
the day-time, and 7 or 8 fathoms in the night, will be safe working, until
you reach Jabrin Island/*— (Brucks.)
RAS LAS WET The same as Ras-ul-Asvat (q. v.).
RAS MUSA *ALI— Lat. 27° 33' 20"; Long. 51° 32' 20"; Elev.
A headland on the coast of Ears. About 1 ^ miles to the eastward is a
small, sandy island of the same name.— (Brucks.)
RAS NABAND (Single tree on tableland above)—
Lat. 27° 23' 6"; Long. 52" 35' 15". ■ s
Lat. 27° 21' 15"; Long. 52° 37' 56"
\ hold, projecting point on the coast of Lar forming the southern point
of the Bay of Naband. Half a mile inland is a large date-grove, and 3
miles south-east half east from the extreme point is a single tree on some
high tableland, conspicuous from seaward. There is no village on the
coast between this and Shiyu. The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. of the cape are 30 fathoms
at 3 miles* distance, thence decreasing regularly; there is no reef at the ex
treme point, or off the coast below it as far as Shahin Kuh, beyxmd a cable's-