'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎33r] (70/212)

Ttihiri ia one of the Saliseh ports, approximately half Tahiri.
way between .bushire and Lingeh. It is in a small open ba'y,
formed by two low points 2 miles apart and covered with date
groves, the village is built partly on the shore and partly
up the side of the coast range, here 700' high. It containa <
150 stone houses, inhabited chiefly by Arabs with some '
Persian Shi ahs. Water is obtained from wells 3 fathoms
deep. A few horses, donkeys, cattle (2.")) and sheep and goats
(300) are the only live stock reported here, but more are said to
be inland.
lahiri has 14 sailing boats, chiefly bums of 15—20 tons
average burthen.
1 lie importance of Tahiri lies in the fact that vessels can be
brought quite close inshore, instead of, as is usually the case
in the Gulf, having to lie a long w ay out. The bay deepens
regulaily from the coast to 8 fathoms at mile off shore.
Ihe oniy routes into the interior are by two passes, by blocking
wnich an enemy could be confined to the narrow strip along
the sea coast. The hinterland is sparsely populated and
little known, and thus the place would appear admirably
adapted for smuggling operations. The inhabitants own about
six trading aambilqs.
Bandar Dilaw. — A small port of the Liravi district, but not Bandar
form inti part of it administratively : 85 miles north-north-west
of Bushire and at an equal distance east-north-east, of the Khatt-
al-Arab nar. ihe town stands upon a low' coast running north
and south, and consisting of a strip of rocky land 10" to 15'
above sca-level with swamps behind extending several miles
inland. Half a mile to the south is a little cultivation with
some trees, and to the east is a plain containing a few villages
dependent on Dilam. A square fort in a very delapidated
condition stands in the middle of the town and 1} miles to the
north east is the fort of Funub, which protects the water supply.
The town formerly belonged to the Dutch.
Ihe anchorage for vessels, about eI miles off the shore, is
sheltered from the shamul and partially from the kaus ; the
bottom is of soft mud and the depth of water four fathoms ;
native craft lie eiose in to the beach in a creek in a mud fiat.
Landing is difficult, because of the mud, and cargoes are
unloaded and loaded by means of donkeys.