'MILITARY REPORT ON PERSIA. VOL. IV, PART II.' [‎34r] (72/212)

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small fishing boats. A Persian post office was opened hem
about 1901 and a telegraph office about 1904.
Bandar Rig is a very prosperous port, dealing principally
with Bushire and Kuwait and serving the considerable district
of Haiat Baud and a part of the district of Shabankareh.
The bazaar contains about 50 shops. Exports are wheat,
barley, gum, wool and cattle. The Persian hrdn is the basis
of currency, but rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and dollars also circulate. The unit of
weight is a Hd<him man equal to 26 Tabriz man of Bush ire, and
consequently different from the Hdshim man of that place, whmh
is equivalent to 16 Tabriz man of the same town. The stand
ard of length is a gaz of inches.
Gandveh'—k small port about 10 miles north of Bandar R T g Ganfiveh.
at the mouth of the Khur Khalil, which extends some two miles
to the north-east. The Khur has a depth of 6 feet at high tides
and 4 at low tides. The former stone quay which was situated
on the west bank has fallen into rains and is not used now.
There are no landing facilities. There is an anchorage inside
the Khi r which is 50 yards wide just above the quay. There is
room here for at least 20 heliums drawing 5-6 feet. They are
aground at low water. There is also an anch rare for large
ships outside, and th s is sheltered from the north and south l y
sandy points, but is open to t he west. There are some local
craft which trade with BTshire, Bandar Abbas and Masqat.
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company have recently made Ganilveh
the base for their investigations for oil inland at Dasht i-Qil,
and for this purpose have erected a wireless set at the port,
which can communicate with Maidan-i-Naftf n and Dasht-i-Qil.
The village of Ganaveh contains some 250 houses, chiefly of
brick with a few reed huts.
The inhabitants who number about 1,300, are peaceful and
quiet. They are of mixed race similar to those of Bandar Rig,
but the Persian element predominates. They possess very few
arms. Their chief occupation is trade with the Gulf Ports and
importation of goods from the interior.
Water is good from some 6 wells situated one mile to the
north-east of the village in sandv soil. There is a camping
ground for two brigades bore.