"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، يتضمن أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزءًا من فارس" [‎٣‎١‎٢] (٤٦٦/٣٥٧)

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Route No. 4 A— contd.
From Bandar-Bildm to Bushire —eontd.
53 co
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c
D istances iir
miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
a.m.
6
Imamzada
of cultivation occur at intervals
Eemarks.
Village; gardens, wells, &c., &c., as above.
After passing this village, a dry creek 100
yards wide, with banks 8' high, is crossed
and a more or less barren flat traversed ;
the track is a hard one over clay; patches
the sea is within hearing, but cannot be seen.
The mouth of this tidal creek is known as the Khor Khalil. It is entered at high water
by boats, which belong to Khanawur, and carry on a small
coasting trade ; dry sands extend at low water, 1 to 2 cables off
Coast.
it.— {IPersian Gulf Pilot,)
8
10
Aeasch
17
57
Barometer
(50').
29 •45"; temperature 92°
A small village built on a sandy eleva
tion, with some shady hard wood trees in
the vicinity; water from wells of good
quality. The shore-line is low, i.e., a
bank of sand 2' to 10' high and 300 to 800 yards wide, in places hummocky ; a thorn scrub
grows on it. The shore is flat, the water receding 1 to 2 miles at low water.
No effects of floods were seen ; irhe sea was as still as a lake, and no waves beat on the
shore, although during the day the shumdl blew with force.
Halt till 3-15 p.m.
p.m.
3-15
4-10
Ban dae Righ
Barometer 29 , 3".
Traverses the shore-line.
Bandar Righ lies 400 yards to the right
{see ycige 40) ; the village, the residence of
Khan Ali Khan, whose commodious resid
ence faces the sea, is built on a small
sand monnd.
It lies 13 miles, north-J-west of Khor Ruhilla, and is under the government of Bushire.
The road now strikes inland over an uncultivated flat; the mirage is very pronounced.
4-40
4-55
receded within the memory of man [see page 345),
6-15
7-15
bldtt
13
70
Crosses a belt of low (4' high ), irregular
sandstone hillocks, 600 yards deep.
The mud flat becomes sticky, and the
shore-line appears to be a ridge of sand
hills, 1 mile to the left; this probably
indicates a former shore line j the sea has
The flat is again tilled (fallow fields of
wheat and barley); melons are largely
grown.
A small Arab village chiefly consisting
of reed huts, the property of Khan All
Khan. The soil grows excellent cereals.
This year (1884) the heavy spring rains
damaged the crops.