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.either side ascend perpendicularly to a great altitude. Were the natural
strength of the pass to be aided by artificial improvements, it might be held
by a very small division against a'large army.— (Pottinger—Stotherd, 1893.)
"ARUS (Tribe), vide 1KRISH.
’ARUSlEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village on the west coast of ’Abbadan island. It contains 12 mud and
date-stick huts, and is inhabited by Baghlanleh .(Muhaisin ).—(Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
ARZANEH— Lat. Long. E lev.
A pass crossed by the road from Buldaji to Riz, via Faradumbeh, 12 miles
west of Burujan. The approach from south is steep but fit for laden mules
and can be ridden over; a small spring and watering trough are 1 mile below,
to the south side where the ascent commences. Sheep and goats are pastured
near by in summer on the adjacent hills. The pass is a narrow neck, the
spur that it crosses runs north-west to south-east; to the former direction the
slopes are open and accessible ; to the latter, rocky and precipitous. The
approach from the j.orthis by a stony, narrow ravine, which is only practic
able for laden mules, between steep earth spurs on either hand.— (Burton.)
ASADABAD— Lat. 30° 52' N. Long. 55° 20' E.
A village in the Anar district (g.v.) of Kirman.
ASAD DAUD—
A village near the river Shatait (q.v.).
ASAKIREH—
A sub-division of the Ka’b tribe (q.v.).
'ASALE— Lat. 27° 28' N. Long. 52° 39' E.
One of the Shlbkuh ports of the Persian coast; it is situated 22 miles south
east of Tahiri and 4 miles north of Naband at the north entrance point
of Naband bay. The village, which consists of about 200 stone houses,
occupies more than | mile of the coast and has a large date-grove behind it.
The ship anchorage at ’Asalu is exposed to the Shamdl, but small boats had
shelter by running over a reef, which fronts the place, and anchoring inside.
The inhabitants, whose houses number about 200, are Sunnis and belong to
the Harami or Al Haram tribe; they profess to be a division of the
Ghazieh (?) ’Arab tribe who immigrated from the neighbourhood of Makkah,
five or six generations ago. They own four sambuqs and a score of fishing
baqdrehs in which they go pearl-diving on the banks near Naband; they also
fish, especially on a ground in Naband bay off Bid Khun village, and culti
vate grain and dates. ’Asalu was the residence of Shaikh Ahmad-bin-Saif,
the Al Haram Shaikh, who till his death in 1906 ruled over the villages of
Bid Khun, Halat Naband, Naband Tibin and ’Amarleh and Barku, in
subordination to the Khan of Dashti by whom they were held in farm ; in
1906, however, the group was brought directly under the authority of the
Governor of the Gulf Ports, and the connection of the Dashti Khan with
them was terminated. The Persian Imperial Customs have now a post
here .—(Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)