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KHtJR KHALIL—Lat. 29° 3I' N. Long. 50° 33' K. Elev.
A tidal inlet on the coast of the Haiyat Daud district of Ears, used by the
boat owners of Ganaveh. In rain the water-course discharges a large
quantity of fresh wa' er. The Khur is 1 mile south oj Ganaveh, or I4 miles
south of Ganaveh tree, a landmark 21 miles north by east, J east from
Kharak flag st&R—(Constable—Stiffe—Persian GuV Pilot—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR KHUVAIR— Lat. 28° 47" 25'; Long. 51° 4'; Elev.
A village in the Tangistan district of Ears, 3 mdes from the coast, on a
creek bearing the same name, which runs inland 10 miles north of Basin
near the commencement of the Bushire Masliileh. The creek is in Huaileh
bay and is dry at the entrance at low water. Near the Khur is a small
fort and date grove. The village contains 20 houses, and the inhabitants,
in addition to the date-plantations, own 10 baqdrehs and are traders and
fishermen.'— (Constable — Stiffs—Persian Gulf Pilot—Bruchs—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR LAILATAIN— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small creek on the coast of Ears in the Liravi district, 1 mile south
east of Ras ut-Taub— (Constable—Stiff e — Persian Gulf Pilot—Persian Gulf
Gazetteer, 1908.)
KHUR MALIK— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Marvdasht plain of Ears.— (MacGregor.)
KHURMUJ— Lat. 28° 40'N. (St. John)-, Long 51° 25'E. Elev. 465'.
The principal town of the Dashti district on the Persian coast of Ears ;
it is situated at an elevation of 465 feet, nearly 20 miles from the sea, at the
foot of the great maritime range, and is distant 40 miles south east
from Bushire .own and 17 miles south-south-east of Ahram, he capital
of he adjoining Tangistan district. The present town is adjoined by
traces of an older one, which was destroyed by the Persian Governor
of Shiraz at vKe beginning of the 19th century.
The place, which has doubled in size during the last 40 years consists of
about 350 houses, of which one-third are mat huts and the remainder of
mud and tone. The population numbers about 1,800 souls. On the
outskirts of the town is a substantial stone fo.t, the residence of the Khan of
Dashti, which int ernally, in 1865, was comfortable and elegantly furnished.
There are water-mills driven by a small stream from the high hills behind the
town, and water for irrigation is brought from the same qua. ter in open chan
nels. The water is good and grazing excellent. Barley and wheat are plenti
ful, mutton and beef are procurable, though not in large quantities. Routes
from Bushire town, Kaki and the sea-coast meet at Khu muj. Six miles
north east of the town is the lo ty peak Kuh-i-Khurmuj winch forms
a good landmark. Khurmuj is the thi d stage on the main Bushire-
Bandar ’Abbas road, and has good camping-grounds.
The following roads branch off from Khurmuj :—
(1) To the town of Kaki, fording the river Mund, general direction
south-south-east. From Kaki to the seaport Daivi , gene al
direction south-east.— (By native report and Colville.)