"تصحيحات لدليل بلاد فارس. المجلد III" [و‎‎٨‎٤] (١٨٠/١٦٩)

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Shi’ahs and they speak the Persian tongue. Notwithstanding their prox
imity to Bushire town, they live in a rude and uncivilized state ; blood
feuds flourish among them and their name continues to be, in Bushire
town, a synonym for lawlessness, brutality, and ignorance. The houses
in the villages are mostly huts of date-leaves plastered with mud, but some
are built of stone;
The former Khan (Haidar Khan) who was driven out by Zair Khidar
in 1911 was of Arab origin, belonging to a tribe called Fulad. The follow
ing is a genealogical table of his family.
AHMAD SHAH KHAN.
(Ages shown in 1912).
Muhammad Ali Khan. Baghir Khan.)
(killed
at Bushire about
1834 by the Khan of ~
Dashtl),
Ahmad Khan. Hasan Khan (died 1871).
Ahmad Shah Kh5n
(killed I
in the Anglo-Persian war, Haidar Kha n > ( a bout 66) ’Ali Khan (died 1901).
1856-57). Khan tiU 1911,
Hasan Khan (28).
Ahmad Khan. Muhammad 'All
( 26 )- Khan.
Isma’il Khan, (died 1894). ’Abbas Khan.
Baghir Khan. HajI Khan. Bahadur-us-Sultaneh Mansur Khan,
( 3 °)' (killed 1911). (16).
Resources^
The district is entirely agricultural and is reckoned highly fertile. The
chief crops are wheat, barley and dates, to which may be added water-melons
and cucumbers. There is no internal or external trade, unless we reckon
a small, uncertain export of dates and of other fruits from the hills, such
as pomegranates, grapes, lemons, oranges and citrons, and a more regular
export of locally manufactured (jack. No calculation has been made of the
transport of the Tangistan district nor any estimate of the livestock. The
water-supply is from wells.