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8 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL RESIDENCY
Mullc.” The nutliority of this Governor extends over a tract reaching
on the sea side from about thirty miles north of the town of liushire
to the port of Deyycr to the south.
The Government of Bushirc is divided into districts as follows:—
]. Bushirc with Ilcyat Daood and Ang.ilce.
2. Dashtistan.
3. Tcngistan.
4. Dash tee.
The (1) Bushirc district extends along the coast from Bunder Re®
to Ilalilah Bay, and comprises under the town of Bushirc the coastal
pub-district of lie vat Daood and another to the north of town called
Angalec, for each of which there are headmen under the immediate
superintendence of the Governor.
The district (2) of Dashlistan consists of that portion of the low-
lying plain between the sea and the mountains extending from the
village of Dalikec to about Chakoota. The principal town of this district
is Borazjan, and the headman orZabit of the whole district is Mohammed
Ilassan Khan. The villages of Dashtistan amount to about twenty-
four.
Next to Dashtistan to the southward is the district of (3) Tengis-
tan, in which are upwards of thirty villages, the Chief of which is
Abram. This district opens on the sea. The present “Zabits” are
Ali Khan ami Haidar Khan. The inhabitants area race renowned for
bravery and speaking a dialect peculiar to themselves.
(4.) Dashtoc is a more extensive and populous district than either
of the two just mentioned. It has some So villages, the principal towns
being Khormnj, and the present Chief, Ilaidar Khan. Dash tee lies
south of Tcngistan, and is hounded on the west by tbe sea, to the south
by the Kongoon and Jam District, whilst to the eastward it extends to
Booshknn in one of the valleys above the first range of mountains.
The Bushire districts are dependent almost entirely on the rainfall
for the growth of crops. The rivers of Khisht and Dalikee skirting
the district of Dashtistan, unite and flow into the Rohillah creek some
miles north of the town of Bushirc. The lower part of Dashtce is
traversed by a river which (lows into the creek called Klior Ziaret. It
is supposed that this is the river called further up the Karagach (tbe
ancient Silakus), which is supposed to rise near Shahpoor and flow round
to the eastward of Fcrozabad.
The Khor Ziaret can be entered by vessels of not exceeding six
feet draught, and is navigable for such craft for some miles. I recently
proceeded up the creek'for about twelve miles, and the information eli­
cited from the inhabitants of tbe district tended to confirm the con­
jecture ^ that here is the embouchure of the Karagach river. It would
be an interesting and useful undertaking to march up this river as far
as possible.

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