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IIT% Table of the pearl banks on the Persian side. .

Xo. Nntne. Vcrnaoular. Position and extent. USMISKH,

1 Jab OfT tho coast of the Depth of water is 3
Liravi district, about to 7 fathoms. At
4 miles to tho north presont this bank
or west of Jabnl is infested by
Bang. sharks and the
people of Kharag
Island, who work
it, havo been com­
pel led to _ desist
from their opera*
tions. Tho bank
is opposite tho
Liravi district and
jurisdiction over it
is exorcised by tho
Khan of Liravi.
2 Kim rag Between the islands Depth of wator is 6
of Kharag and to 16 fathoms. In
Khiirgu; also on tho jurisdiction of
tho west sido of tho Khan of Hay at
Klmvag to a con­ Davud.
siderable distance.
3 Khor-al-Qusair j*'**JI On tho const, a few Depth of water is 8
miles north from to 7 fathoms ; only
tho mouth of the a few shells aro
Hud-hilleh river. obtained hero.
Under the Khan
of Hay5t D&vud.

4 Ras Aswad 1 A littlo to tho east of Depth of water is 1
’Ayanat, at an ave­ to 9 fathoms. • In
rage distanco of | tho jurisdiction of
m no off shore. This tho Khun of
bank is said to ox- Dashti.
tend 1 milo in
length and \ a milo
in breadth.
5 Ras-al-Bagh £UJI ^1; 2 or 3 railos west of Depth of water is 2
Taliiri, nt an average to 6 fathoms. Ju­
distanco of 1 milo risdiction belongs
from shore. to tho Khan of
Dashti, but it Las
been delegated by
him to the Khan
. of Jam who lives
in the interior.
Near Tahiti, at a Do.
6 RasMajnun distanco of about
a milo off shoro ;
length about 3
miles.
7 Ras-ash-Shajar i.o-b Near tho coast nt Do.
lUs-ash-Shajar,