See also:

• BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE

BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian Gulf, in 28° 59' N., 50° 49' E . The name is pronounced Boosheer, and not Bew-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, or Bus-hire; See also:

• MODERN

modern Persians write it Bushehr and, yet more incorrectly, Abushehr, and translate it as " See also:

• FATHER

father of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city," but it is most probably a contraction of Bokht-See also:

• ARDASHIR

ardashir, the name given to the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by the first See also:

• SASSANIAN

Sassanian monarch in the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . In a similar way Riv-ardashir, a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• BUSHIRE, or BANDER BUSHIRE

Bushire, has become Rishire (Reesheer) . In the first See also:

• HALF

half of the 18th century, when Bushire was an unimportant fishing See also:

• VILLAGE

village, it was selected by See also:

• NADIR (Arabic nadir, " opposite to," used elliptically for nadir-es-semt, "opposite to the zenith ")

Nadir Shah as the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PORT

port of Persia and dockyard of the See also:

• NAVY

navy which he aspired to create in the Persian Gulf, and the See also:

• BRITISH

British commercial factory of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, established at Gombrun, the modern Bander Abbasi, was transferred to it in 1759 . At the beginning of the 19th century it had a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of 6000 to 8000, and it is now the most important port in the Persian Gulf, with a population of about 25,000 . It used to be under the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• FARS (the name Farsistan is not used)

Fars, but is (since about 1892) the seat of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Persian Gulf ports, who is responsible to the central government, and has under his See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal ports of the Gulf and their dependencies . The town, which is of a triangular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, occupies the northern extremity of a See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula 11 m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and 4 broad, and is encircled by the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea on all sides except the south . It is fortified on the See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall with 12 See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round towers . The houses being mostly built of a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• CONGLOMERATE (from the Lat. conglomerare, to form into a ball, glomus, glomeris; so also the general term " conglomeration " for a miscellaneous collection of things, gathered together in a mass)

conglomerate See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone of shells and See also:

• CORAL

coral which forms the peninsula, gives the city when viewed from a distance a clean and handsome See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance, but on closer inspection the streets are found to be very narrow, irregular, See also:

• ILL

ill-paved and filthy . Almost the only decent buildings are the governor's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, the British residency and the houses of some well-to-do merchants . The sea immediately east of the town has a considerable See also:

• DEPTH

depth, but its See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is impeded by See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks and a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of the town, which can be passed only by vessels See also:

• DRAWING

drawing not more than 9 ft. of See also:

• WATER

water, except at See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides, when there is a rise of from 8 to 10 ft . Vessels drawing more than 9 ft. must See also:

• ANCHOR (from the Greek ayrcvpa, which Vossius considers is from 6yi17 , a crook or hook)

anchor in the roads miles away to the west .

The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is very hot in the summer months and unhealthy . The water is very See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad, and that See also:

• FIT

fit for drinking requires to be brought from See also:

• WELLS
• WELLS, CHARLES JEREMIAH (1798?–1879)
• WELLS, DAVID AMES (1828—1898)
• WELLS, HERBERT GEORGE (1866— )
• WELLS, SIR THOMAS SPENCER, 1ST BART

wells distant 11 to 3 M. from the city wall . Bushire carries on a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, particularly with India, See also:

• JAVA

Java and See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia . Its principal imports are See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton and woollen goods, See also:

• YARN

yarn, metals, See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee, See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

tea, spices, cashmere shawls, &c., and its principal exports See also:

• OPIUM (Gr. amov, dim. from Orbs, juice)

opium, See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, carpets, horses, See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, dyes and gums, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, rosewater, &c . The importance of Bushire has much increased since about 1862 . It is now not only the headquarters of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron in the Persian Gulf, and the land See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph, but it also forms the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief station in the Gulf of the British See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

Steam Navigation Company, which runs its vessels weekly between Bombay and See also:

• BASRA (written also BUSRA, BASSORA and BASSORA)

Basra . Consulates of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia and See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey and several European See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile houses are established at Bushire, and See also:

• FEMALE

Female See also:

• BUSHBUCK (Boschbok)

Bushbuck . notwithstanding the drawbacks of bad roads to the interior, insufficient and See also:

• PRECARIOUS

precarious means of transport, and want of See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security, the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual value of the Bushire trade since 1890 averaged about £1,500,000 (one-third being for exports, two-thirds for imports), and over two-thirds of this was British . Of the 278,000 tons of See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping which entered the port in 1905, 244,000 were British . During the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with Persia (1856–57) Bushire surrendered to a British force and remained in British occupation for some months . At Rishire, some miles south of Bushire and near the summer quarters of the British See also:

• RESIDENT

resident and the British telegraph buildings, there are extensive ruins among which bricks with See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions have been found, showing that the place was a very old Elamite See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement . (A .