See also:KISH, or KAIS (the first See also:form is See also:Persian and the second Arabic)
, an See also:island in the See also:Persian Gulf
.
It is mentioned in the 12th See also:century as being the See also:residence of an Arab pirate from See also:Oman, who exacted a See also:tribute from the See also:pearl See also:fisheries of the gulf and had the See also:title of " See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King of the See also:Sea.," and it See also:rose to importance in the
13th century with the fall of Siraf as a transit station of -the See also:trade between See also:India and the See also:West
.
In the 14th century it was supplanted by See also:Hormuz and lapsed into its former insignificance
.
The island is nearly ro m. See also:long and 5 M. broad, and contains a number of small villages, the largest, Mashi, with about roo houses, being situated on its See also:north-eastern corner in 26° 34' N. and 54° 2' E
.
The highest See also:part of the island has an See also:elevation of 120 ft
.
The inhabitants are See also:Arabs, and nearly all pearl fishers, possessing many boats, which they take to the pearl See also:banks on the Arabian See also:coast
.
The See also:water See also:supply is scanty and there is little vegetation, but sufficient for sustaining some flocks of See also:sheep and goats and some See also:cattle
.
Near the centre of the north coast are the ruins of the old See also:city, now known as Harira, with remains of a See also:mosque, with octagonal columns, rnasonry, water-cisterns (two 150 ft. long, 40 ft. broad, 24 ft. deep) and a See also:fine underground See also:canal, or See also:aqueduct, See also:half a mile long and cut in the solid See also:rock 20 ft. below the See also:surface
.
Fragments of glazed tiles and See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown and See also:blue pottery, of thin 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 and blue See also:Chinese See also:porcelain, of See also:green celadon (some with white See also:scroll-See also:work or figures in See also:relief), See also:glass beads, bangles, &c., are abundant
.
See also:Kish is the Kataia of See also:Arrian; Chisi and Quis of Marco See also:Polo; Quixi, Queis, Caez, Cais, &c., of Portuguese writers; and Khenn, or Kenn, of See also:English
.
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