802 Tour through parts of Baloochisthan, in [No. 154. 



Dashter. * The rupees were \\ unedMts (90 grains) inweight, 



and even of the currency of Shah Abbas. 



The port of Gwadar is bounded on the East by port Shamal ; on 

 Gwadar. the West by the Peesheekan hill ; on the North by Nigwar, 

 and on the South by a hill and the sea. This hill is a promontory or 

 " sunt ;" a bay is called " khar" and the even coast, " teab." 



Gwadar has two bays East and West. Vessels from the last anchor 

 in the West bay, and vice versa. 



Nigwar is a small village, the cultivation of which depends on the 

 rain. There are some date trees and a well. 



The port of Gwadar belongs to the Imaum of Muscat, on whose part 

 chief. i s a resident governor, by name Walee Mahommed, an Arab. 

 The proceeds amount to 3,500 Franca rials, each rial value in Bombay 

 2 rupees and 2 annas. 



The people of Gwadar are at present much discontented with the 

 government, on account of Walee Mahommed charging both the Gwadar 

 and Muscat duties on vessels going direct to Basra, carrying carpets, 

 grain bags, mats, packages, felts, mat bags, coarse woollens called 

 shawls, and goats' hair ; because the governor says, (these ?) formerly 

 went to Muscat. The two ports of Gwadar and Chabar formerly be- 

 longed half to the Grohkees and half to the Brahoees. The Brahoees' 

 half was given in grant by Meer Nusseer Khan to the present Imaum's 

 Imaum of Muscat, father, Saiyed Sultan, who took refuge at Kalat, 

 during some convulsion of his own state. As the Brahoee state got 

 weak and the Muscat one strong, the two former ports of Jeewaree and 

 Pasanee were superseded by the new ones of Gwadar, Chabar, and 

 the Gikkee; half of the latter port has also been confiscated by the 

 Revenue. Imaum. The proceeds of last year were 4, 100 rials, which 

 exceeded the amount of the former by 1,400 rials. This increase 

 arose from the increase in the quantity of wool exported to Bombay. 

 The inhabitants of Gwadar are Mahdeezois and Migwarees. 



The fort of Gwadar is 370 paces in circumference, and the height of 



Fort, the walls 5 and 6 yards ; within the fort is a tower of masonry 



in height 30 guz and in circumference 40 paces, in which are a few 



small ship guns. Gwadar is subject to the foray of the people of 



* Unintelligible in MS. —Eds. 



