BUNDER, or BENDER ABBAS, or GOMBEROON, the ancient Harmozia, a fortress of Persia, in the province of Fars, situated in a barren country, in a bay of the Gulf of Ormuz. It is subject to the imaum of Maskat, and is fortified with double walls. It was at one time the first seaport of Persia, and is still a place of considerable trade. The customs amount to 20,000 rupees, above L.2000 a year, for which, and the tribute of Minab, the imaum accounts to the king of Persia. It is eighteen miles south-east of Bushire. Long. 56. 12. E. Lat. 27. 18. N.