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CHOBAR

Volume 6 · 80 words · 1842 Edition

Chubar, a sea-port of Mekran, in Persia. It is situated on the east side of an extensive bay, and consists of three hundred mat huts and a mud fort. Good water is procured from wells, although the country is arid and barren. At a month's notice, however, a supply of dates and grain might be procured. Sheep and camels may also be procured. The port is now in possession of the imam of Muscat. Long. 60.3. E. Lat. 25.20. N.