_ 356 _ because they are obliged to pay dues to Ormuz, as it is nearby, amounting to 1,500 xerafina. In this way, the whole of Arabia yields 28,200 xerafins. This does not include the revenue from the borough of El Katiff, or of the nearby island of Bahrain inside the Strait, because at this time they were in revolt against the King of Ormuz. This revenue was uncertain, but very large, as we shall see later in our description of the Strait. In the land of Persia there is the Guazilado of Minab, where a market is held lusting throughout the date harvest in Moghistan, which runs from May to August, and this yields 2,500 xerafins. There is another Guazilado in the borough of Monajan which yields 3,500 xerafins. And the Guazilado of the borough of Basturdeh, which is situated at the foot of the mountain range on the frontier of the kingdom yields 1,000 xerafins. The villages of Rudoreh, Barakch, Bieben, Darduzeh, Dajaizah and Keringon, which is in Moghistan 4,500 xerefins, and taxes on camels sold there 1,500. Apart from all these there are the ports of Kuzteh, which yield 300, Chakos 750, Braini 1,000, Dukat 800, Agon 1,500. These last two ports receive camel trains from Persia. In this way the territories in Persia yield 17,700 xerafins, which togeth-
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