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	KISHM (ISL.) - LoveToKnow Article on KISHM (ISL.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The total population is generally estimated at about 15,000 to 20,000, but the German Admiralty's Segelhandbuch fur den Persischen Golf for 1907 has 40,000.
		Kishm is the ancient Oaracta, or Uorochta, a name said to have survived until recently in a village called Brokt, or Brokht.
		It was also called the island of the Beni Kavan, from an Arab tribe of that name which came from Oman.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KI/KISHM_ISL_.htm (918 words)

	William Baffin: Definition and links.
		Baffin next took service with the British East India Company, and in 1617-1619 performed a voyage to Surat in British India, and on his return received the special recognition of the Company for certain valuable surveys of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf which he had made in the course of the voyage.
		Early in 1620 he again sailed to the East, and in the Anglo-Persian attack on Kishm[?] in the Persian Gulf, preparatory to the reduction of Ormuz[?], he received his death-wound and died, January 23, 1622.
		Besides the importance of his geographical discoveries, Baffin is to be remembered for the importance and accuracy of his numerous scientific and magnetic observations, for one of which (the determination of longitude at sea by lunar observation) the honour is claimed of being the first of its kind on record.
	www.encyclopedian.com /wi/William-Baffin.html (403 words)

	Cyber Museum of Neurosurgery
		It is a spot of tremendous interest to North Americans because on the eastern end of the island stands the grave of one of the earliest and most famous explorers of the Northwest Passage, William Baffin, who met his death in the Persian Gulf in the year 1622.
		By 1616 trade was established with Persia along the Makran coast as far west as Jask, and in 1820 the English fleet fought the "Battle of Jask" which drove the Portuguese well within the Gulf.
		In 1622 the combined forces of the English fleet and the Persian army gathered on the Island or Kishm in order to attack the stronghold at Hormuz a few miles distant, which was the most powerful in the Orient at that time.
	www.neurosurgery.org /Cybermuseum/seaplane/102434.html (843 words)

	Badakhshan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Then, however, the Darwaz extension northwards was exchanged for the Russian Pamir extension westwards, and the river throughout became the boundary between Russian and Afghan territory; the political boundaries of those provinces and those of Wakhan were no longer coincident with their geographical limits.
		The following were the chief provincial subdivisions of Badakhshan, omitting Roushan and Shougnan: on the west Rustak, Kataghan, Ghori, Narin and Anderab; on the north Darwaz, Ragh and Shiwa; on the east Charan, Ishkashim, Zebak and Wakhan; and in the centre Faizabad, Farkhar, Minjan and Kishm.
		There were others, but nothing certain is known about these minor subdivisions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badakhshan (1036 words)

	Nancy Hatch Dupree. An Historical Guide To Afghanistan. Takhar and Badakhshan
		Road builders are hard at work, however, constructing a new route directly from Kishm to Faizabad across the highlands.
		Several other towns, such as Baharak and Kishm in addition to those now mere mounds on the landscape, have claimed the status of capital for short periods as individual fortunes shone with the success of charismatic leaders.
		The history of Badakhshan is, however, one of extreme complexity stemming from the ruggedness of the terrain and the independent nature of its inhabitants who tolerated outsiders only momentarily and even then kept them in frustrated isolation in the lower valleys.
	www.zharov.com /dupree/chapter28.html (4210 words)

	e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
		KABUL - A football coach from Kishm district, in northeastern Badakshan province was shot dead by Badakshan-Takhar highway police after a squabble, officials said Wednesday.
		Mohammad Nazir, was killed in Kishm district at a police check point, when his team was on their way to a football tournament in northern Takhar.
		Colonel Makhdum Fazel Ahmad, the security commander of Kishm district told Pajhwok Afghan News that the football team had a quarrel with police during a routine inspection, following which a policeman opened fire on them.
	www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/aa8e81dc17f7b0eb87256c030066e73b/fa9ea211756c5dbe872570050038ba8b?OpenDocument (189 words)

	Reintegration Agriculture
		Sheep distribution on credit basis for Kishm, sheep distribution on credit basis for Sheghnan and women development enterprises for Sheghnan.
		Delivery of 1000 pregnant 2-3 years of age ewes for 100 deserving families (10 head per family) for villages of Kishm on credit basis.
		Reimbursement of 12 lambs by each benefited family of Kishm district to the project, which are to be redistributed.
	www.reliefweb.int /library/appeals/afg99/regurees_return/re_agriculture/re_agriculture_prb.htm (689 words)

	Badakhshan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Then, however, the Darwaz extension northwards wasexchanged for the Russian Pamir extension westwards, and the riverthroughout became the boundary between Russian and Afghan territory; the political boundaries of those provinces and those ofWakhan were no longer coincident with their geographical limits.
		The following were the chief provincial subdivisions of Badakhshan, omitting Roushan and Shougnan: on the west Rustak,Kataghan, Ghori, Narin and Anderab; on the north Darwaz, Ragh and Shiwa; on the east Charan, Ishkashim, Zebak and Wakhan; and inthe centre Faizabad, Farkhar, Minjan and Kishm.
		There were others, but nothing certain is known about these minorsubdivisions.
	www.therfcc.org /badakhshan-154071.html (914 words)

	Analysis : Taliban Regime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Ahmad Shah Masood is now battling to stem a Taleban offensive that threatens to drive him into his mountain stronghold of the Panjsher Valley and cut his last link to neighbouring Tajikistan, severing his overland supply conduit.
		Fighting near the border is likely to be followed by an attack on the town of Kishm as part of a drive to take Badakhshan province, which has the last foreign border under Masood's control.
		The loyalty of the population cannot be assumed and Masood's forces have been strengthening defences while engaging the Taleban further north in what some see as an attempt to divert pressure.
	www.parts-unknown.org /greybeard95a/www.afghan-info.com/Research_Articles/Analysis_Taliban.htm (824 words)

	Baffin, William (c. 1584—1622) - MavicaNET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Hall was a Yorkshireman, as was Andrew Barker, master of the Patience's consort.
		Navigator, supposed to have been born in London about 1584 ; died in Kishm, Persia, 23 January 1622.
		He is first mentioned in 1612 as pilot of the "Patience," one of the vessels that accompanied James Hall in his voyage of discovery to Greenland.
	www.mavicanet.com /directory/eng/35335.html (494 words)

	THE IRANIAN: Travel, Nantucket and Persian Gulf Islands, Guive Mirfendereski
		This island got its name from the kind of kishmish, raisin, that was found on the island, displacing such other appellations as the "Long Island" of the earlier era.
		Another interesting point about Kishm is the origin of the name of a locality on its western extremity that most sources call Basidu.
		Originally it was called Bandar-e Sangu, probably on the account of the rocks found in and around it; the English then turned the name into Bassadore, and it eventually became Basidu.
	www.iranian.com /GuiveMirfendereski/2001/September/Islands (3964 words)

	Tajikistan Local Press Digest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A total number of people, who have been forces to leave their homes because of hostilities in Takhor and Kundus, has reached 200,000.
		Now, the refugees have found temporary shelter mainly in Badakhshan, the Kishm vulusvoli (lowest administrative division) and the Farkhor Gorge.
		According to assessments of international organizations because of cold and foods, medicines and housing shortages hundreds, if not thousands of people may die there.
	www.eurasianet.org /eurasianet/resource/tajikistan/press_digest/digest9.22.shtml (1716 words)

	Nancy Hatch Dupree. An Historical Guide To Afghanistan. Sites in Perspective
		Even when his father died a year later, Abdur Rahman continued to serve the new Amir, his uncle, Mohammad Azam, until defeat at the hands of Amir Sher Ali forced him into exile in Russia in 1868.
		Sensing a propitious moment to bid for the throne, Abdur Rahman crossed over the border into Badakhshan, gathering forces as he moved south from Kishm to Charikar where, on July 20th, 1880, a tribal council proclaimed him Amir of Kabul.
		On August 11th, the British formally handed over to him the Kingdom of Kabul and withdrew to India.
	www.zharov.com /dupree/chapter03.html (17179 words)

	IWPR's Afghan Press Monitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Badakhshan residents want to be rid of governor and police chief
		(Hewad)Tribal elders from Kishm district in the northern province of Badakhshan, in a meeting in Kabul on May 15, asked Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali to dismiss their local government and police chiefs.
		The representatives said that the two officials had failed to ensure security and regularly tortured and abused ordinary people.
	www.iwpr.net /archive/apm/apm_071.html (1640 words)

	FULL CONTENTS OF Iran in the Persian Gulf 1820-1965, Archive Editions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		E Grant Duff to Foreign Secretary, 17 February 1906; further Foreign Office correspondence and reports regarding the establishment of telegraph office at Henjam beginning Mr.
		E Grant Duff, Tehran to Sir E Grey, 27 February 1906 ending Shaikh Ahmed bin Abeid to Shaikh Hassan of Kishm, 22 December 1905
		Fears of violent response by local tribes to the telegraph extension; and the issue of smuggling of arms, 1906: India Office correspondence and reports beginning Mr.
	www.archiveeditions.co.uk /Leafcopy/810FullConts.html (6373 words)

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