Kishm

Kishm, or TAWILAH (the ancient Oaracta), a parched and barren island of Persia, situated at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. It is 55 miles long, and has an area of 515 sq. m. Salt and sulphur, and the food-products of a few oases, are all that the island yields. Pop. 5000. The island was visited by a severe earthquake in 1884, twelve villages being destroyed and some two hundred lives lost.