noticed, Carmania Felix contained the towns of Bersir,
Bermasir, Chabes, Bern, Chabis, Izirefft, Sirgian, Tesirco,
and Sereat.1
The southern portion of Kirman, viz., Laristan and
Moghostan, formed the chief part of the Homyaritic kingdom
of Hormuz, through which ran an important commercial
line from the capital, Harmozonte. These districts, together
with the different islands, formed part of the territory of
Mithropastes at the time of the visit of Nearchus, who
learned from this monarch that the tomb on the island of
Tyrina (Kishm) Was that of Erythras,2 whose name was
given to the adjoining part of the sea.3
1 Ptolemy, book VI., chap. viii.
Son of Ariarius, satrap of Phrygia, who was banished to this place by
Darius.—Strabo, lib. XVI., p. 766.
’ Artemidorus, however, thought the name was derived from the reflection
of mountains glowing with the heat of a vertical sun (Strabo, lib. XVI.,
p. 779), which certainly cause a deep tint on the waters in this part of the
world.
