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CHAP. IX.]
AND PASITIGRIS.
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Now, from this account, the city of Sus must have been
at some distance from the river, since, after the interview,
Alexander is said to have entered the city ; l and considerable
space would be required for the ceremonial of meeting the
conqueror, accompanied by the necessary troops, besides the
elephants, dromedaries, &c. 2
Presuming that Alexander, after setting out from Sus, and the Pasi-
made a detour, in order that he might have but one river to ^ the
cross, four short marches might be required to bring the
army, with its supplies, across the Karun; and then both the
distance between the Kerkhah and Karun, and the descrip
tion of the course of the latter, will afford ground to believe
that this is the same as the Pasitigris of Quintus Curtius 3
and Arrian, as well as the Eulseus of Pliny 4 and Ptolemy. 5
Difficulties, however, remain regarding the other rivers of The Copratas^
Susiana, especially the affluents of the Karun. But as the
trunk of this river, the presumed Eulseus, is formed by two
great arms, the western branch would seem to represent the
Copratas, which comes after the Choaspes, as well as the
Pasitigris ; 6 and the eastern, the Hedypnus, which falls into
the Eulseus coming past the Asylum of the Persians. 7 And,
as the Jerahi is a separate stream, it may in this case be the
Adunam, 8 and the Koru-Khan-Kendi of Timur's march to
the eastward.
L uristan extends westward for about 270 miles, from
the borders of Fars 9 to those of Kirman-shah, 10 with an
ordinary width of about 70 miles; and a superficies of
nearly 19,500 square miles. Being along the Bakhtiyari
range, it is chiefly mountainous, 11 although there are some
plains toward the opposite side, which are well watered
by the numerous affluents of the Karun, the Dizful,
and the Kerkhah rivers. It has a population of about
I Quintus Curtius, &c., lib. V., c. ii.
8 MS. of the Right Honourable Sir R. Gordon, G.C.B.
8 Rex quartis castris pervenit ad fluvium Pasitigrim, incolse vocant, &c.—
lib. V., c. ii. 4 c -
5 Lib. III., c. iii.; and lib. VI., c. xxvii. 6 Strabo, lib. XV., p. 729.
7 Pliny, lib. VI., c. xxvii. 8 Ibld -
9 In 31° 5' N. latitude. 10 In about 340 5 *
II Called Ldristdn instead of Luristan, see p. 13.