"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎٥‎٩] (٥٤٢/٢٦٨)

ROUTES 10 b, c
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Ahwaz. See lionte 8 a, m, 105^-4SJ (reversed), for route
to Umm Chir.
Umm Chir. See Boute 8 a, m. 43^-.
Ascend dry course of Shatt el-'Ama. The bed is difficult to
follow as it winds among a mass of tussocks, some 18 in.
high, formed by dead reed-clumps.
Dnweirij Eiver. Early in March this river was found,
when first reached, to be a fast-flowing stream, 50-
60 yds. broad and 5 ft. deep at the ford. It flowed at
a level far below the desert beneath precipitous mud
cliffs. Heavy rain lasting for a day and a night brought
the water to the level of the surrounding plain. This
flood very appreciably altered the course of the river.
According to recent information (1916) the Duweirij, after
leaving the foot-hills, turns somewhat N. of W., and
flows into the Khor Malih, the eastern border of which
is about 17 m. W. of the point where the river leaves
the hills. This Ichor, which is largely open water, con
nects with the Khor Sanaf, which lies N. of, and
adjoining, the Musharreh Canal.
Camp a few m. from Shahriz ruin-mounds about 27 m.
short of the Tyb Eiver.
Ford the Tyb Eiver where it pierces by a deep gorge through
the lowest foot-hills of the mountains. These foot-hills
are of red clay much broken by the action of the water.
Beyond the river where it was forded there is good
camping-ground on broad, terraced slopes, with grass in
spring: but the water of the Tyb is not good for
drinking purposes, being described as ' an exceedingly
potent solution of Epsom salts
Next camp at Qara (Qal'ah ?) Tepeh, a huge, solitary
mound in flat desert. At its foot are half a dozen
shallow wells, with bad, dirty water, full of tadpoles.
Chift Darr camp, in desert a little nearer the hills than at
Qara Tepeh. In March there was here a small stream
of good, clear water between high cliffs. This probably
dried a few weeks later in the year.
Camp at ruins of Bagh-i -Shahl on Shanguleh Eiver. Euins
of mud-built aqueducts and water-mills. The town and
itspalm-groves were destroyed byLurs of thePusht-i-Kuh.
Darreli Malih. camp, below a cliff which runs out from the
mountains into the desert N. of Bagh-i-Shahl. It is
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