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source of the kur.
[chap. i.
from the mountains north of Tabriz. Having run about 35
miles through the plain of Moghan, where it receives the
Bergushet stream on the left, the Araxes, at some distance
from their common estuary, is joined by the Kur, whose
length, to the place of junction, is greater than that of the
former river.
T he K ur, or C yrus.
ffthemver 186 T ^ e Kur ancient Cyrus, 1 or Kyrus) springs from the
Kur. side of the Saghanlou mountain, in the pachalic of Akhaltskhai,
at a spot only a few miles northward of the sources of the
Araxes. The course which it first takes is a little east of
north; in this direction it flows through the province, and
almost to the capital, being augmented by numerous tribu
taries which enter it on both sides.
Near the town of Akhaltskhai the river takes, for about 70
miles, a north-easterly direction, when it runs E.S.E. an
additional distance of 50 miles, to Mitzkheta, where it is
joined by a large tributary coming in a S.S. easterly direc
tion from the Caucasus. Ten miles below the junction the
main trunk passes through the city of Tiflis, where its ordi
nary width is 93 yards, which, in the season of floods, is
augmented to 233 yards; and, at the latter period, it has a
depth of 27 feet. Here the river bears the name of Mtwari,
and it abounds with salmon and other fish ; but it requires to
be filtered previously to being drunk. 2 Below Tiflis its course
is S.E. for a distance of 115 miles through the province of
that name; in which it is increased by the rivers Martkoby,
Its tributaries. Dygom, and Vera. Lastly, on arriving at the borders of
Karabagh, it is joined by a great stream formed by the
Alazani and Yori rivers, whose courses, from the slopes of the
Caucasus, are nearly S.E., or almost parallel to the Araxes
as far as their point of junction, which takes place within
two miles of the latter. The Kur now pursues a south
easterly course for about 120 miles between Erivan and
Shirvan ; from the last of which it receives numerous streams,
Pliny, lib. VI., c. 9. 8 Aperqu, &c., p. 353, &c.
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