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COURSE OF THE JERAHI.
[CHAP. IX.
south 65° west for lOf miles, by the Hafar canal, to the
Shatt el Arab, through the rising commercial town of Mo-
hammerah; but at 7f miles distance, and before it reaches
the town just mentioned, the derivation called the Bah-a-
Mish Bah ' a ' Mishir takes place. This is a large navigable branch, run
ning 31 miles from the Karun, in the general direction of
south 25° east to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , but making a gentle curve
a little eastward of this line; which is, in fact, nearly parallel
to that of the Shatt el Arab, as will be seen by the Maps.
S'the JeSh! 1 r ^ e next r ^ ver to t ^ ie eastward is the Jerahi, which waters
an extensive valley, abounding, at its upper extremity, with
fine oak and walnut trees, rhododendron, and wild vines,
besides pear, apple, and other fruit trees. The chief branch,
known as the Rudkhouch Kerdistan, springs from the Koh
Margoun, one of the Bakhtiyari range, at a spot about 14
fursucks to the north-east of Beibahoun. Its course is nearly 1
south-west, and it passes the ruins of Kerdistan, where it
already has a breadth of about 350 feet. From thence, near
the ruins of Rhajoun, it flows through the pass of Tenk-y-.
tucaub, into the plain of Beibahoun, about seven miles north
west of the place which bears that name. This is a city of
about 10,000 inhabitants, containing a bazaar, two khans,
and well-built houses, with numerous orchards and gardens. 2
From hence, with a deep and rapid course, 3 the river takes
the direction of north 50° west, as far as Khaliph-abad, to the
be h iow erahl soutl1 of Hormuz » where it receives a tributary coming from
Beibahoun. that place. 4 This tributary 5 is formed by two principal branches,
the more eastern of which rises in the great chain, a little
way to the north-east of the fort of Mungasht; and at a few
miles north-east of the agreeable little town of Roumiss (Ram
Hormuz), situated amidst gardens and orange groves, 6 it is
joined by the western branch called the Abi-Zard, 7 a consider-
Stocquelar's Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through the Untrodden Tracts
of KMzistdn and Persia, in 1831 and 1832.
8 Ibid.
^ MS. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir R. Gordon, G.C.B., in 1812.
Ibld - 5 The Abi-Allah. « ibid
7 Major Rawlinson, Vol. IX. Part I., p. 79, of the Roval Geographical