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The banks here, which stand about 18 feet above the Gargar at low water,
are overflowed in floods. There is a boat-ferry with 3 small boats, and
land routes lead through the Mianab to Shushtar. Bell says the river
here is from 200 to 300 feet wide, and from bank to bank 300 to 600 yards
wide, with the banks 20 feet high.
A bridge at Band-i-Qlr was opened by Shaikh Chasib on the 6fch January
1912. The bridge cost 4,300 tumans and tolls have been fixed at the follow
ing rates :—
’Camels ,. ..♦•>• Kran.
Horses 4 »»
Foot passengers Free.
A charge of 30 krans iot each steamer, and 5 krdns for each boat is also
O
proposed.
The land revenue of the village was farmed for 1,500 krdns in 1904.
Band-i-Qir sends most of its produce to Bandar Nasirx and receives most
of its imports from Shushta. It is surrounded by the ruins of the old
city of Lashkar or ’Askar-i-Mukram.
the name Band-i-Qir is derived from a dyke whose stones were fastened
together by “ qlr, ” t.e., bitumen. This dyke is said to have been made
by Darius. It raises the water of the Gargar, here 50 yards wide and very
deep, for irrigating the country. South of Band-i-Qir as far as Wais,
naptha is found in the neighbourhood ; supplies are plentiful. (Bell
Bayard — Robertson — Schindler — Baring — Wells — Ross—Persian Gulf Gazet
teer, 1908.)
BAND-I-SHAHZADEH or BAND-I-QAISAR— Lat. 32° 6' 30" N.; Long.
48° 52' 30" E. ; Elev.
A dam built across the Karun river in Khuzistan, above Shushtar, by
which the waters of that river are divided into two branches, the other
being known as the Ab-i-Gargar. It is constructed of massive blocks of
hewn stone, firmly and closely united. In the autumn it is perfectly dry,
and may be traversed on foot, six narrow openings being left for the passage
of the water. It was formerly called the Band-i-Qaisar, but, having been
repaired by Prince (Shahzadeh) Muhammad ’All Mirza, it has since retained
the above name.— (Bayard.)
BAND I TlLAKU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A band or weir of the Band Amir river (q. «.) in the Marvdasht plain of
Ears, some 21 miles south-south-east of Khur.— (Hopkins, 1903.)
BAND-I-ZAIDAN— Lat. 30° 22' N.; Long. 50° 24' E.; Elev.
The mountain boundary between the Zaidan district and Behbehan.
(Borimer.)
BAND MUHAMMAD ’ABDULLAH— Lat. 29° 12' N.; Long. 51° 10' E.;
Elev.
A village in the Shabankareh district of Ears, 5 miles south-west of Deh
Kuhneh. ° It contains 20 houses inhabited by a Persian tribe from Khisht
who cultivate the land. Some wool is exported from here, and the villagers
own a few donkeys and 700 sheep.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)