"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد I. ١٩١٨" [‎٢‎٧‎٢] (٥٦٨/٢٨١)

272 COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT
Ramuz—Bandar Ma'shur.
Janjireh—Bandar Dilam via Bandar Ma'shur and Hindlyan (the
Hindlyan would need bridging).
(6) The following tracks are passable for pack-animals :
Amlnlyeh (Ahwaz)—Amara.
Dizful—Amara via Shush (from Shush onwards practicable for
wheels in the dry season).
Ahwaz—Maidan-i-Naftun via Abgungi.
Shushtar—Maidan-i-Naftun.
Shushtar—Ramuz.
Behbehan—Hindlyan.
Behbehan—Bandar Dilam.
For the routes crossing the mountains from Arabistan or Irak to
Isfahan, Khurramabad, and Kirmanshah see pp. 258-9, 257. Of the
cross-routes in the highlands may be mentioned the mule-tracks from
Khurramabad to Deh Bala, from Deh Luran to Deh Bala, and from
Deh Bala to Qasr-i-Shlrln and Ser-i-Pul. There is a way reported
to be passable for all arms along the lower valleys of the Pusht-i-Kuh
from Dizful to Deh Luran and Zorbatiyeh on the Kut el-Amara—
Kirmanshah route.
(c) Bridges, Ferries, and Fords.
The Karun is bridged at the following points:
Band-i-Qlr (boat-bridge over the Ab-i-Gargar branch of the river,
passable by field-artillery).
Shushtar (Pul-i-Lashkar, stone bridge, on south side of town to
Miyanab Island ; Pul-i-Bulaiti, a dam across the Ab-i-Gargar east of
the town ; the Pul-i-Dizful, north of Shushtar over the Ab-i-Shatait,
is broken down).
Pul-i-Shalu or Gudar-i-Bulatak on Lynch Road (iron suspension
bridge, 20 miles from Malamir and 130 miles from Ahwaz).
Du Pulan (brick bridge on Lynch Road, 183 miles from Ahwaz).
Above Du Pulan the upper Karun is bridged 3 miles above Duvizdeh
Imam (stone and mortar), at Kaj (stone and mortar), at Rustami
(wooden; ruins of stone bridge), and at Pul-i-'Ali Kuh (6 miles
above Rustami; wooden).
The Diz is bridged at Dizful by a stone and brick structure.
The Bazuft is bridged at Pul-i-Amarati on the Ahwaz—Dizful road
at about 166 miles from Ahwaz (steel wire suspension).
The Karun is unfordable in Arabistan, and also apparently in the
Bakhtiyari mountains up to its junction with the Ab-i-Behistabad.