"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎١‎٧] (٥٤٢/٢٢٦)

ROUTES 6 b,
217
Miles from
Moliam-
mareli
29
34
45
49
54 -i
60
66
in 1. w. landing can be effected near Salmaneh Island, 4 m.
higher up the Karun.
c Ali ibn el-Husein (Umm el-Quwein ?). Three palm-trees, a
usual halting-place. Hereabouts begins a stretch of 5 m.
of deep oily sand with soft surface.
From here two routes can be followed—one along the river
bank to Ahwaz, and the other, which accompanies the
pipe-line as below in a direct NNE. direction across the
desert, striking the river again at Kut 'Abdallah.
Seyyid 'Abbas. Cross to E. of pipe-line.
'Arab 'Abbas wells.
Sawiweh, well. Cross to W. of pipe-line, and recross 2 m.
farther on.
Kut 'Abdallah.
Aliwaz-Naziri.
reached first.)
(Nazin, the more southerly village, is
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EOUTE 6c
AHWAZ—DIZFUL (181 m.)
Authorities:—Routes in Persia, vol. iii, 1910, no. 70; Corrections to vol. Hi, 1914 ? no. 70.
This route follows the E. bank of the Karun to Band-i-Qir. This
part of the road is fit for wheeled traffic in dry weather.
From Band-i-Qir to Shush tar the route as described below traverses
Miyanab Island between the two branches of the KarCln, the
Ab-i-Shatait and Ab-i-Gargar. Wheeled traffic might get within
12 miles of Shushtar by this way, and a carriage-road might be
easily constructed the whole way. Another route, also described
below, follows the course of the Ab-i-Diz to Dizful. The most recent
maps mark a route passable for wheels leading to Shushtar E. of the
Karun: no details are available: see Introduction to this volume,
p. 16.
From Shushtar to Dizful there were before the war tracks fit for
pack animals: it was believed that a cart-road could be made without
difficulty. The chief obstacle before the war was the crossing of the
Ab-i-Shatait at Shushtar.
In December and January there is often a hoar-frost in the morning.
The climate may be found trying on account of great differences
of temperature between day and night. The worst months for
heat are June, July, and August. The spring climate is pleasant,
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