"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎٢‎٦] (٥٤٢/٢٣٥)

226 LAND KOUTES
Miles from
Basra
136
136i
137
141
147
from the Shur Eiver and from irrigation cuts. The Beni
Lam were, before the war, encamped in the neighbour
hood throughout the year, and they had then large flocks
of sheep, some buffaloes, and other cattle. In the
summer months they grew some millet and rice. There
is tamarisk and thorn jungle in the bed of the river.
For routes to Zorbatiyeh and Shush tar see 10 a,
under m. 125|, and for other routes to Dizful see
8 b, m. 19-0.
From Shush the track runs in a general NNE. direction
across a plain, which is in places marshy, intersected by
muddy ditches.
Pass a chain of sand-hills following the r. bank of a stream,
probably an old irrigation channel, and crossing the
watershed between the Diz and the Karkeh rivers.
Cross the stream, which after rain has been found ft.
deep and 20 yds. wide. Direction NE.
In April 1912 there was here a large camp of about 200
tents, regularly laid out in streets, said to be of Pusht-i-
Kuh Lurs.
Cross the Bala Bud, a small tributary of the Diz, by a ford
with a gravel bottom, 3 ft. 6 in. deep, 30 yds. wide after
recent rain. Pass cultivation on r. bank of the Diz.
Dizful is entered over a bridge, which, in 1912, was in
a somewhat precarious condition, one of the centre arches
appearing likely to give way in any exceptionally heavy
flood. Local resources would not be adequate for repair
of bridge.
KOUTE 8 a
AMAEA—AHWAZ (105^ m.)
Authorities :—Force ' D' Maps (1915); Rou (1914),
nos. 65 b , 65 c ; and other information.
The distances on this route, especially between m. 18| and m. 56^,
are very uncertain. The route follows the northern (1.) bank of the
Musharreh Canal as far as the neighbourhood of Khir "Ubeid. To
the north of the route lies a large lihor (Khor Sanaf), which from