"الجغرافيا الشرقية لابن حوقل، رحّالة عربي من القرن العاشر" [‎٧‎٥] (٣٨٨/١٢٨)

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when one has gone six farsang, all the water is drained off, for
various purposes of husbandry and agriculture; and for two far
sang the bed of the river is altogether dry. In the land of Khu-
zistan there is not any place more populous or cultivated than
Musherkan.
The streams of Khuzistan, from Ahwaz, and Dourek, and
Shushter, and all that rise in this quarter, are collected together
at Hysn Mohdi, and there, forming one great river, fall into the
sea. There is not any of the sea in Khuzistan, except a little of
the Persian Sea, from Mahi
rooyan, to near Solymanan, opposite Aha-
dan: nor is there in all Khuzistan, any mountain, nor sand,
except at Shushter, and Jondi Shapour, and
Aidej, as far as the borders of Sfahan : all the rest
is soft clay and level ground: And in any of the cities of
Khuzistan I know not that they drink well-water: and the land
of this province is more dry, in proportion as it is distant from
the river Dejleh: that part nearer the Dejleh is like the soil of
Basrah, and that region.
Throughout Khuzistan there is not either ice or snow; nor is
there any part of it which does not afford dates. It is a very
unhealthy country. All kinds of fruit are to be found in Khu
zistan, except walnuts ), and the fruit of trees peculiar to
a cold climate.
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