"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، المجلد I. گرمسیر بختياري" [ظ‎‎٨] (١٦٨/٢١)

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Gulf from Shushtar, Ramuz, and Behbelian, broken only by the
low hiHs which run from Ahwaz east-south-east below Ramuz.
On the west, the Karan, split up at Shush tar into its two dis
tributaries, the Ab-i-Shatait and Ab-i-Gargar, which combine again
at Band-i-Qlr with each other, and with waters of the Ab-i-Diz, winds
to Muhammareh, receiving no more tributaries byi Touts. Its course
is broken by rapids at Ahwaz. The Ab-i-Gargar is likewise render
ed impassable for vessels 5 miles south of Shushtar at Mahlbazan
by a rocky ridge across the stream.
The Kurdistan river, which rises in the hills north and east of
Behbehan, flows thence north-west towards Ramuz, where it
receives the waters of the Rud-i-Zard, and turning southwards,
through the low hills bounding the Ramuz plain to the south, winds
Fa 11a hi eh, where it loses itself in the canals and
mud flats which extend along the whole maritime border of
'Arabistan.
Both these rivers are, in varying degrees, navigable. Two steam-
ers ply between Muhammareh and Nasirl, though they are occasion-
ari£ prevented by shoals from reaching the wharf, and are obliged
to anchor a few hundred yards down stream.
From above the rapids at Ahwaz,* another steamboat, the
bhushan, the property of the Persian Government, but worked by the
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company (Messrs. Lynch
Bros Agents) plies to Shalili, 7 miles south of Shushtar on the
Ab-i-Gargar, further progress being prevented by the rocks which
dam the river at Mahibazan. A Persian-owned boat, the M’awin
also runs. (See App. III.)
Small native craft ascend the Jarrahi to Khalfabad, within 30
miles of Ramuz.
Muhammareh,. the principal seaport of ’Arabistan, lies on the
Seaports. west bank of the Karan, at its junction with
, the Shatt-al-’Arab. Steamships up to 22 feet
draft call regularly en route to Basrah, taking cargo to and from India
*nd Europe. A weekly mail service by the British India Steam
Navigation Company places Muhammareh within 5 days of Karachi
and 7 days of Bombay.
(H) Geological, f
The submontane tract known as the Bakhtiari Garmsir resem
bles m its mam features the rest of the hilly country which borders
+ I® 6 details of the Tramway connecting NadrI and Ahwaz. ~
8 y ° f XXX ' IVt Part 1V * “ Oology of Persian