'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎8r] (20/982)

north-east, the Ab-i-Jehanbln from the north, and the Ab-i-Shalamzar
from the south-east are the chief. All three unite before the stream enters
the Tang-i-Darkash Warkash at the south-west extremity of the plateau.
Passing through this ravine it falls 600 feet in 6 miles and emerges just above
the village of Behishtabad. Two miles farther on it runs it into the river
Karun after a course of some 75 miles (vide this Gazetteer— Karun River).
AB-I-BURS—
A nv er rising in the Bakhtiari mountains of Luristan and formed from
the junction of the Khairsan and Ab-i-Garm rivers, south of Falard, which
joins the Ab-i-Lurdigan and falls into the Karun river below Sar-i-Chah.
At its junction it is almost equal in size to the Karun, being a broad, rapid
stream, forcing its way through a succession of precipitous ravines, and
being only fordable in one or two places with much difficulty during the
autumn. It is crossed on the road between Qumisheh and Kaleh-i-Tul in
the valley of Burs. Artillery and heavy baggage must be taken across on
rafts (vide also this Gazetteer—Karun River).— (Layard.)
iB-I-BURtJlRD, vide (AB-I-DIZ).
AB-I-CHANAREH or AB-I-KARlND—
A river of north-west Luristan. It rises near Karind, flows south-east
through the Karind plain past Harunabad, and down a wide, fertile valley
into the Harassan plain. In a course due south from Harassan, it forces
its way through the lofty ridges of tfle Vardalan Kub, by an enormous rift,
some miles long, called the Tang-i-Salim, emerges into the Charduvar valley,
and from there turns south-east. In Charduvar, it receives tributaries
from Zangawar and from the head of tire valley, and lower down joins the
Saimarreh river. At the Tang-i-Salim, its point of passage through the
Vardalan range, the bed is about 50 yards broad. When crossed in August,
there was a good flow of water.— (Rawlinson; Maunsell, 1888.)
AB-I-DALLlEH, vide DALLlEH (AB-I-).
AB-I-DARREH-I-TAKHT—
A stream which rises on the Kuh-i-Shuturan and, passing the village Dar-
reh-i-Takht, flows into the Kamandab river, 53 miles south-east of
Burujird.
AB-I-DIZ or AB-I-DlZ (River)—
A river of Luristan and ’Arabistan, rising in the mountains of Kuh-i-
Garru, north-west of Burujird town. As to what is really the parent stream,
there is some confusion, but Major lawyer’s explorations in 1890 proved'
that there are two main streams, one flowing from near Burujird and
draining Silakhur, the other draining upper Faridan and passing Baznui.
Hence he calls them the Ab-i-Burujird and the Ab-i-BaznuI. The former
appears to be regarded by the best authorities as the main stream, while
the latter has become one of the main affluents of the Ab-i-Diz under the
name of the Gand-Ab.
Flowing south-east for some 16 miles from its source in the mountains,
the Ab-i-Diz turns south-south-east through the fertile Silakhur valley