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shoah of the Upper BahmansMr without assistance from the tide. The
rtctd fau Tthe tide, which is felt throughout the “ength of the
“Bahmanshiris about 9 ieet. The channe between the mouth oi the river
and the open sea is called Khur Bahmanshir ; a its northern end it had,
in 1890, 15 feet at low water diminishing to 12, 10 and fina y , .
the tar which is of soft mud and 10 miles distant from the river mouth ,
the river was then accessible, at low water, to craft drawing no more mi
7 feet. From the Karun the banks are lined with villages and date plante
tions to within about 10 miles of the sea; low, grassy plains follow, the banks
for some distance remaining firm and steep ; finally the stream entem a reg o
of shelving mud-flats, covered, above the waterline, wl h coar “ e
reeds When there was a steamer service with Kuwait, and Mi.hamn a
was the port of call for that place, native sailing boats frequentiy made use
of the Bahmanshir channel in order to escape Turkish interference
Shatt-al-’Arab. Islands are easily formed m the Bahmanshir by sta g
the stream and so causing a deposit of silt, and this is y °n •
new island is at first used for pasturage and ultimately brought under
cultivation .—{ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
BAHNRAVAN-Lat. 33° 17' N. Long 46° 14' E. Elev. _
A plain in Luriatan through which the road from Kutal ’ Amoreh on * “
Tigris to Kirmanshah city passes, and about 86 mdes north of the form r
town It is about 8 miles in length from north to south and from 2 to 4
miles in breadth. It is surrounded on all mdes by low hills, be ™8
to the west from the Hashdana plain by a chain of low hills. The hills east
and west of it are impregnated with salt, and there is but little vegetation
"fthTm The plain itlelf, which is about 1,530 feet above the sea, is m
molt places covered with scanty grass. The Gunjancham river flows down
it along its eastern border ; the plain is well watered by “ u “ e t° us str { ea ” S a
from that river about the neighbourhood of Amirabad
the winter quarters of a portion of the Fail! Lurs ; south of tFe plain hes the
Tang™G»njtocham, thekst pass in a southerly direction between Persian
and Turkish territory,—( Vaughan.)
BAHRAIN— Lat 33° 31' N. Long 49° 8 E. Elev.
A village in Luristan consisting of a dilapidated mud fort at the jonction
nftJ Ab-i-Buruiird and the Kamand-Ab, in the Silakhur plain, with a
“Lup of mud huts opposite on the right bank of the former stream. There
are a few trees in the village.-(SaK>i/er, 1890.)
BAHRAKAN—
A tribe of Hindian district (7. v.).
BAHRAM-Lat. LoNG - ELEV ; . . ,
A village in Luristan, 67 miles from Mughu Bay, on a road to Shiraz by
Lar Iron?which last it is 57 miles distant. The village is walled, and has
some date groves. Water is procured from wells.-(Z elly.)
BAHRAMABAD (No. 1)—Lat. Long.
A v llage in the Shabankareh district of Ears, south-east of Deh Kuhneh.
It contain 30 houses inhabited by Shaikhs who are said to have immigrated
1121. B.