'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎199r] (402/982)

The^ average width of the river from Deh Mulla to its mouth is from
50 to 70 yards ; but at Kut it is said to be less than 35 ; the height of its
banks diminishes from 25 feet at Kut to 20 at Deh Mulla, 14 at Hindian
town, and 8 at Ga ’All.
Above Suvaireh the Hindian is broken up into more than one channel,
but from Suvaireh downwards it flows in a single bed, having high bank
and a nearly constant^ width of about 60 yards. The bottom from the
beginning of the district till 6 miles below Suvaireh is shingly, and thence
to the sea it is of hard mud. The water of the Hindian is drinkable, as
already observed, though impregnated with a salt or alkali brought down
by the Shulistan, which gives it a bitter taste but does not prevent
the lathering of soap ; It has, however, been reported as sweet and clear
in September. In winter the river flows with a strong current throughout
its course.
The country on both sides of the river consists of featureless plains which
the stream, except near the north end of the district, has not been utilised
to irrigate. Here and there are patches of musk and water-melons in the
actual bed, but the banks bear nothing except an occasional tamarisk until
a fine grove of tall date-trees, called Nakhl Bagush, belonging to Tuwaisheh
is reached near the river mouth. The banks for the last 2 or 3 miles before
reaching the sea are covered with bulrushes.
From Gargar to 6 miles below Suvaireh there is irrigation by means
of 'jubs, or water-cuts, taking off from various natural branches of the river.
. The following is a list of the villages on or near the river i n the Hindian
district where supplies and livestock are procurable. Each is described
separately under its own name in this Gazetteer. The villages are given
in the order in which they occur descending the river Hindian from Gar°"ar
downwards :—
29. GharabT Kuchik.
30. GharabI Buzurg.
31. Cham Sha’abana
32. Gaz ’All.
33. ’Abad IlahT.
34. BadranJ.
35. Puz Safid.
36. Paraiz.
37. Kaparkah.
38. Shah Mir Na’aman.
39. Tuwaisheh. There are
also some huts below Tu
waisheh near the mouth
of the river.
(WhitelocJce—Bell—Gabriel—Perian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
HINDIAN (Town)—Lat. 30° 14' 24 // ; Long. 49° 43' 5"; Elev.
A town in Southern Arabistan on both banks of the Hindian rive T ' > ■ t a
point 16 miles north-west of its mouth. The town is mostly in ruins ’ and
the population, which was formerly greater, had declined in 1863 to about
500, and now numbers about 1,000. Baghlahs come here from Bush ire,
Bahrain, Lingeh, and Kuwait, and grain, live sheep and wool are exported :
also oak bark, sesame and ghi.
1. Sh'rabad.
2. Kaleh MashraqT.
3. GargariB la.
4.. Gar gar t Pain.
5. As ab.
6. Suwaireh.
7. Buz'.
8. Kut.
9. Deh Mulla.
10. Cham Khalaf Tsa.
11. Duraihak.
12. Cham Khamub.
13. Paili.
14. Jirl.
15. Sar Kharreh.
16. Cham Tang.
17. Cham Kalgeh.
18. Kurehp .
19. Jabirab'd.
20. Sihababld.
21. ChehilManl.
22. Husain ib .d.
23. Zulroab'd.
24. Cham Murad.
25. Cham Rahmani.
26. Hindian town.
27. MalikT.
28. Darlakeh.
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