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SHALLlR-I-AB or AB-I-SHIMBAR—
A considerable stream rising in tbe mountains of Luristan to the
north west of the Kuh-i-Safid. It flows through the valley of the same name
into the Karun river about its 265th mile, and at the apex of the great stretch
to the north-west made by that river after passing the Pul-i-Shalu or
Gudar-i-Balutak. The Shallar, when in flood, brings down a considerable .
f volume of water, being about 80 feet wide and 10 feet deep at its junction
with the Karun river.— (Sawyer—Arbuthnot, 1905.)
SHALU or GUDAR-I-BALUTAK, PUL-I- Lat. SUlT'-N. Long. 50° 12' E.
Elev. 2,750k
A bridge over the Karun river, at about the 215th mile of its course, in the
Bakhtiari country. The caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , which overlooks it on the right bank
of the river, is the 10th stage on the Bakhtiari caravan road from Isfahan
(167 miles.) The specifications of the bridge, which was one of two laid
on this route by Messrs. Lynch Brothers in 1898-1900 for the Bakhtiari
Khans, is as follows:—Wire rope suspension, with piers of solid masonry and
a lattice girder. Steel roadway and concrete flooring; length 120 feet.
Clear width of roadway, 10 feet. Adapted to bear an ordinary working load
of 2| cwt. per square foot, or a live load uniformly distributed of 80 tons.
It is laid about 80 reet above the level of the river at a point where its banks
rise as perpendicular cliffs on both sides to that height. Before the bridge
was built the ford here was known at the Gudar-i-Balutak ( ‘ ‘ the ford
where the oak-trees abound ”).
The river running between these high cliffs has a current sometimes in the
early spring of 13 feet a second, and is liable to sudden rises of many feet with
in a few^hours. The caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). was built at the same time as the bridge
and has a fair amount of accommodation, but is kept in the most unsanitary
and filthy condition. There is no village or other buildings in the neighbour
hood. A few hundred yards to the east an elevated plateau, about ten acres
in extent, is suitable for a camping-ground, when not under cultivation-
otherwise the best ground is to be found 1| miles to the east of the bridge on
the river-bank. Supplies sufficient for 50 men and 200 animals for one day
in usual circumstances. Water in abundance can be obtained from the river.
See also article, pul-i-Shalu.— (Preece, 1895—Ramsden, 1902—Arbuthnot
1905)
SHAMABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Kirman, 108 miles from the town of that name on the road
to Yazd. It contains about 20 houses and is supplied with sweet water
from a qandt. — (Wood, October 1899.)
SHAMAMRAH,— vide KA’B tribe, reputed sections.
SHAMASH— Lat. 31° 4' N. Long. 51° 5' E. Elev. 4,515k
A village about 38 miles north-west and by north of Baiaz, on the K'r-
man-Yazd road. Barley and bhusd can be obtained in small quantities
Fuel not procurable.— (Sher Jang, 1903.)
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