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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III.' [‎414r] (832/982)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (487 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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SHATAIT (AB-I-)—
The right branch of the Karun river after its bifurcation above Shushtar,
and until it reunites at Band-i-Qir with that portion of its waters which
runs through the alternative channel of the Gargar. The course of the
Shatait is much more crooked than that of the Gargar and the stream is
much wider, attaining a maximum breadth of 250 yards at a point about
16 miles above Band-i-Qir, where a rocky spur comes down to the stream
on its left side. The steep banks are covered wiih scrub. At its junction
with the Gargar and Diz the Shatait is 150 yards wide. Its colour when
in flood is a greyish-green, and it is slower to show discolouration than
either the Gargar or Diz. It carries less silt than the Gargar, the Diz,
or the Lower Karun.
When steam navigation was introduced on the Karun, the Shushan,
still in use, a stern-wheeler 100 feet long with a beam of 23 and an ordinary
draft of 3 feet, ran for more than a year upon the Shatait, instead of upon
the Gargar as at present, it being at that time believed that in the low
season the channel of the Gargar might become impassable. It was found
that the river could not be navigated with safety by a vessel of the Shushan , s
dimensions above Chehar Dingeh, a point 10 miles distant by land from
Shushtar town, on account of the intricacy and number of the channels ar d
of the shingly nature of the bed, which prevented the use of anchors from get
ting off when aground. Below Chehar Dingeh, which from the end of 1890
to the beginning of 1892 was the Shushan's regular terminus, the only
serious obstacle was a double reef of rocks with a narrow channel through
which the water raced violently : the difficulty of the reef was at times
increased by the formation of sandbanks below it. It was found that,
owing to want of water, the passage of the reef was uncertain in August
and September, dangerous in October, and impossible in November ;
but the level of the river did not vary regularly with the season. Once
the Shushan crossed the reef wdien there was only 2| feet of water on it : in
this case she was slacked over with lines, sheering about very much in the
strong water, and took the ground twice in the operation. Native craft
prefer the Gargar to the Shatait.
At Shushtar town a canal called the Minau, described in the article on
Shushtar town, has its head. About 50.0 yards below the Icaleh the Shatait
is crossed by a gigantic dam, supporting a bridge which is known as the
Pul-i-Shahi or Dizful. The bridge “winds 'rregularly, and when complete
had 41 arches and was 570 yards long, with a cobble-paved road-way, 21
feet wide. At the present time (1905) 28 arches are still standing on the
left bank and 8 upon the right, but these are divided by a breach about
170 feet long through which the main stream of the river passes, the weir
at this point having given way as well as the bridge. The materials and
construction of the weir are superior to those of the bridge. The stream
in the spring floods has a current running up to 6 feet a second, and is
dangerous to animals which have to cross it by swimming.
The Shatait is not applied to irrigation except on a petty scale near
villages. The principal tribe in the neighbourhood of the Shatait are the
’Anafijeh who live upon its lower reaches.
112 I. B. 5 L

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The item is Volume III of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of south-western Persia, which is bounded on the west by the Turco-Persian frontier; on the north and east by a line drawn through the towns of Khaniqin [Khanikin], Isfahan, Yazd, Kirman, and Bandar Abbas; and on the south by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 488.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 481-486).

Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (487 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 489; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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