'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎169r] (342/988)

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PUL-I-ABGlNEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A narrow stone causeway in Ears which crosses the Sliapur river^,where
it leaves the Daria-i-Parishan, in a north-westerly direction at the eastern
foot of the Kutal-i-Dukhtar. The name means a the bridge of the mirror.”
— [Curzon, 1889—Newcomen, 1905,)
Pul-i-Abgineh in 1912 was in the independent control of Muhammad
Isma/ il Khan, its Kadkhuda, who was a near relation of the Kadkhuda of
Kaluni in the Dasht-i-Barm. He maintained about 30 road guards.— [Chick,
1912.)
PUL-’ALl KUH— Lat. Lonq. UhEV.
A bridge across the Kanin, 2 miles below the point where the Duab
flows into . that river. It is a temporary wooden bridge of 50 feet span,
and a .narrow footway of 6 feet, dhere is a village of the same name, 3^
miles further down stream [vide this Gazetteer—Karun river).
PU L-I-" AM AB, AT —vide 'AM A RAT (PUL-I-).
PUL-I-ARUS— Lat. Long. EleV.
A stream in the south-east of Ears, supplying water to the village of
Usuk on the road from Shiraz to Lingeh.— (gellyi)
PUL-I-BURTDEH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village of Khuzistan on the Tund Ah river, few miles east of Shushtar
on the roads to Isfahan by Maiamlr—( Schindler.)
PUL-I-KURR-O-DUKHTAR— Lat. Long., Elev. 3,000'.
The name of a ruined Arab bridge across the Kashgan Rud, on one of the
roads from Dizful to Khurramabad, and about 122 miles from the latter
place. The bridge might be repaired with timber floated down from
Khurramabad. 120 ft. double span. A good temporait bridge might
be made by trestles of railway iron and a roadway of local timber covered
with brush wood. The Kashgan is unfordable here for 4 months and for
3 or 4 more, only fordable with Ax^hcu\tj.-—{Ilivadenayra-r—Wilson, 1911.)
PUL-I-DUZ AKH— Lat. Long. Elev.
A masonry bridge in Ears, 4^ miles east of Tangi-i-Rudian, on the road
from Shiraz to Behbehan. It spans a tanp, 15 feet wide and 100 feet deep,
at the bottom of which is a torrent, 10 yards wide and 1 foot deep, running
over a rocky bed.— [Hopkins, 1903.)
■, PUL-I-EASA-—Lat. 29° 28' N.; Long. 52° $9' E.; Elev,
A bridge and toll-house, about 10 miles south-east of Shiraz, on the road
thence to Easa. The bridge of nine small arches spans the stream, which
rising in the Karabagh marsh, falls into.the salt lake of Maharu a few miles
beyond. The water here is sweet in the spring but later m the year it
becomes brackish and undrinkable.— [Jones — St. John Durand Ireece,
1881 -) '
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