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and the river in some places is unfordable ; but taking it throughout its
length, the stteam is sluggish, its banks and bed soft and of alluvial soil,
and it can be forded at frequent intervals, the fords being generally girth-
deep. the banks are lined almost throughout with low tamarisk jungle
and, in its higher reaches, with thorn trees, and abound with wild boar,
hyaenas and small game. The lands upon the Shavur, especially those of
the Ajairib tract, are fertile, and the banks are clothed in springs
with luxuriant herbage.
Throughout its course a number of. canals diverge from the river, some
of ancient and some of modern construction, and the river is largely drawn
on for irrigation, at the low season its waters being practically exhausted
for this purpose. The principal canals which leave the Shavur on its left
bank are, in descending order, the following—-the Khairabad, the Taraifi,
the Qumat, the Ishareh (near Jajls on the Diz) and the Hawasiyeh ; of these
the Taraifi and llawasiyeh benefit the 'Anafijeh tribe, and the remainder
water the lands of the Bait Sahd. In some places it forms marshes, which
are tenanted by pastoral Arabs and cultivated with rice. There are several
Arab settlements upon it, of which the most important appear to be Qumat
and Khairabad, both now in the possession of Shaikh Haidar of the A1
Kathir tribe. Qumat was called after one Saiyid Qumat, who is now
represented by his grandson, Saiyid Taghir Qumati, but the name of the
settlement, which consists of four camps, is said to have been changed,
and Qumat is probably the present Kut-ul-Mahdi. The 'Anafijeh formerly
occupied both banks of the Shavur, as the Bait Sa'ad and Al Kathir still
do, and until 1905 the Ban! Lam extended up to its right bank below
Khairab&d. In Layardhs day the Shavur at Qumat divided in winter into
two branches, of which the northern retained the name of Shavur, the
other being call the Kharur.—— Curzon, 1889 — Burton, 1897—
Bersian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
SH AWAILDIEH — ,
A section of the Ka ; b tribe .
SHAULI—
A large and productive canal in the Fallahieh district of Southern "Arabis-
tan, on the right bank of the river Jarrahl, with which it is connected.
It irrigates country cultivated by Rubaihat, Dawariqeh and Yusuf-bin-
Agaiyib (KaT) Arabs, who grow dates, rice and grain. There is a settle
ment of 150 families at 1 mile from the river.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer,
1908.)
SHEHIDAN— Lat. Long, EleV.
A village on the road from Yazd to Bavanat, 8^ miles south-east of
the latter.— (Blackman.)
SHEHRl— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 3 miles west of Kaki on the Mund
river plain. It contains 30 houses of Hfljian and Jatut.— ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
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