'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART II: L to Z' [‎419r] (842/988)

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•some 30 miles^ when it alters its course to almost dne sonth and waters the
broad valley of Upper Linjan. After a course of about 30 miles more,
it continues south-east and east for another 60 miles when it turns the
Gav Piseh range and flows north-east, then north-west, and again north
through Lower Linjan: and making a final bend to the south-east flows
between the city of Isfahan on its left, and Julfa on its right bank, after
a course of approximately some 250 miles.
One hundred and five canals are taken off from it between its entrance
into Upper Linjan and its end in the Gav Khaneh marsh.
There are thirteen bridges over it:—
(1) Wooden bridge, only erected in the spring, a few miles above
the hamlet of Darsuvajan, in Upper Linjan.
(2) Stone bridge at the western end of Upper Linjan, 120 miles by
river from Isfahan, called the Pul-i-Zaman Khan.
(3) Wooden bridge of Bagh-i-Badran.
(4) Pul-i-Kaleh, at the village of Madraseh in Upper Linjan: 80 miles
by river from Isfahan. Stone bridge at eight arches, broken in
the centre and replaced by ricketty piles.
(5) Pul-i-Vargun, 35 miles by river above Isfahan, in Lower Linjan.
Brick bridge on stone piers, in good order.
(6) Pul-i-Marnun, called the Pul-i-Sar-Afraz by Armenians, most
westerly of five bridges connecting the city of Isfahan with
right bank. A brick bridge, on arches of varying dimensions
resting on roughly hewn stone piers.
(7) Pul-i-'Ali Vardi Khan, or the Pul-i-Sivasih, upper portion of
brick, resting on 33 main stone arches, with a span of 20 feet
and piers, 11 feet thick. It is entered from the Chehar Bagh
avenue of Isfahan by a gateway. The entire length is 388 yards,
the breadth of the paved roadway is 30 feet. Upon either side
runs a narrow covered arcade, pierced by 90 arches, giving a view
over the river. “ The finest bridge in the world.”— (Curzon.)
(8) Pul-i-Jubi, a brick bridge of 14 uniform arches. No footway,
really a viaduct. Three hundred yards below the Pul-i-'Ali
Vardi Khan.
(9) Pul-i-Khajju, a brick bridge, footway 24 feet broad, resting
on 24 main arches superimposed upon a dam of solid blocks of
stone.
The upper portion is flanked by covered galleries, with a terrace
walk on the top. It unites the Hasanabad quarters of Isfahan
with the Takht-i-Falard, where are situated the extensive
cemeteries of the city on the right bank. It is the bridge by
which the postroad to Shiraz leaves the city. A bridge of the
Sefavi period, built by Shah 'Abbas II, on the ruins of an old
bridge.
(10) Pul-i-Shahristan, a brick bridge resting on stone piers, the last
of the five bridges Isfahan.