'Report on Fars by Captain A T Wilson, Indian Political Department' [‎8v] (21/396)

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Malimadi it is a wide stream, 30-^0 yards broad, running between
high banks perhaps 30 feet high, and is usually crossed in a ferry.
In the rainy season the accumulation of water from the mountains
sweeps down, and overflows the banks on both sides, often doing
great damage to buildings. For more than 20 miles in length, on
either side of the river the land is for miles under water.
(b) The Shdhpur river, alternatively known as the Rudkhaneh-i-
Shlrin, rises in the Rinjun hills behind the Tang-i-Chakan. After
winding through this pass it debouches on to the Shahpur plain.
At Kaleh Hakim Bashi it flows through a broad gully, having on its
northern bank high cliffs, while the southern shore shelves. It is
here some 30 yards across and has a swift-cuwefttr—After leaving the
Shahpur plain not far from Bushakfm, it flows past the base of the
Kuh-i-Surkh and thence to Riidak. From Rudak it passes north
of the Kutal-i-Kumarij till it reaches the village of Charum, where
it is about 25 yards across, and has an open bank on the one side.
It then flows through the Khisht plain on its northern side past the
village of AikunI, where it is some 40 yards across, some 3 feet deep
before the heavy rains, and is used for irrigation. Thence it passes
down to the coast plain through the district of Mazarai and becomes
the border of the Shabankareh and Zira districts. At Saklabad, the
chief town of Zira, it is about 80 yards wide, its waters are much
sweeter than those of the Dalikt stream.
(c) The Ddlikl river, alternatively called the Rudkhaneh-i-
Shur, traverses the Jirreh valley, and p assing through the moun
tains oFTamilah, emerges alfew nnIes~aW^e--feWJdaliki bridge ; its
waters, which appear very deep, are known as the DanaTQuii. Below
the Daliki bridge they are very swift and deep in places. The river
does not debouch on to the plain by the caravan track, but turns
off to the right. It then becomes the boundary between Daliki
and Burazjan on its left bank and Zira on its right. In its course
through Burazjan in the neighbourhood of Ziarat it has cut
innumerable gullies all over the plain and a wide detour has to
be made. There is a ford at Barregah where the river appears about
150 yards wide. The water of this river is very salt.
(iv) The CJmhkutdh stream may be traced back to the small
river which waters the productive Khaviz (Khaiz) valley. It is
deep in places, but never very broad on its passage down towards
Ahram. In the plain between Ahram and Chah-i-Pir there is prac
tically no water in the autumn and its chief importance would seem
to be the way in which it has cut up the plain for several miles and ren
dered it boggy, treacherous and impassable. At AhmadI the river
bed is about 15 yards across, and has little water, except after the
winter rains, when it is frequently unfordable for days.