'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎420v] (845/1278)

“ There are plenty of fish in the river, one kind in particular of about a
foot in length, which sticks to the bottom of the boats, and causes them to
leak. Unless you are very careful in examining them well and often, it is
probable that all your cargo and goods will be spoiled, in one night. I had
several things spoiled during a night, and found early in the morning the
boat half full of water.
“ The boats that come up the river are from 20 to 30 tons. But they
cannot go farther than Kut, as the water is low and there are several banks
reaching across the river. ”
The average width of the river from Deh Mulla to its mouth is from
50 to 70 yards ; but at Kut it is said to be less than 35 ; the height of its
banks diminishes from 25 feet at Kut to 20 at Deh Mulla, 14 at Hindian
town, and 8 Ga ’All.
Above Suvaireh the Hindian is broken up into more than one channel,
but from Suvaireh downwards it flows in a single bed, having high bank
and a nearly constant width of about 60 yards. The bottom from the
beginning of the district till 6 miles below Suvaireh is shingly, and thence
to the sea it is of hard mud. The water of the Hindian is drinkable, as
already observed, though impregnated with a salt or alkali brought down
by the Shulistan, which gives it a better taste but does not prevent the
lathering of soap. It has, however, been reported as sweet and clear in
September. In winter the river flows with a strong current throughout
its course.
The country on both sides of the river consists of featureless plains which
the stream, except near the north end of the district, has not been utilised
to irrigate. Here and there are patches of musk and water-melons in the
actual bed, but the banks bear nothing except an occasional tamarisk until
a fine grove of all date-trees, called Nakhl Bagush, belonging to Tuwaisheh,
is reached near the river mouth. The banks for the last 2 or 3 miles before
reaching the sea are covered with bulrushes.
From Gargar to 6 miles below Suvaireh there is irrigation by means
of jubs, or water-cuts, taking off from various natural branches of the river.
The following is a list of the villages on or near the river in the Hindian
district where supplies and livestock are procurable. Each is described
separately under its own name in this Gazetteer. The villages are given
in the order in which they occur descending the river Hindian from Gargar
downwards :—
1. Shirabad.
2. Kaleh Mashraqi.
3. Gargari Bala.
4. Gargar Pain.
5. Asiab.
6. Suvaireh.
7. Buzi
8. Kut.
9. Deh Mulla.
10. Cham Khalaf Tsa.
11. Duraihak.
12. Cham Kharnub.
13. Faili.
14. Jiri.
15. Sar Kharreh.
16. Cham Tang.
17. Cham Kalgeh.
18. Kurehp.
19. Jabirabad.
20. Sahababad.
21. Chehil Mani.
22. Hussainabad.
23. Zulmabad.
24. Cham Murad.
25. Cham Rahmani.
26. Hindian town.
27. Maliki.
28. Darlakeh.
29. Gharabi Kuchik.
30. Gharabi Buzurg.
31. Cham Sha’abani.
32. Gaz ’All.
33. ’Abad Ilahl.
34. Badrani.
35. Puz Safid.
36. Faraiz.
37. Kaparkah.
38. Shah Mir Na’aman.
39. Tuwaisheh. There are
also some huts below
Turwaisheh near the
mouth of the river.
(Whitelocke — Bell — Gabriel—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)