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Persian
Gulf
Provinces.
Pars.
The principal towns are :
Shuster .—Population about 8,000, mostly Arabs.
The town stands on an eminence between two
branches of the River Karun. The climate
is extremely hot and unhealthy in summer. A
small steamer, worked by Messrs. Lynch Bros,
under arrangements with the Persian Govern
ment. runs from Ahwaz to Shuster in connection
with’ the Mohammera—Bandar Nasri steamer.
No conveniences, however, exist at Shustei for
landing or warehousing.
Dizful .—On the Abd-Diz, which is here spanned
by an imposing bridge of stone and brickwork
30 yards long and of great antiquity. Popu
lation about 16,000. The town contains a large
number of flour-mills, and indigo is cultivated in
the neighbourhood to a considerable extent.
Some 20 miles to the south-west are the ruins
of the ancient city of Susa.
^4/waz.—Population about 4,000. On the left
bank of the Karun. The rapids, 1 \ miles below
the town, interrupt navigation and are circum
vented by a tramway from Bandar Nasri to
Ahwaz. {See p. 52.)
Mohammera.—{See p. 43.)
The province of Pars is divided into 22 districts, of
which the principal are Behbehan, Kazerun, Abadeh,.
Dehbid, Firuzabad, Arsinjan, and Abarkuh. The north
ern and north-western districts are physically and
geographically more closely connected with the province
of Luristan than with the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Provinces {see
p. 34).
Ears may be regarded as the cradle of the Persian
Empire, which derives its European name from that
province, the Greek Persis and Ears being variations
of the same word. On the north it extends to the deserts
of Irak Ajemi, and on the south to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , its
eastern and western neighbours being respectively the pro
vinces of Kerman and Arabistan. The greater part of the