Manuscript of Persia and the Persian Question (Continued) [‎36r] (71/690)

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Three projects have been suggested for the
solution of the problem. The first of these is the
cutting, blasting, or training of a channel through
the rocks and in the bed of the river itself, which
should be available for the passage of vessels.
This scheme may , Wiwwii, be dismissed from con
sideration as being both costly in execution and
problematical in issue, it being quite uncertain
how the level of the two parts of the river would
be affected by this sudden and violent readjust-!
ment of the fall. The second plan is the cutting
of a canal with locks for a distance of about a mile
and a-half from the lower to the uuoer river,
throuch the nearly level ground on the left bank.
Though a perfectly feasible undertaking, and one
that has the merit of obviating transshipment, it
is not in the least likely to bo commenced by the
I ersian Government, both because it would involve
a considerable outlay, and because they would
forfeit thereby their control of the upper river
navigation. is -much—hett(iiv»that all parties
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way over the same-piece of ground on the left bank,
from the river below to the pool above the rapids.
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The modern village of Ahwaz is situated on the left bank of the
river, which rises to some height above the stream, at a point nearly
parallel with the 4aot- named rapids. It is a wretched collection of
mud-hovels with a small rectangular fort in a state of ruin upon the
brink, and an Arab population of about 700. Nothing redeems
the place from abomination but the possession of a humble
Imaim-^adoh, or saint’s tomb, whose white plastered cupola gleams
agreeably from a cluster of dark green trees. This is all that sur
vives in the room of the once famous Agini^the mediaeval capital of
a province, the residence of royalty, the see of a Christian bishop,
and a favoured resort of wealth and luxury. Gibbon has preserved
in characteristic garb the tale of the ^Gay Barbarian! Harmozan.
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