"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، يتضمن أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزءًا من فارس" [‎٦‎٨] (٤٦٦/١٠٣)

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Surgical operations (simply from want of accommodation) have been few
and with three or four exceptions comparatively unimportant. Lithotomy
was performed once^ and lithotrity once, success following each operation
This was the more gratifying to me seeing I had never previously performed
either. The stone extracted was of uric acid composition and enormously
large, the size being three inches by two-half and by two ; and weighed a
little over five ounces.
Lymes amputation of the foot was performed once, and the patient made
an excellent recovery, the resulting stump being well cushioned, and the cica
trix altogether free from the line of pressure.
(Sd.) Geo . WATERS,
Assistant Surgeon.
II.—LURISTAN.*
General Account,
The mountainous district of South-West Persia.
The general features of the hilly country between Karmanshah and Shiraz,
Hills Of Luristan. ^ of the valleys of the Burujml, Kernel
derab, and Zaindarud (Athus branch) streams, inhabited
by Lurs known as the Feili, Bakhtiari, Kuhgehlu, and Mamasenni, may be
described in a few words.
A lofty chain of mountains running south-east forms a kind of
nucleus. Their summits are frequently within the range of perpetual snow.
They are interspersed with fertile valleys, which are well watered, and
possess a generous soil. The bellut or oak abounds; and other trees and
Main chain. shrubs, such as the walnut, pomegranate, fig, vine, &c.,
are found in the valleys and other sheltered places.
These mountains are the Yailaks (Sardsir), or summer residence of the Lur
tribes. In them are found the sources of those important rivers, the Karun,
Karkhah, the river of Dizful, the Jarrahi or Kurdistan river, the Zoreh, &c.
To the east and west of these^ and at a considerable elevation above the
Elevated valleys and ^ 6 fouri(i ^ ghly fertile valleys and spacious plains,
plains. 1° the east Fendan, Chahar-Mahal, Lenjan, Silakhar,
A y tl 16 valley of Burujird, &c.; to the west Deh-i-Dasht
Mai-Amir, Till, Kara-Reza, Saimarrah, &c. These valleys and plains are
either watered by rivers and streams, or owe their fertility to the accumula
tion of winter torrents, which, rushing down from the mountains and finding
no outlet, form a lake or reservoir, which lasts till the middle of the summer,
iheii soil is extremely rich, producing corn and barley, and forming excellent
past me lands for sheep and cattle. Those to the west of the mountains are
the winter encamping grounds of the Lur Iliyats.
To the south and westward of them there occurs a range of hills varying from
2,000 to 5,000 feet in height, bounding the gulf plains, running parallel
Outer chain. with the great chain, and consisting of sandstone and a
very friable limestone, much intermixed with gypsuw.
Itiey contain but few springs of fresh water, and abound with pools of naptlia
or petroleum, bitumen, and sulphureous or brackish water, and frequently, as at
the naptha springs near Ram Hormuz, have a burnt and volcanic appearance.
I he sou also is generally covered w ith a large deposit of saline matter. The
«« de f cripfc ^?f hills of Lnristan is~based ^ipon that of
T if hZ l ^ T nC ^ of c . K ^istan,- Vol. XVI, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society.
6 i 10 b y. Slr H. Rawlinson, Loftus, Baring, Wells, and the compiler.
Ihe geological notes are given in the Appendix, pag^s 344 to 366.