"الطرق في بلاد فارس" [‎٤‎٩] (٨٥٢/٨٢)

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Route No. 14— contd,
The Turkish Government made spasmodic efforts to settle
th W fertile country On the Tigris are Baghaikh, Suwairah (or
Juwaimisah), 'Aziziyah, and Salman Pak, each having a small
mud fort. They are all in a fairly thriving condition Pv^nf
Salman Pak ; but there still remain immense tracts of fertile
country, uninhabited except by a few wandering nomads only
requiring irrigation to become fruitful. "uiaas, only
BAGHDADIITAH 21^ m. ] 410J m. Enter a wide loop
of the river in which
fort caHed Baghdadiyah, on some low sandy m'oundl Rising
100 feet above the river, which winds very much here. '
** هذه التواريخ تقريبية 10 ^ 1 420 ^ m - 0n the west bank,
vor j azirah, near tho '
or J uwaimisah), this ioop> is s u ^f ra ^
houses. a set tlement of 60
A few gardens behind the village and a small mud fort at the
north end of the plaoe, 100 yards square with loopholod wall 29
feet high and circular flanking towers at the corners, for defence
against Arab raids. A khan about 1 mile above tho village
CTESIPHON .. 60 m. I 470i m Fnw „ i '
(Taq-i-Kisra ). 4 near Ctesiphon" 8 whicli
thVThorf ■"ttlrv cte i sip t hon ' or sit
the chord the bend, overlooking the ruins of Seleucia on the
S ,e b 3 n h k onro ff Cte8il>t0n ^ ^ ^ ^
« a L 8mal1 gunpowder faetory on the west bank
fell into^isuae. PetrC fou « d ^"cinity, but it soon
DIYALAH B1VER .. _ Pass the month of
the Diyalah. Several
nearly continTO^^ he ^ * oulathUaufafces