This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. Town of Wais--Ahwiiz or Nasarieh--Ledges of rock and dam--Proposed Canal--Present state of the Town--Bridge at exit of Ab-i-Gargar Canal--Ruins of olden times. The only place, it might be called a large village or a small town, met with in the present day between Bund-i-Ki'r and Ahwaz is ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. Town of Wais--Ahwiiz or Nasarieh--Ledges of rock and dam--Proposed Canal--Present state of the Town--Bridge at exit of Ab-i-Gargar Canal--Ruins of olden times. The only place, it might be called a large village or a small town, met with in the present day between Bund-i-Ki'r and Ahwaz is called Wais, or WeTs. It is situated on the left bank of the river, some ten miles below the junction of the rivers, and yet in this interval lay in olden times the great city of Susa and its own watercourse, or canal, the Shapur! It is situated at the end of a long straight reach of about ten miles, running almost directly south from Bund-i-Ki'r, and Captain Selby believed this reach to have been a continuation of the the Ab-i-Gargar. It is inhabited by the Anafiyah Arabs, whilst the Bawi' Arabs occupy the right bank. Both tribes are admittedly lawless, and have been known to plunder up to the gates of Shuster. The people of Wa'fs were more inhospitable to Major Estcourt's party than any others we met with, driving Mr. Rassam out of the place. It has been assumed by some that we were a little imperative at times, but this was not the case, for only Mr. Rassam left the boat, and himself an Oriental, intimate with the character of the people, with long experience of them, and the last man to be rude or overbearing, there could be no cause for hostile feeling on their part that had its origin in any misconduct on ours. Captain Selby, it must be remembered, was in a steamer, whilst we were in a small native boat, and he took the precaution when at Ahwaz of dispatching a messenger to the Mu'tamidu-a-daulah, the Persian governor of Shuster, to announce his approach. It is true that, failing to obtain any provisions, we appropriated a sheep from...
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