Bahmanshir

The Bahmanshir channel (Persian: بهمن‌شیر, IPA: [bæhmænˈʃiːɾ]) is a secondary estuary of the Karun River that parallels the Shatt al-Arab/Arvand Rud waterway on the far side of the Abadan Island, Iran, for 70 miles before emptying into the Persian Gulf.

The Bahamanshir served as the main estuary of the

Arvand Rud / Shatt al-Arab waterway at the site of the present-day Khorramshahr. The Haffar in time became the main estuary of the Karun

, relegating the Bahmanshir to a secondary estuary status.

The river's name was a contraction of

Khuzistan plain—120 miles away. Without the Bahmanshir, the waters of the Karun—like those of the Tigris and the Euphrates largely fed the vast marshlands of southern Mesopotamia

that included the entire southern half of the Khuzistan as well—allowing for no navigable course to exist.

Sources

Morony, M. (1988). "BAHMAN-ARDAŠĪR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5. p. 494.
de Planhol, X. (1988). "BAHMANŠĪR". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 5. pp. 500–501.

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