From: desert@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (Desert Man...)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.iranian
Subject: Re: Khuzestan
Date: 11 Oct 92 04:03:23 GMT
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In article <1992Oct10.105935.13527@netcom.com>, bavafa@netcom.com (Hooshyar Naraghi) writes:
> In article <1992Oct10.003020.1@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu> desert@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (Desert Man...) writes:
> 
> Hi Desert Man, Ali jAn:  (I got it right this time. :-) )
> 

So i've noticed... Thanks... and Salam... :)

>>I am sure there are LOTS of you that perhaps never have had the opportunity to
>>travel around our beloved country and realize that we have got of the BEST 
>>nations in the world... And perhaps you should share the uniqueness of
>>wherever you come from so that we each of you gets the opportunity to travel
>> across Iran would look forward to it...
> 
> Good point.  I can relate to your point.  One of my goals after finishing
> school in Iran was to travel around the country to learn about its various
> people and their cultures and traditions.  Well, I didn't live to finish
> school in Iran.  So perhaps we could share some of these cultural and
> historical waves (as in ocean of knowledge) here at sci.
> 

Did any of you ever get a chance to visit ``tA-gheh Boostan'' in Kurdestan...?
Now that's a historical site that most of the Iranians miss to visit... I hope
there are some Kurdestanies (especially from Karank and Eslam AbAde Gharb) to
tell us more about it... I visited the site once when i was 11 or so and only
have this vague image of the startling site i visited...

> So I have a question probably from 'khoon garm' khuzestanis people again.  Do
> you remember 'pol-e dokhtar?'  Was it somewhere in khuzastan or lorestan?
> I vaguely remember my late brother used to tell me that it was the bridge
> that linked khuzestan to its neighboring 'ostAn.' 

But of course we remember! :)   Last year when i visited Iran, we stop right by
it on the road (where the road starts to make a left turn), bought a couple of
warm Coca Cola and then put them under the ``Abshars'' falling from the top of
side montain... What a site!  Parked the car (now there is a parking spot to
park and enjoy the beauty), and went to the edge of the parking lot which was
right over the never-ending-river underneath... And boy! The *smell*, the 
*harmony*, the *sounds* of birds, water, wind, and the calm, cool breeze
carrasing the skin and the few ppl talking to each other and some deep in 
thoughts and imaginations... All together, always make me want to go back again
and again and again... Just picture that and the moment... Unbelievable... :)
Are you homesick yet...?   *evil smile*

Anyhow, back to your question about Khuzestan and Lorestan... pol-e dokhtar is
in Lorestan and just a few kilometers from Malayer...  

``bA-lA rood'' the river that passes by ``Do kuheh'' which is about 20 km from
Andimeshk* was the disputed border between Khuzestan and Lorestan during
the Shah regime... Lorestanies would put the welcome sign to their ostAn on the
Khuzestani side of the bA-lA rood bridge and Khuzetanies would do the opposite!
So there was some tensions between the two over this waterway (reminds me of
Arvand Rood (Shal-tul Arab river) between Iran and Iraq...  Last year to my 
amaze i noticed that Lorestanies have backed out and now there is a new border
between the two...  :)

> Did it also have any historical significance in ancient Persia?
> 

I'm not sure of its historical significance... But i know there is a story
behind the location and etc... I just can't remember the story any longer...
Hope someone else does...

Best wishes...

Ali...

* Andimeshk is a BIG city now!!!  About 150,000 in population!!! Used to be 
  30,000 or so...
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