Water And Irrigation Techniques in Ancient Iran by Gholam Reza Kuros & Mr. Majid Labbaf Khaneiki

By Gholam Reza Kuros & Mr. Majid Labbaf Khaneiki

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There were some old dams constructed on Tigris River about 600 to 700 BC. Here is a historical report about the subject. When Cyrus The Great defeated Babylonia, he ordered to construct some new water structures in this region. Herodotus stated that Cyrus The Great built a dam on Gyndes River which was one of the Tigris branches and diverted water to 60 canals. In the new era of Babylonia, when Nebuchadnezzar II (605 – 562 BC) heard Darius The Great had ordered to construct 3 dams on Kor River to supply his Capital City Persepolis, he started to build a dam on Abo Habeh in south of Bagdad in order to competitive with the Persian king.

Roggen saw 16 spans of that weir bridge. He estimated 29 IRNCID the height of pillars about 80 cm to 3 meters on the left bank. He said, there had been the trace of two more pillars on the right bank, which extended up to the arches’ supports. At the present time the weir bridge, which was 4 meters above minimum river water level is completely destroyed, but some parts on the left bank between the support and the first pillar is still remained. The width of river in this place is about 60 meters.

This table arranged by obtaining information from Hamdolah Mostoufy publication. It is necessary to mention, there isn’t any other source to have such complete information, if there is some we don’t know yet. 3-2- TYPES OF DITCHES AND WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN ANCIENT IRAN. 3-2-1- WATER DELIVERY, DITCHES AND CANALS CONSTRUCTION Construction of ditches was very important in ancient Iran. There were two categories of ditches, the large and small ones. Instead of calling large ditches, it is better to use the international term “Canal” in literature.

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