KUZISTAN, or the ancient Susiana, is'a province of Persia, bounded on the south by the Persian Gulf ; on the south-west, by the Tigris and the Shat-ul-Arab ; on the north-west, by the dominions of the pacha of Bagdad ; and on the east, by the river Tab, which separates it from Fars. This province is divided into the territories of Chab Sheikh, and those which form the government of Shuster.
The Chab territories extend from the banks of the Tab to the conflux of the Karoon and the Abzal, and from the shore of the Persian Gulf to a range of hills which skirt the valley of Ram Hormuz to the south. The rivers which water this part, are the Karoon, the Tab, and the Jerahi.
„reater part of it consists of extensive morasses and The most fertile spots are in the neigh 7 Dorak, the capital, and on the banks of the I r ..el the Shat-ul•Arab, where alone rice and dates are lled. Wheat and barley are grown in small quanti northern and western parts of the country afford t ty pasturage.
Karoon, supposed by D'Anville to be the ancient Choaspes. is a noble river, in many parts more than three hundred yards in breadth, and navigable for boats of 25 tons burthen as far as Kishtibund, four miles from Shuster. The chief towns of this part of the province, are Dorak, or Felahi, Ahwaz, Endian, Nlashoor, Goban, and Jerahi. Felahi stands on low marshy ground, on two of the branches of the Jerahi. Its mud walls, which are about 16 feet thick,
are nearly two miles in circumference, and arc flanked at regular intervals with round towers. The population, which amounts to about 8000, live is the suburbs, un der the shade of the date trees. Its principal trade con sists in the manufacture of the abbe, or Arabian cloak, which is exported in great quantities all over Persia and Arabia.
Ahwaz, once a flourishing city, is now a wretched town of 600 or 700 inhabitants. It stands on the banks of the Karoon. An old bridge, and a palace, arc the principal re mains of the ancient city. There are some extraordinary excavations in the rocks.
is an island of Denmark, remarkable for its fertility. It produces all sorts of grain ; and con siderable quantities of wheat arc exported horn it to Co penhagen, and other parts of Denmark. It is, however, low, marshy, and insalubrious. The principal towns are, Naskow, the capital, which is walled, and has a consider able trade, with a rich hospital, and a good harbour ; Ma ricbow, situated on a' lake near the middle of the island ; Nystcd, on the south-cast coast ; and Saxkioping, on the north-east part of the island. See DENMARK.