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 | | The chiefs of the Bakhtiflri in 1897, having ~htained ~he shahs permission for improving the road between Shushter or Ahvz and Isfahan, an iron suspension bridge with a span. |
 | | of 120 ft. was erected over the Karun river at Gudr i Bulfltek; another, with a span of 70 ft., over the Bzuft river at Pul i,AIufirat; and a stone bridge over the Karun at Do-pu-lan. |
 | | For accounts of the Bakhtiri see Mrs Bishop (Isabella Bird), |
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