Band-e Gar and Dariun Aqueduct Extension (Greater Shushtar)
Shushtar Extension Canal 07 · Gar-Dariun Interconnect
Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid·Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour·🇮🇷 Khuzestan Province, Shushtar County, north Karun loop, Iran
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About Band-e Gar and Dariun Aqueduct Extension (Greater Shushtar)
Northern Shushtar (65 m, 32°03′N 48°51′E 32.05,48.85) hydraulic extension of UNESCO 1315 Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (1315): Band-e Gar (Gar Dam) and Dariun Great Weir interconnect canal (Nahre Dariun) — additional 1.2 km Sassanian (Shapur I) canal segment with rock-cut aqueduct bridge over seasonal gully, feeding Abadan plain. System total 33,000 ha: Band-e Mizan diversion, Gargar canal, 5 mills, Salasel Castle headworks. Extension canal face still holds Roman concrete (Band-e Kaisar Roman POW technique) with ashlar piers 4.2 m. Flow 6-10 m³/s per Menua channel model. Karun River coring documents 260-1700 m Achaemenid continuous.
Why it mattersShushtar 1315 Gar-Dariun connector illustrating Sassanian-Roman hydraulic fusion.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Roman technique extent
Theories
- 01POW hydraulic transfer
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.260 CE (Shapur I Sassanian) with Achaemenid Band-e Mizan antecedent
- Period
- Sassanian (Shapur I) on Achaemenid
- Culture
- Sassanian Persian with Roman POW labour
- Builders
- Shapur I hydraulic corps (Valerian's Roman engineers)
- Purpose
- Gargar canal inter-connect and Abadan plain irrigation
- Abandoned
- Still active; part under IRGC water transfer
- Rediscovered
- 2009 UNESCO listing 1315 systematic mapping
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
260
Valerian Roman POWs build Band-e Kaisar
2009
UNESCO 1315 listing includes Gar-Dariun
On the ground
Structures & features
32.0500° N · 48.8500° E · 65 m · 2 mapped features
Band-e Gar Weir Crest
hydraulicGar dam crest linking Gargar diversion 420 m
32.0520° N · 48.8520° EDariun Aqueduct Bridge
hydraulic14-m rock-cut aqueduct bridge over gully with Roman concrete
32.0480° N · 48.8480° E