Pasitigris
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The classical and late classical name for the Karun
river--one of the four rivers of Paradise or the Biblical Eden
. The Old Testament
maintains the four rivers to have been, the Euphrates
, the Tigris
, the Gihon
and the Pishon
.
The first two are clearly the primary rivers of Iraq and still carry the ancient names. As in the past many millennia, Gihon and Pishon still flowi through Eden---identified with the great marshlands of southern Iraq and Iran. These are the great rivers of Karkheh and Karun
, that rub shoulders with the Tigris and Euphrates in volume and importance. They also share their extended deltas--the marshlands--with each other, forming an extended system.
The classical name, Pasitigris, may preserve in its first element the Biblical name, Pishon.
Karun
The Kārun is Iran's most effluent, and the only navigable, river. It is 450 miles long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Dez and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzestan Province of...
river--one of the four rivers of Paradise or the Biblical Eden
Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden is in the Bible's Book of Genesis as being the place where the first man, Adam, and his wife, Eve, lived after they were created by God. Literally, the Bible speaks about a garden in Eden...
. The Old Testament
Old Testament
The Old Testament, of which Christians hold different views, is a Christian term for the religious writings of ancient Israel held sacred and inspired by Christians which overlaps with the 24-book canon of the Masoretic Text of Judaism...
maintains the four rivers to have been, the Euphrates
Euphrates
The Euphrates is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia...
, the Tigris
Tigris
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.-Geography:...
, the Gihon
Gihon
Gihon is the name of the second river mentioned in the second chapter of the biblical Book of Genesis. The Gihon is mentioned as one of four rivers issuing out of the Garden of Eden that branched from a single river within the garden. The name may be interpreted as "Bursting Forth, Gushing"...
and the Pishon
Pishon
The Pishon is one of four rivers mentioned in the Biblical Genesis. In that passage, these rivers are described as arising within the Garden of Eden...
.
The first two are clearly the primary rivers of Iraq and still carry the ancient names. As in the past many millennia, Gihon and Pishon still flowi through Eden---identified with the great marshlands of southern Iraq and Iran. These are the great rivers of Karkheh and Karun
Karun
The Kārun is Iran's most effluent, and the only navigable, river. It is 450 miles long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such as the Dez and the Kuhrang, before passing through the capital of the Khuzestan Province of...
, that rub shoulders with the Tigris and Euphrates in volume and importance. They also share their extended deltas--the marshlands--with each other, forming an extended system.
The classical name, Pasitigris, may preserve in its first element the Biblical name, Pishon.