Arvand River A memorial of thousands years of Persian’s Ancient civilization Writer: Rozbeh Parsapoor Translate by: Yasaman gholami Name Root Date Tigra* Old Persian language 500 B.C Tighar Avestan language ancient Tjj Sanskrit ancient Tigran Armenian ancient Ti‐gi‐ra Elamite ancient Di‐iq‐lat Babylon ancient Digle Persian Sassanid Tigris Greek 500 B.C Arvand River** Avestan language Sassanid Dijle Arabic form of Digle After Islam Shat‐Al‐Arab Arabic After Islam *the English term” Tiger” is taken from the Old Persian term "Tigra," means sharp and roaring **Arvand River is the translation of Tigar, which comes in the ancient inscription of Great Darius.
[email protected] www.Persiangulfstudies.com Abstract: Arvand River is one of the Iran‐Iraq Border Rivers, which is located in Khorramshahr and Abadan. The length of its border is 84 kilometers. Arvand River constitutes of meeting of Tigris and Euphrates rivers in al‐Qurnah, which is in 110 kMs north of Abadan. It passes from southeast of Basra, Iraq, Khorramshahr and Abadan and then in 8 kMs south of Arvandkenar joined to the Persian Gulf (Pars Sea). Unfortunately, Arabs of south of Persian Gulf had a long history in changing and faking the historical names and universal documents, thus the ancient name of Arvand River, which is related to 2500 years ago, is not accepted by them, and they called it Shatt‐al‐Arab, which has existed for 1400years. However, Arvand River, which is mentioned in the Shahnama and classical texts, is known in all formal correspondence in Iran. Arvand River is officially recognized in the Islamic consultative assembly in Iran as well.