Note 60 — Chapter X
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Azed-ud-dowlah, one of the most celebrated of these princes, had a dyke constructed across the river Kur, in the plain of Murdasht, near the ruins of Persepolis, to confine the water, and permit of its being distributed over the country. It was called the Bund-Ameer (Prince's Dyke), and travellers ignorant of the Persian language have given this name to the river itself. We must not, therefore, be surprised to find in "Lalla Rookh" a lady singing,
"There's a bower of roses by Bendameer's stream;"
and asking,
"Do the roses still bloom by the calm Bendameer?"
Calm and still, beyond doubt, is the Bendameer.