Ulai was the

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name for a river near the city of Susa. It was known as Eulaus to the

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s. It is mentioned twice in the

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: * Daniel – "''In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal.''" ( New International Version) *Daniel – "''And I heard a man’s voice from the Ulai calling, 'Gabriel, tell this man the meaning of the vision. " The river Ulai is also mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh: "''May the sacred river u-la-a mourn you ndiku along whose banks we walked in our vigor''" (VIII-11-12). More details are available a
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There are three watercourses near Susa, and scholars are divided on which is indicated, although archaeology by Loftus in 1851 and Dieulafoy in 1885 helped shed some light. The Ulai may have been the eastern branch of the

Karkheh River The Karkheh or Karkhen کرخه (perhaps the river known as the Gihon—one of the four rivers of Eden/Paradise to the Bible and as the Choaspes in ancient times; also called Eulæus; Hebrew: אולי Ulai) is a river in Khūzestān Province, I ...

(alternately called the Choaspes), which at one time divided into two branches some 20 miles north-west of the city. Another possible location of this river is the Coprates tributary of the

Karun River The Karun ( fa, کارون, ) is the Iranian river with the highest water flow, and its only navigable river. It is long. It rises in the Zard Kuh mountains of the Bakhtiari district in the Zagros Range, receiving many tributaries, such a ...

. Finally, some claim an artificial canal which ran close by Susa and connected the two rivers mentioned above.

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