DEZPHOUL, a town of Persia, in the province of Kuzistan, situated in a beautiful plain, on the eastern bank of the Abzal, 28 miles W. from Shuster. Its only ornament is an elegant bridge, erected by the command of Sapor, a prince celebrated both as the destroyer and the founder of cities. This bridge is 450 paces in length, 20 in breadth, and about 40 in height. The piers are of large stones, and the arches and upper parts of brick. Pop. of Dezphoul nearly 15,000.