Historical reference record — not independently verified
1953 near-Ahvaz Karun River shark incidents
What happened
Multiple historical incidents share this year and location URL. Each supplied record is shown separately.
What is known
- Recorded classification: Multi-incident location/year archive
What remains uncertain
- Current GSAF-derived indexing shows two near-Ahvaz records in 1953.
- Historical source match supplied with the recovery material; not independently verified.
Fact panel
- Date
- Multiple dates — see individual records
- Date precision
- Year
- Location
- 1953 near-Ahvaz Karun River shark incidents, Karun River, IRAN
- Country
- IRAN
- Activity
- Unknown
- Incident classification
- Multi-incident location/year archive
- Area / state
- Karun River
- Outcome
- Unknown
- Species
- Unknown
- Species confidence
- Reported
- Coordinate precision
- Unknown
Individual historical records
This historical URL contains multiple incidents at the recorded locality. Each record is retained separately.
Current GSAF-derived indexing shows two near-Ahvaz records in 1953.
Mr. Nasser Seemrookh — 1953-03-31/04-01
- date
- 1953-03-31/04-01
- person
- Mr. Nasser Seemrookh
- sex
- M
- activity
- Swimming near sewage outlet/slaughterhouse
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- species
- 1.5 m probable bull shark
- injury
- Right forearm severed at elbow.
Mr. Kaaby — 1953
- date
- 1953
- person
- Mr. Kaaby
- sex
- M
- outcome
- Non-fatal
- species
- 1.5 m probable bull shark
- injury
- Arm severed; survived.
Incident location
1953 near-Ahvaz Karun River shark incidents, Karun River, IRAN
The recorded area has not yet been matched reliably to the map.
Sources and verification
- Shark Data Lab Ahvaz location archive + GSAF-derived records — www.sharkdatalab.comSupports: Historical incident fields; supplied source match, not independent verification
Shark incident records can change as investigations develop. This page shows the current verification status and was last restored from supplied historical reference material on 2026-09-25.
Historical facts retain the provenance and uncertainty of the cited references. Source timestamps record when the supplied material was imported, not an independent source retrieval or verification.
Supplementary content updated: 2026-09-24. This does not change the original verification status or review date.