'Military Report on (S.-W.) Persia, Volume V. Luristan' [‎36r] (76/152)

Boute No. 2.— concld.
provemonts before being fit for carts. One track keeps near to Bala Rud ; the best track,
and the old Sassanian paved road, of which trasces can still be seen in places, keeps
nearer the Kuh-i-Tangawan. Karaharr is a Qalawand camping-ground ; fuel scanty,
grazing and water plentiful.
Dorozanab,
(mouth of Tang
-i-ZardawaR.)
12 35 General direction N. by E., ascending easily
Sar-i-Pilleh, then down by steep and diffi
cult descent to the Ab-i-Anaraki; then
over gypsum hills through cultivated
tract of Mairzi to Ab-i-Mungarreh crossed at 10 m.: between this stream and the lime
stone hills to the N. is a small cultivated plain, known as Doruzanab, in which are some
small springs exuding bitumen, {vide page 54 of this report). The whole district
between Kuh Tangawan to the Chinara Range is known as Ql'ab. Fuel scanty, grazing
and water plentiful. There are generally some Qalawand tents in vicinity from October
to end of June, when crops are cut.
(Following from Rawlinson.) The road lead
from the Qilab valley across a precipitous
range, a continuation of the Kialan
into the Tang-i-Zardawar a narrow and
wooded valley having for 20 miles a direction of 340°.
Head of Tang-
20
55
-i-Zardawar.
AnaREH Rud
20 75 (Rawlinson.) From the head of the tang
20 miles from Qilab, a difficult ascent of 2
hours leads over the Kuh-i- Blab (no water
except that derived from the melting snow
connected with the Kuh-i-Mangarreh to the VY. and the Kuh-i-Shahzadeh Ahmed to E.
Descending off the Kuh-i-Blab, a descent of some miles, another ridge of the great chain,
the Kuh Anareh Rud is crossed and below it the Anareh Rui reached : this is the left
branch of the Ab-i-Zal.
t z jq gg (Rawlinson). Beyond this stream the Kuh-i-
a • • ' Kal ( w hi ce peak) is crossed, and the
valley of the Ab-i-ZaA reached at a dis
tance of about 30 miles from the head of
the tang. {Note: This is in the same valley is Ab-i-Sard but about 15 miles to the
east—A. T. W.
Across the Kuh-i-Gird into the Tayin
valley, and thence across a low range into
the Kabgan valley, which is level with
Chimashk.
Vide stages 9 and 10, route 4, alternative
via Hashtad Pahlu and Jamal-i-Kal, or
Darreh-i-Nassab and Tang-i-Bahramkuslu
Ab-i-Kabgan
15
100
KURAGEH
16
116
KhURRAMaBaD.
12
128
Note .—-The distances are' probably
should not be over 110 miles,
0 242 GSB
Vide stage 11, route 4,
over-estimated throughout, the actual length