"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، يتضمن أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزءًا من فارس" [‎٢‎٧‎٨] (٤٦٦/٣٢٣)

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A plentiful stream flows in the valley; its soil is a gravelly clay
cultivated.
the poppy is largely
A.M.
7-25
over slippery rock.
Commences the ascent over the neck ; the
ascent is steep and strewn with stones and
boulders ; general gradients ^ to JL.
The last ascent consists of steep zigzags
8-30
KUH-I-RUKH
Watershed.
Summit of the neck ; barometer 22 , 4' /
(7,960'). ^
The Kiih-i-Rukh is the watershed of
the country and the
boundary between the
districts of Chahar JVI ahal and Isfahan.
For continual ion of the watershed to the south-east, see page 288 ; to the westward it runs
to the Kuh-i-Rang, Afhus-kiih, Kuh-i-Persishtj to the east of Chaman-i-Sultan, Ashnakhor,
and along the hills bordering the branches of the river Diz to the north {see page 224).
The general descent is more gentle than the ascent, but the boulders blocking it are
of a larger size, some over 6' high and large in proportion. For 100 yards the road is very
narrow, and for 100 feet the gradient is -i-. It then becomes a stony and broad path with
gradients from to y 1 ^-. The river is 3 miles distant to the right.
... ... Traverses an elevated narrow valley,
2 miles broad ; it is uncultivated; wild
flowers are plentiful; barometer 22 , 8' /
! (7,450'). The barren hills rise over the
valley to a height of 600' to 700'.
The road to Ardal goes ofP to the left half front. In this direction lies the village of Kahv-
i-Rukh of 150 houses, elevated 6,850', distant 7 miles from the pass, in the fertile and well
watered district of Chahar-Mahal and under the jurisdiction of the Ilkhani of the Bakhtiaris.
The Chahar-Mahal country has been likened to that of Peshin.— (Wells.)
The direct road to Ardal leads through Kahv-i- Rukh to Shamsabad {see page 281), a stage of
25 miles. It leads along an extensive plain extending for many miles to the north, but closed
in by high hills to the north-east. At the western extremity of the plain is the village of Tor-
Riir, altitude 6,750'. Leaving Tor-Kiir the road turns south-east down a gradually narrowing
valley,founded to the east by sand hills, and on the west by the Kuh-i-Jehanbm.— {Wells.)
Snow is seen on the hills 7 to 10 miles
distant to the left half front; the road is
a good and hard mule track ; the heat
of the sun was great, but the breeze cool.
Soil, an open clay. No stream is met
with along this line from 7-15 a.m . until
Deh-i-Kurd is reached.
A little snow still lies high up on the
hill sides; the valley is 1,000 yards
wide; the road is hard and generally 20'
wide.
Passes between 2 hills forming a neck
to the valley. The Kuh-i-Jehanbin, 7 or 8
miles distant in the line of the road, is cov-
ered with snow. Passing over undulations,
9-40
9-55
11-15