"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٠] (٧٣٩/٢٢٥)

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No. §§-~contd.
Katn to Shahraks, vici Oarmah, fyc.
No.
of
•tage.
Names of stages.
D istances
IN MILES.
Interne
diate.
GA l EMAB
Fandukt
Total.
ItaMlEKS.
45
16
61
which would go straight to Garmab or to Isfidin.
February 18th, thermometer, i a.m.,25 0 ;. 7 a.m.
33°. Buznabad contains 100 houses. Inhabi
tants, Arabs. They own 25 yoke of oxen, 200
camels, 2,500 sheep, 20 jaribs of gardens. The
maliyat is 200 tomans, 5 kharwars of chaff. 4
kharwars of barley and 4 kharwars of wheat pro
curable. Water abundant.
Leave Buznabad, bearing 60°, and strike across
plain, descending gradually.
Soil gravelly and covered with "tirikh" a shrub
that forms good camel grazing:. At If miles
pass a few mounds on left. Country is undulat
ing; 200 to 300 sheep are grazing here. Grass
is just beginning to sprout (February).
At 82 miles pass a circular diameter, 4 yards.
Soil is here light and sandy. <ff Grhich " shrubs
now appear; good firewood.' Reported that in this
valley there are from 200 to 300 tents of Baheris
and Arabs.
Pass the Shor Rud at 12J miles. River-bed here
60 yards broad ; banks 20 feet hi^h with a difficult
path; swift stream, 15' by 1' in depth; brackish
but drinkable.
Road continues in direction of Shahaoz Kuh.
Cross a dry watercourse at 17^ miles and ascend
over low spurs.
Arrive at Garmab and camp. This is in the*
Zirkuh "buluk;" inhabitants Tajiks; 12 houses,
4 yoke of oxen ; just above village is a large
spring of clear warm water. A swift strean*
liows from it, 5 feet broad by 3 inches deep, and
/?r drinking. 18th February, barometer
Jo , 69 (9 p.m.)
Leave Garmab and traverse mountain spurs dia
gonally. Soil is a light clay. Road is stony and
crosses spurs at 3 miles; at 5 miles reach
highest point in pass. The Kuh-i-Shahaoz lies
about 2 miles to right. The road is practi
cable for all arms. Barometer 26'65 ,/ ; thermo
meter 25°. Here is plenty of "ghich " shrub,
rass a stream, at 5J miles, and some cultivation,
thence over nearly level ground. Shahaoz Kuh
on right is a solid wall of perpendicular rock,
some 4 000 odd feet above track. Here are low
spurs of red earth.
Down a rocky path at 7 milea. A little stream
3.t 7ig miles.