"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٠] (٧٣٩/٢٦٤)

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No. 114— conid.
KllAIllABAD to BujNUllD.
No.
D istances
in miles.
B emases.
of
stage.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total,
lOtli mile, and then on by lower road to Yang ileal a,
which lies in a level valley some half mile broad.
Yangikala is the head-quarters of the KushJchana,
or north-west district of Kuchan, which comprises
all the villages, some 33 in number, stretching
along the Russian fronteir from Sarani on the
east to Ganfor on the west, and thence south
down to the Bujnurd border.
The village contains now 40 families of Kurds
from Firuza, to make room for whom the former
residents were turned out and sent elsewhere.
Had it not been for this, the Finiza people would
have left Kuchan territory altogether, and as it
was they were only returned with difficulty.
The character of the country has quite changed
here. Instead of the steep, rocky, and wooded
hills to the east of Sarani, we have open undulat
ing and cultivated upland country without a
tree in the place, except the few in the gardens
round the villages.
2
ZlRDUKDI
4,2uO'.
14
27
The road follows the banks of the Yangikala
stream, known here by the name of Kirmiz Kul,
to the village of Hisar at the 3rd mile, and
thence on down to Kala Ali Muhammad at the
6th mile.
At Ali Muhammad the road left the valley and
turned south over the hills with a gradual ascent,
but rather steep descent at the 12th mile.
Zirdukdi is the first village in the Takmaran valley
(not Takmaran plain, as marked on the map,
sheet No. 2), described as of large extent but
destitute of water, and the country certainly
looks it.
The water-supply of this village consists of only
one small spring of bad water, it is necessary to
send to a well about two miles to the west for
drinking water.
There are about 20 families of Kurds in the village,
which is under the Naib of Shirwan. Supplies
scarce. Temperature at 4 p.m . 82°.
3
Garmakhan
3,000'.
14
41
The road leads down tbe slope for 3 miles to the
nullah in the centre of the valley, a descent of
some 400 feet. At the 2nd mile pass a heap of
stones by the roadside called Chil-i-Ogurlikhan,
which here marks the boundary between Kuchan