"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎١‎٤‎٤] (٧٣٩/٢٩٣)

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No. 129— concld.
Kushk valley to Turbat-i-Shekh Jam.
No.
of
■tage.
D istances
in miles.
B bmabks.
m
Names of stages.
[nterme*
diate.
Total.
spring of fresh water. The water in the Jam
river is said to be bad here. The river is full
of reeds and there is a deep deposit of mud which
makes it unfordable in most places.
7
A mibabad
ni
99f
Leave camp by a road bearing west.
2J miles, cross the Jam River by a ford.
miles, on the left are earth cliffs marking the
course of the river. On the right is rising
ground and beyond it a range of high hills, some
12 or 15 miles off apparently. In front is a
high hill bearing 270°. The soil is sandy but
the track is good going.
4i miles, pass an irrigation stream. On the right
bank of the river to the left and left front are
large settlements of Taimuri shepherds with
their black tents.
The ground at 6 mil^s humpy and undulating.
The river lies J mile off to the left.
7} miles, pass the first of a row of 4 forts about J
mile from each other under the hills to the right
which have appeared nearer the road than before.
At 8^ miles, pass a 3rd encampment of 44 black
tents" and a small newly-built village of
about 12 round mud huts inhabited.
At 9J miles, another similar camp on the right
and a village of about 20 huts inhabited.
At 10 miles are signs of old cultivation, and
now canals are being opened up.
10J miles, a village called Shahtabad, on the left
are two ruined forts and a few Turkoman towers.
Thft ground on the right is broken up by nullahs.
Reach an old fort and an inhabited village called
Amirabad, very dirty and squalid.
8
T cjebat-i-
S hekh J am.
16
115|
Leaving Amirabad cross a 5-foot water-cut by
bridge at If miles.
Pass a small, inhabited hamlet. At 3| miles, on
the right, are a few ruined forts.
River Jam lies 1 mile to the left. Country flat, good
going.
4f miles, pass a ruined Icarez. Here were about #
100 camels grazing, and a camp of nomads.
5^ miles, on the left beyond the river are more
ruined forts.
10| miles, ground broken by hillocks. Parallel with
the road is ruined Icarez,
At llf miles, pass a Turkoman Tower. Ground
much broken by nullahs about 14J miles.
Reach Turbat-i-Shekh Jam and camp on the west
of the town.