"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [و‎‎١‎٧‎٤] (٧٣٩/٣٥٢)

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No. 150— conid.
Mastiad-i-Ghulaman to Kharaki, via, Muhammadalad,
No.
of
stage.
D istances
in miles.
Names of stages.
Interme
diate.
Total.
EBUi-BKB.
After leaving the Pashun valley an ascent to the
top of another range, which is crossed at a height
of over 5,000 feet, and then a long descent of
some 6 miles to Yan Chashma, which consists of
nothing bnt a small spring in the side of the
hill, and is said to have been a favonrite resort of
Turkoman raiders in olden days. These ranges
of hills and valleys are all parallel, running west
hy north and east by south. The ground gradu
ally slopes to the west. The country looks bare
and brown, and can be ridden over anywhere.
The tops of the hills are covered with small, dry
grass, and the sides and ravines only are sprinkled
with bushes and small junipers.
Temperature at 4 p.m. 75°.
3
mtthammadaiud
2,200',
8
30
Road leads south-south-east down the valley of
the Jauriz stream till it joins the larger valley of
the Shirindarra stream coming down from Kat-
lish.
The village was built some 25 years ago by the
present Saham-ud-Dowlah and called after him.
It is walled all round and contains about 100
families of Razis, and is surrounded by a number
of gardens and vineyards. The id ana district
commences here.
Temperature at 4 p.m. 78°.
4
Gazabad
2,000'.
10
40
Road now in the valley of the Atrak, which is here
uninhabited, though cultivated in places by
people from Bashkala and other villages in Mana.
Road led for 4 miles down the western side of the
valley of the Shirindarra to its junction with the
Atrak, and thence for the remaining 6 miles
westward along the northern side of the Atrak
valley. There is no village of Mana as marked
in the map (Sheet No. 2), the name applying to
the district or valley in general.
Gazabad is simply a name for some ground covered
with low tamarisk opposite the ruins of an old
village named Zulmabad on the other side of the
5
Khaeaki
1,700'.
8
48
river.
Temperature at 4 p.m. 84°.
The river runs between steep banks, some 20 feet
deep, and is difficult to cross, and winds back
wards and forwards across the valley.
Road leads on down the right bank of ^ the river
Atrak, which is here some 30 feet in width and 1
to 2 feet in depth.
A good deal of water is taken from it above Gaza
bad for irrigation at that place, where large tracts