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No. 32.
Ahwaz to Isfahan.
Authority. —Sykes, October 1896.
Note After heavy rain a detour tnd Ram Hormuz is necessary to avoid the swamp E. of
rrT 8 -' oT 1 ? 18 *° ad .j 8 r »ther better than the direct one, but the distance between Ahwaz and Kala-i*
1 ul is 20 to 30 miles longer.
No. of
stage.
Distance in
MILBS.
Names of stages.
I nter-
mediate.
Total.
. Kbhabks.
1
course (
miles tc
Wais
)f the river, but avc
the S.
124
ids the
124
bends.
Proceed on a bearing of 42°. At 1£ miles the
road and telegraph line to Ram Rormnz and
Borasjan branch off. The track, which is very
level but stony in parts, keeps parallel to the
Low hills, the Kuh-i-Sina, are visible some 12
At 5 miles the hamlet of Sayad Ibrahim on the right bank of the Karun ; and at 8 miles
oayad Anaia on the left bank, and some 2 miles from the track.
The hearing thenceforward is N. N. E., and after passing Karadul at 12 miles, the con
siderable village oi Wais is reached at 12£ miles. It contains some 300 huts and produces
a fair quantity of supplies. ^
It is of importance as being the most northerly village under Sbekh Misal’s jurisdiction.
Abab
Sani.
AIulla
11
Arab Mullah Sani. Water from wells
cultivators, who reside all the year round,
cellent throughout.
23x 1 For the first 10 miles, of which the three nearest
Wais are cultivated, the road runs due E. At mile
6 a solitary tree and a well, that was dry. At mile
11, the three collections of tents that constitute
about 100 feet deep. Population of 400 or 500
Large flocks of buffaloes and sheep. Road ex-
This is the most easterly village under Shekh Misal, and further east Arabic
spoken.
is not
3 Khab Ushtebzab.
20 i
m
The direction is again E. across a sandy plain.
At 3j miles, a dry well, and here the plain of
Darrehbid, or “ Valley of the Willow,” is entered.
A splendid pasturage during the winter.
At 11 miles a salt stream flowing S. is crossed, along which runs a track to Ram Her-
muz, and at lo miles the track from Shustar to the same place is passed.
Low stony hills are now entered, with views of a great salt plain, or “bavin,” to the S-
At 17 miles a second brackish stream is crossed, and the halting place of Khar Ushter-
zar oi ame -t orn Station,^ is reached. No population, and brackish water from the
s ream. ^'‘ty ot tamarisks lining the banks. During the winter months this is a great
grazing centre. °
JoBU * * Uf 55^ Stony road up the river bed, until at 2£ miles
a stream of sweet water joins the salt river. This
should be the halting place for Europeans.
, i ,, , , Thenceforward the river bed is the road until
4 miles, when the track runs through low hills.
Hormuz m ^ eS ari0 ^ ier sa ^ stream, flowing N., is crossed up which lies a track to Ran 1
Jorn, which is a village of nomads, is reached at Ilf miles and covers a district, as
every }ear different localities are sown and reaped. Many separate farms owned by Lurs.
Water from an excellent spring.