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CAMADI— See Dag-i-Yan^s.
CHABB— Elev. 4,175'.
A halting-place in Persian Baluchistan, 69| miles from Eehruj, on the
Magas road. No villages near ; water and fuel scanty.— (Sykes, 1893 ;
Brazier-Creagh, 1893.)
CHADDAR JALAN—
A cairn of stones in Persian Baluchistan, 11 miles north of Bamptir,
on the road to Bazman.— {Wood, 1899.)
CHADDAR MIR MAZAR— Elev. 3,710'.
A halting-place in Sarhad, 16-J miles north-east of Ladls, on the road to
Kacha Kuh. The place is marked by some heaps of stones. There is
no water, and but little grazing.— {Sykes, December 1898.)
CHADDAR MULLA HAJl—
A broad ravine in Kirman, which leads up to the watershed of the Kuh-
i-Khul (as that section of the Mukh-i-Surkh-i-Rud-i-Mahirange is called
which lies between Gurg and Nasratabad-Sipi) and through which the cara
van track from Bam to SIstan runs. The hills on each side of the ravine
are low and irregular, and their sides are clothed with red and yellow
flowers and strong smelling herbs. Some way up the ravine, where its
breadth is about 100 yards, is a spring of fresh water called Kunaruh.-
Its waters are not perennial, and run dry in exceptional years. From
this point the path rises steeply, and the gorge grows constantly
narrower until it is only about 15 feet broad, while its sides glisten with
fantastic colours, which appear to indicate the existence of some metals—
violet, yellow, and green predominating. About 1 mile above the Kun-
aruh spring the gorge forks, the easterly branch leading into the heart of
the mountains, while up the westerly one runs the road to Nasratabad.
At 21 miles from Kunaruh the pass grows still narrower, and is here
called the Gudar-i-Surkhavak. At this point there is a small spring, and
the gorge again bifurcates, the caravan route still leading along the
westernmost branch.
About 1 mile above this the watershed is’reached at an elevation of
4,775 feet. The descent on the north-eastern side of the range is by a
narrow winding gorge similar to that just described. About | mile below
the watershed is the Darvazeh-i-Nadir (Gate of Nadir), a narrow gap in
a transverse ridge of rock not more than 9 feet wide, with traces of walls
and rubble towers on each side, said to have been erected by order of
Nadir on his return from Hindustan. Three miles from the watershed,
the gorge, which increases gradually in width, is joined on the west side
by a ravine in which are some tamarisk and date palms and a small spring
of fresh water, called Ab-i-Kunji, said to be perennial. Beyond this
point the gorge opens out on the eastern slopes ol the mountains, at the
foot of which lies Nasratabad-Sipi.— {Dobbs, 1902.)
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