"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، بما في ذلك أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزء من فارس" [ظ‎‎١‎٤‎٤] (٤٧٠/٢٩٣)

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From Gulp aig an to the Zarda Kuh, 8fc. —contd.
The stages along the road to Shustar by the Zarda Kuh were said to
(1) Sikandari
(2) Chahal Chashmah
(3) Shorab
(4) Ab-i-Kuran
... ... 5 farsakhs.—Village.
... ... 3 farsakbs.—Small enclosure.
... ... 4 farsakhs.
... ... 4 farsakhs.—The river, 3' deep, is
crossed by fording.
(5) Bazuft ... ... ... 5 farsakhs. In this stage the
Kuh-i-Dum-i-Zard is crossed; the road is difficult; trees abound ; snow generally lies on its
summit.
( 6 ) Hazar Chum ... ... ... 4 i&rsakhs (seepage 279).
The Ab-i-Bazuft is forded, and the Kuh-i-Khaonah, a precipitous hill, is crossed.
(7) Shimbar ... ... ... 4 farsakhs.
The precipitous hill of Monar is crossed; it is often covered with snow ; trees are abundant.
Farsakhs.
( 8 ) Kala-i-Khusru Khan ... ... 4
(9) Kala-i-Salwati ... ... ... 4
(10) Sardasht ... ... ... 3 (seepage 80).
(11) Thence one stage of ... ... 7
to Dizful, the road passing between the Ab-i-Dizful and Karun. Pasture
and firewood are plentiful; there are no villages along it; the tents of the
Bakhtiari iliyats are frequently met with; sport, such as wild goat and
wild boar, &c., is plentiful.
This road is used by the Lurs in preference to that leading from the
head of the Akhora valley. It was said to be closed for 3 months by snow,
which lies deep on the Khaonah and Monar hills; at other times, by waiting
till a fall melts, they can be passed. Provisions, as before noted {page 266),
can be obtained from the iliyats, who sow and reap.
So far as it could he checked, the above account was found to he fairly reli
able, hut to be altogether an iligdt path and more across country than the road
described from Deh-Kurd on page 279.
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Time.
A.M.
5-40
Names of towns, villages, &c.
16th May 1884.
Akhoea-Bala
Distances in
MILES.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remarks.
48 Barometer 22•0 ,, ; thermometer 36.°
It froze during the night, and thin ice
lay on the water of the ponds.
. .... The road leads down the valley ; it is a
narrow mule path cut up by irrigation channels, which intersect the valley; snow still lies
about its bottom ; sou, an open clay ; crosses a mountain stream loWide 1' deep : bed of
boulders. r
6- 50
7- 35
Akiioea-Paien
Dudesgun
it gets beyond the influence of the snow streams.
Village.
An Armemian village; the valley is
here 2 miles broad ; the road is still
much cut up by water, but improves when