"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، بما في ذلك أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزء من فارس" [ظ‎‎١‎٧‎٣] (٤٧٠/٣٥١)

Route No. 4 A.
From Bandar-Dilam to Bushire.
Distances in
MILKS.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &e.
Interme
diate.
Total.
A.M.
16th June 1884.
2-30
Bandar-Dilam
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Longitude 50° 9' E.
Latitude 30° N.
Remarks.
In traversing this country guides are
most necessary, as the track is very ill.
defined ; they must be changed fre
quently ; they are obtained from the
Khans and headmen of villages under orders from their Khans.
Skirting the above, the track traverses a sandy plain ; track, wide and its surface hard.
The plain, liable to bo inundated, is
here sticky and soft.
The shore line from Ras-at-Tamb to
Itas Barkan forms a deep blay called the
Duhet Dilarn, with soundings under 8
fathoms; the shore is everywhere quite
low ; the 3 fathom line is generally 3 to
4 miles off.
The surface of the plain hardens.
Small village half a mile to the left;
barometer 29*45" (50') ; temperature 68°.
The poorest of grasses scantly covers the
mud flat ; in places it is muddy.
The grass improves in quality, and the
soil is here and there tilled.
Traverses the dry bed of a nullah or creek
8' deep and 300' wdde ; a little wheat is
here cultivated, and the plain becomes
better covered with grass. On St. John’s
map this creek is erroneously shown to be
the mouth of the rivers rising in the
hills between Dugambuzan and Fabliau
[see pages 337, 338).
6-15 Ltjlatain | Small villa ge surrounded by cultiva
tion; soil, sandy ; road, a hard track;
water from wells of good quality. A
heathery plant grows plentifully ; there are a fair number of villages in the vicinity.
4-30
4-45
5-15
8
Hisae
of Hisar is close at hand.
8-30
Three good wells ; halt 15 minutes to
water the animals ; each well is provided
with a masonry drinking trough ; water
10' to 15' from the surface. The village
A garden and well; a good halting
place during the heat of the day ; trees
occur round the villages only.
The road ascends gently over a slightly broken up flat.
The shore line from Ras-at-tamb, west of Hisar to Sabz Pushan, 2 miles north-west of
Coast Kal’a Haidar, has low hillocks all along it, covered with shrubs.
There is a shore reef within 2 cables ; 4 fathoms are 1 mile off
shore, and 10 fathoms 4 miles off.
From Sabz Pushan to Ras as Shat, the north-west point of the Bushire indentation, the
soundings are 10 fathoms, 3 miles off, abreast Ras as Shat, and the same depth 6 miles off
shore farther to the northward ; 15 fathoms being 4 to 9 miles off at the same parts. There
is little or no shore reef and no outlying danger. There is no shelter from the prevailing
winds at this part of the coast.—(Persia?* Gulf Pilot).