"تقرير خان بهادور مولا بخش، الملحق بوكيل الحاكم العام للهند والقنصل العام البريطاني في خراسان وسيستان، عن رحلته من مشهد إلى كويته عبر تربت حيدريه، كاين، سيستان، كوه ملك سياه ونوشكي (٧ أبريل إلى ٢٨ يوليو ١٨٩٨)" [ظ‎‎١‎٧] (١٥٦/٣٩)

12
REPORT OF KHAN BAHADUR MAULA BAKHsH
8th and 9th April 1898.
Turufz — halt.
14. It was arranged that the Indian traders should join me here early
The Indian traders joined me at Turuk on the 0n DlOrilin" of the 8tll, blit they did
9th Apr,! 169S and thus delayed m, there tot two not turn up till the afternoon of the 9th,
n, . . , , . haring been delayed unavoidably at
Me, bed to settle their accounts. I had, therefore, to halt at Turuk for two
days much against my will in order to give them time to join me and to enable
mv Imrmr'thdMl Camelm ® n lo C0 “plete their equipment, as I discovered to
my honor that their camel-gear was incomplete, and that they had brought an
on tTol ° f 101,68 With them f0 “- the l0ads "' Mch procurable
15. The caravansarais and the village of Turuk are endowed to the shrine
Turuk (village). of Imam Reza at Meshed
formerly customs oontraetcwand Iteglar M
per'annum .^ 8 ' 1 8nd th ° Usa “^ kb ^ oi ^ <§’ wheat and 4 haTyt
o UN DAY, IUTH APRIL 1898.
16. Gumbad-i-dardz (village}'.
Distance, 19 miJes.
Water, good.
Sup^dies procurable.
17. The traders having arrived and the camelmen having completed
ApriiTsgT ' 6 ° f “ y caravan from Turukon 10th t ^r ir gear ? we matle a move from turuk
18. There are two roads leading from Turuk towards Sharifdbad. These
Koads between Turuk and Sharifabad. r ° a(ls branch off at a distance of about
Turuk, one goin^ to the rio-ht nrul fL ^ ^fi ^ tIle caravansarai of
upper road and the lower road,^Mpectively . 1 t0 ^ are call ®d the
(o) The upper road is the main highway to Teheran. It is at present
The upper road between Turuk and Sharifabad. U . SG . d b 7 a11 Pilgrims and travellers whether
driving in carriages or carts • Lnf '+ 1C ^ n ^ °i l [ 10 I rses » donkeys or camels, or
and descents, it is not, in its present stetewd^fitted i P3SSe , s) stee P asc ents
quently travellers driving in carriages f Wheel ® d traffio - C «^-
kotuls while during the winter when’snow is on the < 0 " " and ' va,k acr oss the
passable for vehicles. Sometimes tmvplWa ° r ^ ^ound the road is im-
storms when crossing the pass and lose their W ^ ° Vei ' taken with s “ow-
c™i!Lfo! K Gt n ’ M rf ir ^' WaZdreh ’ the Postmaster-
Meshed. ““ ™ e rin . nd General of Khurasdn, was granted a eon
1S94 to improve the existing road andtornn b ' V the Fe . rsiaa Government in
Meshed with right to levy toll from people usine'tlff and
t orm a company to raise the necessary capital bu/havinn f d 'i ,® e ^‘“ded to
o do so has given up the project i'o/the present TherL ^ “ ‘ US attem Pts
have as yet been carried out,'and the road from no improvements
aisr “•““-v ^
“ tuins t0 t,le le ft after it branches off from tlm
The lower road between Turuk and Meshed. Toad at about half a mile W™ f l f T
caravansarai of Turuk If ; he
uiur. goes past a