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Route No. 5 — concld .
,-aoina baqhalas, discharge cargo is 2\ m. S over a bare saline
high tides is reached.
At 2 1 m. where ships discharge cargo, there is a firm patch of sand, and the creek
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banks of mud and shelving.
Beyond this point there is no road for animals and a man on foot can only proceed
with difficulty.
Eor military operations, brushwood would have to be obtained from the upper reaches
of the Jarrahi and utilized to make a pier so as to reach the middle of the patch of firm
sand above mentioned, and also to improve the road to Ma’shur, in case of wet weather,
and to make a causeway over the creek passed at 1 m.
Ahwaz to Borazjun via Makhsar and Deh Mulla.
Authority— Col. A. Bailward, R.F.A., February 1905, revised by Lt. Wilson,
1908.
General. A little used track of small importance, connecting Ahwaz with Borazjiin and
thence with Bushire. Dead level throughout. Fords over the Rud Hilleh near Borazj m,
and ferries over the Jarrahi and Hindian Rivers at Makhsar and Deh Mulla respectively.
Passable in all weathers; practicable for wheels with some preparation, the only bad places
being between BanI Isma’il, and Deh Kuhneh. Jarrahi and Hindian flow between high
banks and could easily be bridged. Supplies procurable all along in small quantity.
Water scarce and generally bad except from rivers. People healthy, independent and
generally civil. Numerous alternative stages, not worthy of note.
Alternative routes.- (1) via Behbehan. This ro ute converges near Shul, is about 15
in. longer, but well supplied, and better in wet weather than the one described below.
(2) From Shah Abul Shah onwards there is an alternative route, touching Bandar
Dllam at 10 m. and following the coast all the way along. This route is about 25
the track. Arab camps numerous near Nasirl, afterwards scarce. Water from pool.
Width of the creek is here 15' at low tide, 50' at high tide; minimum depth 3';
Route No. 6.
Epitome.
m. shorter if the objective is Bushire, and not Borazjun, but the ford at ’Askari is
practicable only in dry weather. From ’Askari the road runs to Shlf, whence boats must
be taken to Bushire.
Distance.
No.
of Name of stags,
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Remarks.
Total.
1 Camp
30
Gen. dir. S. E. Leaving Nasirl, proceed
30 across low flat plain with occasional pat
ches of sparse herbage. The range of
low hills to the N. graduaTy recedes from
2 Makhsar
22
Gen. dir. S. E. over flat plain. Ferry at
52 Makhsar, a large ’Arab village; the
Jarrahi is here 120 yards wide, deep,
strong current, high banks (sand); boats
generally available.