'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎186] (187/466)

186
H oxjte No. \~-~eontdi
From Muhammerah to Tehran, fyc. contd.
>5
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c
Distances ik
miles.
Tnterme-
diate.
Remarks.
j J 4=^, orvnno flkfnnpp These hills are very narrow; tteir
plain, and stretching eastwar ^ ^ nort ] ieril slopes are steep. They
southern cultivated slopes ^re ge ^ Conglomerates. The wheat growing in the vicinity
are composed of reddish sandstone and gravel congio ^ ^ excell ent quality, and will be fit to
cut before the end of April. The corn is
generally cut, and trodden out by donkeys,
&c., &c., by the middle of May.
a.m. rj^ e r iver lies one-half mile to the west,
8-30
A village 3 miles to the westward ; the
9-35 Tillage followed over this level plain is
V . ^ ^ ■\niWes are very rare, yet the soil appears to be of excellent quality. Nocrops
broad and hard. Villages veiy , J ^ ^ of barleyj wh , cll ls used as fodder. Being
cut when green, it reproduces itself yearly, and forms an excel-
Fodder,
lent food for cattle.
10-15
Ruins
Wais, 100' wide, 5' deep, and skirts it ; B
11-15
11-30
Wais
Passes ruins, of which the only indi
cations are mounds overgrown with grass,
broken down walls, slabs of cut stone, &c.
Crosses a disused canal running towards
ojood cultivation.
Canal, with water in it, runs off towards
the river.
11
93 A small village of mud ^ts with an
imamzada occupying an area ot about iou
yards X 150 yards, and with about ^0
inhabitants ; good wheat cultivated. Theie
is a ferry boat here similar to that at
ITmmu't-Temr; river 275 yards to 300 yards wide. Banks 12' above level o
feeey
No traffic seen on the river. The
authority of the Shaikh of Muhammeia
extends to this village ; to ttenorthw^
the country is under the rul S, 0 ! • „
tan, and a fresh safe-oondnot is required. 'Road skirts the left V e
Above Wais the light alluvial soil is admirably suited for the growth ot giaa •
11.46 VlLLiOB
this character to Band-i-Kir (cut up by ravines). The country to the coast is ree ess.
of sheep are less numerous than heretofore.
P.M.
12-45
1
1-5
Village
KHiNA-NABiN
Little cultivation "beyond barley g roW
here and there for fodder. ^
Small thatched village on right banK.
Small thatched village on left ^'
good wheat grown; but, as hefoie, ctoeny
cut green for fodder.