'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎210] (225/466)

210
Eoute No. l-^contd.
From, Muhammerah to Tehran, Sfc. —contd.
I*
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
a.m.
5-15
road general
15°.
7-5
13th April 1884.
ValmiIn
Distances in
miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
260
Remarks.
7-35
Barometer 27*3"; thermometer 53°.
Crosses a sea of grassy undulations by
gentle gradients; average height of the
undulations 100'to 200'; pasture good;
y easy; a few difficult stony bits here'and there; slopes of undulations up to
Crosses a grassy plateau, in extent 1
mile bv 1 mile.
Crosses a low pass in the hills; haro-
meter 26 , 8 // (3,260'). Crosses grassy un
dulations by a good track ; streams occur
in all the hollows ; excellent soil. These
are the pastures of the Hassanwand tribe.
Jaidar lies to the north-west, and tracks
lead there. A good road, practicable for
artillery, is said to lead from this point
across the Jaidar plain by the Shapur bridge, the Tang-i-Dubatchi, and the right bank of the
Kashgan river to Khoramabad {seepage 219).
8-5 1 I 1 Barometer 27' / . . , , , ,
From the Jaidar plain the valley of the Saimarrah is also reached at Pul-i-Gamashan (see
Revised Gazetteer of Persia, Routes). The road keeps on the
Communications. bank of the Kashgan river, which forces its way amid
tremendous precipices through the Kailiin Eange, and joins the Karkhah or Saimarrah river
one mile above the bridge. The pass is steep and rocky, and barely practicable to loaded
11111 6 ' ' 1 Several families of I liyats took a parallel
road 800 yards to the eastward; road
well worn, indicating considerable traffic
along it. .
Near the undulating hills known as
Kuh-i-Penawur, rising 300' to 500'.
13 273 Barometer 26-55 7 ; thermometer 70°. A
plentiful stream waters the valley, in which
the camp is pitched at the foot of the pass.
Halt; rain. Barometer 26*5"; ther-
mometer 60° ; cold damp wind blowing.
14
14
9-5
9-40
9-45
p.m.
Tang-t-PenIwur ..
(elevation 3,570').
lith April 1884.
Tang-i-Penawtje .
The range of undulations (4,100') over which the road now^ passes run m a direc i
285° for 4 or 5 miles, and end in a high conical hill, beyond which commences another » ,
beyond the Kashgan river. To the eastward it runs in a direction of 145 for about
distance, there sinking into an undulating country resembling that passed over on *
Similar undulations appear to continue still further eastward, and to front the Kheol b »
recently skirted, on its northern side. 'Trees of a small size are here first met wi • ,
country is treeless to this from the coast, and produces n
Firewood. except wheYe The olean der and tamarisk bushes men-
tioned by travellers seem to have been all expended as firewood.