'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [232] (253/466)
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U otjt E No. 1— contd.
Vrom Muhammeralt to Tehran, -contd,
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Distances in
miles.
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Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remarks.
wide, generally easy ; gradient ^ to T V ; a stream courses down it. Bed of the gorge stony; it
leads to the picturesque and fertile valley or the Ab-i-Kallaru, ig to J miles broad, crowded
with large villages, of which the chief are Silayjo and Kallaru.
Skirts the left side of the valley.
noon.
12
p.m.
12-45
Rounds the shaly hill side worn into
numerous mule tracks by traffic, and de
scends gently to the plateau in which
stands Sultanabad.
j^Q ^ kf .. ... ... Passes vineyards surrounded by high
mud walls. Crosses the dilapidated
bridge of 4 arches over the Ab-i-Kalla-
m ; bridge 100' long; its arch stones are
of slabs of shale ; it has no parapet wall; falling into ruins, its width is in places 8' ; no
span exceeds 15'; the stream at this season is shallow and runs in a deep bed ; bouldery
bottom.
23
S ult I nabad (eleva
tion 6,110').
Long. 48° 45'E.
Lat. 34° 6' 3G" N.
1-30 S ult I nab I d (eleva- 24 453 The outskirts of the town are in ruins;
barometer 24*1 // .
General remarTcs. —The road, since en-
teriiig the Tang-i-Tura, is in good order,
although unformed, and offers no difficul
ties - its surface is generally stony and hard ; the stretches of clay would become difficult after
rain'and snow. There is no indication of heavy traffic along it except at the one point noted.
Its averao-e width is 20' to 30' ; gradients along it are gentle. The country it traverses is
picturesque; the hills rise to a height of 500' to 600' over the general level, and are barren
and inaccessible ; those to the south of the road only are snow-topped.
Sultanabad, lying in a wide basin of about 20 miles in diameter, is a town of commercial
importance, the centre of a carpet manufacturing district. The country round about is
generally fertile, and produces average crops of cerealsvines flourish. To its north-east,
distant 4 miles, lies a salt lake of a diameter of 4 to 5^ miles.
It occupies an area of 800 yards X 800 yards ; its streets are laid out in parallel lines,
and are cleaner and wider than is usual in Persian towns ; water flows in the gutters border
ing them and affords a contamination supply of drinking-water; Persians, as a rule are foul
water drinkers, careless of its contamination by sewage. The supply of such towns as Shus-
tar, Dizfiil, Burujird, &c., in all cases where it flows through open gutters, or partially clewed
channels under the streets, must be polluted, unless its current be very rapid {see Kum). Ine
liouses are of mud with domed or flat roofs ; the former fall into ruins periodically from the
effects of rain and snow and the swelling power of frost; there are some good houses m the
town ; the bazar is roofed in and presented an active appearance ; the population is estimated
to be 4,000 ; a mud wall, 16' high, 5' thick, at the base, falling into decay, fronted by a dry
ditch, 6' deep, surrounds the town ; it has some resemblance to a defensible enceinte, bas
tions being thrown out at every 50 yards.
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Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars by Major and Bt. Lieut-Col. Mark S. Bell, V.C., R.E.
Publication Details: Simla: Government Central Branch Press, 1885. Prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General's Department in India.
Physical Description: 3 maps in end pockets. 41 plates.
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- 'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1:4, i-r:ii-v, 1:8, 1:2, 2a:2b, 3:4, 4a:4b, 5:40, 40a:40b, 41:54, 54a:54b, 55:60, 60a:60b, 61:64, 64a:64b, 65:96, 96a:96b, 97:98, 98a:98b, 99:108, 108a:108b, 109:112, 112a:112b, 113:116, 116a:116b, 167:176, 176a:176b, 177:178, 178a:178b, 179:184, 184a:184b, 185:190, 190a:190d, 191:192, 192a:192b, 193:204, 204a:204b, 205:208, 208a:208d, 209:210, 210a:210b, 211:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:236, 236a:236b, 237:240, 240a:240b, 241:244, 244a:244d, 245:246, 246a:246b, 247:248, 248a:248b, 249:252, 252a:252b, 253:254, 254a:254b, 255:264, 264a:264b, 265:270, 270a:270b, 271:272, 272a:272d, 273:334, 334a:334b, 335:366, 366a:366n, 367:390, 1:10, iii-r:iv-v, 1:2, back-i
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- Bell, Mark Sever
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