'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎251] (284/466)

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Route No. Z—contd.
From Gulpaigan to Burujucl —contd.
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From Kurd-i-Bala the Pul-i-Zamaa Khan is reached hy stages below, viz.,
1. Ab-i-Garm
2. Ab-Ptma
3. Pul-i-Zaman Khan
Farsakhs.
... 3
... 3
... 2
{see Revised Gazetteer of Persia, Routes).
. At this season of the year the Zaindarud river, being much swollen by the melting of the
snows, is not fordable. Prom the beginning of June it becomes fordable, and remains low
till March.
All the above routes to join the Isfahan-Shustar roads are, on this account, verv circmtmi<?
as they all lead over the Pul-i-Zaman Khan.
Thus to reach Deh-i-Kurd or other point on the above road the route in March, April, and
May would be as already given to the bridge, and thence to Deh-i-Kurd, or as below
1. Milagird (large village of 100 families).
2. Mashhad.
3. Chickshanpur,
4. Deh-i-Kurd.
In June the route^ would be that taken Imamzada Ishmael, and Chahal Chashmah, and
ttence via Shurab, Ab-i-Kanin, and Bazuft or via Sudijan, Baba-Haidar, and Deh-i-Kurd
according as the melting of the snows had been rapid or the reverse.
Foot passengers and baggage can at all times be passed over the river at Chahal Chashmah
in order to reach Sudijan by means of "halahs" i.e., rafts of inflated goats' skins: the
current, when the river is in flood, is so rapid that it is dangerous to swim horses and mules
across [see pages 163, 264).
broac
A .m.
5-25
llth May 1884.
Dum-i-kamae
or
Mian-dasht.
33
Barometer 22-3' / ; thermometer 34°.
The road ascends gently with low
undulations 300 yards distant on either
hand ; soil, sandy clay • road, 15' to 20'
much fertile soil lay fallow.
The road from Biirujird to Isfahan, 212 miles, could be readily converted into a cart-track •
Cart-road. tlie on ^ P ^ces are at Tinin, where the high plateau is ascend
ed and at Dara Shiraz and Shengiin entering the Silakhor valley. The
whole district is now safe. It is estimated that to convert the best of the present tracks into
a cart-road 20' wide, unmetalled, would cost Rs. 30,000. There are no caravanserais along
the road when the main Isfahan-Khonsar road is left.
^■25 ... | Streams, flowing from the snows and
from springs, are numerous, and give rise
v • I to swamps in the hollows.
Grosses a clay swamp 200 yards long, and a clear 6' stream. A small villao-e lies 600
yards to the right. 0