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'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎253] (288/466)

The record is made up of 1 volume (390 pages). It was created in 1885. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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253
E oute N o. Z—conid.
From Gulpaigan to Burujird, 8fc, —contcL
^ 6c
gec
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
P.M.
12-15
12-35
Distances iit
miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
A.M.
i 1 ' 20 *- ••• Descending througli a narr.ow valley, the
road becomes narrow and swampy, water
coursing down it; snow lay on the valley
sides.
A walled enclosure, on the right side o£
the valley, which is here 400' deep. Its
sides are of shale.
Descends steeply, gradient 5
the deep bed (500') of another
tributary of the Kiim river :
wide, shallow, stony bed.
Barometer 22*85' / (7,500'). The direction of the valley is 40° ; the stream flows north
and east. The ascent out of the valley is for 300 yards a mule track with a gradient of i to i •
it then increases in width, and traverses rounded undulations of shale by moderate gradients 7 *
Eemarks.
to into
stream, a
stream 50 A
fuel.
1-35
1-50
2-15
2-35
2-45
Chaman-i-S u l t a n
(elevation 7,810'j.
9
It is the first village in the Barbarud
55
Barometer 22-5' / ' (7,910').
Barometer 22'3" (8,100'). To the- left
the snowy range is 2 or 3 miles distant;
to the right 8 or 10 miles.
Barometer 22-4* (8,030'). Descends
gently to cross a shallow stream flowing
southward ; the road is swampy for some
distance.
A ruined enclosure, the Kal'a-i-Allah-
Kuli, occurs on a bearing of 290°.
Crosses a small stream flowing south,,
and to the west of the Kiih-i-Khanon.
Small and poor village with one good
residence standing at its highest point ;
dung is stacked everywhere as a winter
district.
y oad , c ? n be taken a,on g skirts of the hills through several ruined villages ;
wahai-thashmah is the last village in_the Peridan district and is inhabited hy Armenians,
ine whole ot this part of the country is known as Jopalag.
Bj diiect and good road passing to the east of Sar-i-Sul hill, Gulpaigan is distant 30
Alternative road. miles. Between Chaman-i-Sultan and Mian-dasht is the
Watershed. watershed of the rivers Diz, Kiim and Zaindarud.
A.M.
6-10
*12a May 1SS4.
Chaman-i-Sultan ..
55
Barometer 22 , 55' / ; thermometer 40°.
For the first quarter of a mile out of
the village the road, 10' broad, passes
oyer a clay soil, and is cut up by irriga
tion channels ; it then improves and
passes over shale.
? orth from Chamau-l-Sultau the Kuh-l-Gorkuu should be read Goikiin or
ulKwa r or Khahkwah {see 'page 365).

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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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1 volume (390 pages)
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