'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎260] (297/466)

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R oute N o. 3 A — contd.
From Guljoaigdn to the Zarda Kuh, Sfc, —contd.
The stages along the road to Shustar by the Zarda Kuh were said to
"be—
+,*5 farsakhs.—^Village,
3 farsakhs.—Small enclosure.
,..4 farsakhs.
... 4 farsaklis.—The river, 3' deep, ig
crossed by fording.,
... 5 farsakhs. In this stage the
the road is difficult; trees abound; snow generally lies on its
(1) Sikandari
(2) Chahal Chashmah
(3) Shorab
(4) Ab-i-Kuran
(5) Bazuffc
Kuh-i-Dum-i-Zard is
summit,
(6) Hazar Chum ... ... 4 farsakhs {seepage 279)*
The Ab-i-Bazuft is forded, and the Kiih-i-Khaonah, a precipitous hill, is crossed.
(7) Shimbar ••• -..4 farsakhs.
The precipitous hill of Monar is crossed j it is often covered with snow; trees are abundant.
Farsakhs.
(8) Kala-i-Khusru Khan 4
(9) Kala-i-Salwati ... ^..4
(10) Sardasht ... ••• ••• ^ {seepage 80),
(11) Thence one stage of *.,7
to Dizful, the road passing between the Ab-i-Dizful and Kamn. Pasture
and firewood are plentiful; there are no villages along it; the tents of the
Bakhtiarf iliyats are frequently met with; sporty such as wild goat and
wild boar, &c., is plentiful.
This road is used by the Lurs in preference to that leading from the
head of the Akhora valley. It was said to be closed for 3 months by snow,
which lies deep on the Khaonah and Monar hills j at other times, by waiting
till a fall melts, they can be passed. Provisions, as before noted (jjage
can be obtained from the iliyats, who sow and reap. . 7
So far as it could he checked, the above account was found to le fairly reh-
ahle, hut to he altogether an Hit/at path and more across country than the road
described from Deh-Kurd on page 279.
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Time.
A.M.
5-40
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Distances iit
miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Eemarks.
16t}i May 1884.
Akhoea-Bala
48
Barometer 22 , 0' / ; thermometer 36.
It froze during the night, and thin ice
lay on the water of the ponds. ^ ,
The road leads down the valley ; it is a
narrow mule path cut up by irrigation channels, which intersect the valley; ^ snow sti ies
about its bottom ; soil, an open clay ; crosses a mountain stream 15'|wide 1 deep ; oe 0
boulders.
6-50
7-35
Akhoea-Paien
Dudesgun
it gets beyond the influence of the snow streams.
Village,
An Armemian village; the valley is
here 2 miles broad ; the road is stil
much cut up by water, but improves when