'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎270] (309/466)

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R oute N o . 3A— contd.
From Gulpaigdn to the Zarda Kuh, contd.
o
D istances in
miles.
N umbei
Stage.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &e.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Eemarks.
A.M.
10-15
K tjhan •••
0 9*
...
Small village; crosses a rapid stream,
the Ab-i-Tirun, 8' wide, by a dry stone
bridge, 40' long, of 3 arches ; bridge 6' to
8' wide; no parapet. The Tiriin stream
j ^ 7 x XT —■
rises at Darabid, a village lying below tlie Kiili-i-Kolung. In the summer its waters are
expended in irrigation before they reach, the Zaindarud.
Between mnd walls, 8' high and 12' apart, traverses the village.
Crosses a stream, 12'wide. The plain
is well watered, and cultivation follows
10-30
10-55
11-30
P.M.
12-15
SHADUN
the line of the stream and canals; other
wise it is barren and stony.
Tillage, surrounded by gardens, | mile
to the right. The hills close in on either
hand; the road is 50' wide with a hard
surface ; it is unformed, audits excellence
is due to the gravelly soil of the plain alone.
A kanat in course of construction;
water lies at a depth of about 25' from
the surface.
Passes gardens of fruit trees and fields
of wheat and poppy. To the left the
hills are barren and low, and 1 mile dis
tant; to the right they are of the same character and 1J miles distant.
Crosses a stream 5' wide and skirts it. Passes a kanat. The plaii
with a shade temperature of 72°, there is a considerable mirage.
mostly barren ;
1-45
Crosses a stream; gardens and cultiva
tion extend to the left as far as the low
hills, 1J miles distant; to the right the
hills are three miles off. Trees, with
crooked stems, 6' to 10' long, and 9'' diameter, grow by the roadside. ^ Road 50' wide, hard
surface, passes between fruit gardens, surrounded by mud walls 8' higb, and enters JNajai-
F abad ; barometer 24-5' / TVrnfwifT^+andinfif
70
NajaeIbId (elevation
5,660').
29
Notwithstanding
that the thermometer only read 78°, the
heat was much felt. Najafabad, on the
. Isfahan-Burujird road, is a long village
of little depth, containing about 200 houses and with a good bazar ; supplies procurable ; it
is surrounded by well irrigated fruit gardens and cultivation ; wheat is 2 6 high and m ear.
There are large numbers of pigeon towers in connection with the villages and gardens witnm
a radius of 15 to 20 miles of Isfahan, pointing to the value placed upon their droppings as
a manure. The plane trees grow to some size and line the road through the village ana I
some distance on either side. The Tiriin-Kirwen district ends here. The range 6 miles
the north is known as the Kuh-i-Surma, and that 12 miles to tbe south as the Jlu
Barzghelle.
A.M.
5-5
32nd May 1884.
NajafIBID
70
and extend with little intermission to Isfahan.
Barometer 24-55"; thermometer 50 .
The road, 100' wide, passes numerous
walled fruit gardens, with pigeon towers,
which now line the course of the stream,
The rest of the plain is barren.