'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎311] (356/466)

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R oute N o. 4 A — contd.
From Bandar-Dildm to BusJnre —contd.
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^ hr
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D istances in
miles.
Eemarks.
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
A.M.
9-30
...
...
Traverses the broken up and undulating
country, skirting the Kuh-i-Bang, by a
good track chiefly over clay.
The track is but faintly marked in places ; it undulates in and out of nullahs, and with
out a good guide is difficult to keep to.
Emerges on to the flat and runs about
1,000 yards to the south of the crest of ttte
Kuh-i-Bang; no streams; several dry
, creeks were crossed, in the pools of which
The mouth of one of them is known as the Khor Smi; another as
10-15
lay stagnant salt water
the Khor 'Abd [seepage 40),
10-35 1
11-50
P.M.
4-30
KAL'A-i-HAIDAR
40
40
A well and a little cultivation about it.
Halt for 15 minutes to water the animals.
The water is about .10' from the surface.
Again crosses irregular ground; the track
is undulating, but easy. The dry creeks
crossed average 100' wide and 5' to 7' deep.
In places the ground is cultivated ; the
wheat and barley which lay in stacks wait
ing: to be threshed was of good quality.
Leaving the uneven country, 2 to 3 miles
from Kal'a-i-Haidar, the country^ undu
lates gently to the village, which is built
on a low sandy mound close to the shore;
on the shore side it is ^rronnded by gardens of melons. Wells ^numerous ^
below). The water in some of them is brackish and used foi mioation only.
A narrow bank of sand, 12' high, here constitutes the coast line. The ^ a bon^he
village, a sandy clay, grows excellent crops of wheat and barley. Each village community
possess flocks of sheep, goats, and donkeys.
A.M.
4-15
5-10
17th June 1884.
Kal'aHaidae
KhAnawah or Gen ^-
wah.
40 The track crosses the plain, a sandy clay,
lying fallow at this season.
Village surrounded by melon gardens,
date trees, and a fertile soil; there are 5 or
6 wells here for watering the village flocks
of sheep, goats, and donkeys. The latter
are numerous, and constitute the only transport of'the country ; they small, but strong
and hardy. Each well is provided with a of the Governor of Bushire
The village lies 5 a mile f^he^coast. ^ ^ ^ ^ a tl 0 w water
Coast. j s ^d and the anchorage in 3 fathoms, la miles off shoie.
( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot). an d several wells;
S- 45 water 6' to 10' from the surface. The soil
grows excellent cereals (now harvested).