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APPENDIX A
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Information about Routes, etc., in the Rowanduz dis
tb.ict, communicated by 'abdullah pa3ha, hereditary
chief op Rowanduz and ex-OFirciAL of the Turkish
Government.
Shaqldwah to liowdnduz. —There is a more direct road from
Shaqlawah to Rowanduz than that by Batas, but it is also more
difficult for mules. It is that through Baizan. The distance is
10 hours. In winter this route is blocked by enow.
Bowdnduz to Koi Sanjaq. —The 3 stages on this road are :—
Eowanduz by Darband 'Ali Baig to Binavi (7 hours) ; Binavi
to Siktan (8 hours) ; Siktan to Koi Sanjaq (5 hours).
Bowdnduz to Eanlydh. —The easiest way is to follow the Koi
Sanjaq route to Binavi and one hour further to a place called
Khata. The further stages are : Khata to Chiwah (7 hours,
easy, along a valley); Chiwah to Sarwisawa (6 hours, easy) ;
Sarwisawa to Raniyah (3^ hours, easy, over a plain). There are
more direct routes from Rowanduz to Raniyah, but they are
more difficult, and in winter they are blocked by snow.
Tiowdnduz to Edyat and beyond. —The stages are : Rowanduz
to Dargalah (5 hours, a good useful road) ; Dargalah to Galalah,
where there is a Mudir under the Qaim-Maqam of Rowanduz
(4 hours pretty easy going, but stony); Galalah to Rayat (6 hours
pretty easy going). At Rayat there are a quarantine station,
a telegraph office, and a post of gendarmerie.
Beyond Rayat there is a hill, Garwi Shaikh, to be surmount
ed ; after that the plain of Lahijan is entered. The next stage
is reached at Shinawah (3 hours, fairly good going, presumably
after coming out on the plain).
At Shinawah there is a cross-roads. One route runs thence
through the Mangur country, in which the chief place is Narain,
to Sardasht and Banah. Another runs as follows to " Sauj
halaq Shinawah to Lagbal (6 hours easy, over plain) ;
Lagbal to Maidaa Bulaq (2 hours through hills, but easy) ;
Maidau Bula^ to Saujbulaq (3 hours, hills, but easy). This
latter is a caravan route. Pashwah, a Turkish military station,
is 3 to 4 hours from Lagbal ; the road is to the left of that going
to Siujbiilaq, and is easy, running over a plain
*».«. " Sujbulak."