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Route No. 29.
Fjiom Van to Bayazid via Peregri.
nty and date — C layton , 1883.
Names of stages.
Van
Ebchek
plrsolau
Adzort *..
Peregei
Bayazid Agha
Tepeeiskeni ...
Kizil Diza
Bayazid
D istaitcb in
miles.
Inter
mediate.
18
9
8
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24
4
11
Total.
E emaeks.
18
27
36
44
59
83
87
98
Leaving Yan the route runs eastwards, and at first
crosses the plain, passes the village of Shahbaghi
and the Zemzem Dagh hills. It then ascends
gradually, and then descends a valley in which
are some villages, to the bitter lake of Ei-chek and
Erchek, when tl>e route runs north. At this point
the route to Kotur turns oft to the east. 3 miles
further across level ground (near the Erchek
lake after fording the Mehmejik Su) is another
Armenian village of 120 houses, Kharagonis. The
route then quits the lake and ascends steeply to
a plateau ; this it crosses and descends to
Pirsolau, on the Mermid Su, several small villages ;
the route continues for 2J miles to the Kurdish
village of Ak Bulak, and then ascends out of the
valley, crosses a pass (7,250 feet), and descends
steeply to the plain north-east of Lake Van at
Adzort, an Armenian village. Then crosses the
plain to
Peregri. The route runs up the Bendimahi Valley,
crossing to the right bank over easy country to
near
Bayazid Agha,, a Kurdish village. Beyond this
the stream is forded at the plain of Abagha,
peopled by Kurds, and near this a route runs over
the hills direct to Diadin. The plain is crossed
for some miles (a bridle track crosses the hills to
the right to Arab Diza in Persia on the caravan
route). The route then runs up a valley ascend
ing steeply to the right of the Tendurek Dagh^
to a col 8,500 feet above the sea close to the Per
sian frontier and near the Kasli Bel pass, by
which the caravan route crosses from Erzerum by
Kizil Diza into Persia. This is 20 miles from
Bayazid Agha. descend abruptly for a mile or
so to
Teperiskeni (in a broad valley leading down to Kizil
l)iza). From this point the route descends by the
caravan route to
Kizil Diza. From here to
Bayazid. There is a direct route from the pass
above Teperiskeni to Bayazid, which saves about
6 miles, but crosses rough country.
The most direct route turns to the rightabout 3
miles short of the col near the Tendurek Dagh
and crosses another col into Persian territory, then
ascending and crossing the Kazli Bel pass, where
it meets the caravan route, it then runs north
direct to Bayazid over the hills as above stated.
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