'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎231r] (466/739)

ROUTES IN PERSIA, SECTION III.
Route No. 186-A.
FeoM NasRATABAD TO MasHAD [via DuEUH, (jrAZIK, Sangun, Kabiz,
Turbat-i-Sheikh Jam)
-Authority Captain b mythe.
Late, —February 1^02.
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D istances.
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Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
RaMiBt®.
Ba^xno
Bandin
(Zainulabap).
)
25
25
37
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62
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pass debouoliing on Seistan. Water at
supplies, probably enougli for a day or two for a Brigade.
Road good and level, dark soil; in wet weather
it would be slippery. The latter part of the
march is through the N aizar; water good and
abundant; supplies of all kinds abundant.
Road very good, gravel soil, slightly hilly
Bandan and Zainulabad as well as two other villa*
ges are situated in this valley, whieh is about 2
miles long and f mile wide. Bandan is really a
Guishe
22
84
Road as above. No water en route^ and only
brackish spring at Guishe enough for say 100
camels ; supplies nil ; good camel grazing and fire
wood.
Captain Smythe marched to Duruh vih Asparun over the hills giving distances
Guishe-Asparun 42 miles, Asparun-Duruh 30. He gives Kwaja-do-Chahan as the 4th stage
between Guishe and Duruh, but his distances are at variance with those given by Yate,
and as he did not march it, Yate's stage is given.
C hah-i -Z iea N
supplies are procurable, anc
D ueuh .
19
103
Road runs over level shrub-covered plain. At
12th mile pass 4 wells, Kwaja-do-Chahan, which
according to native reports never dry up.
Chah-i-Ziran contains no habitations though-
there is one good well, practically a spring.
21
124
At Chah-i-Ziran road divides, one leads north
by west to Husenabad ; the other leads north by
east diagonally across the valley and up the slope
on the far side to Duruh at the foot of the hills.
The plain is covered with brushwood, furnishing unlimited firewood.
Duruh, large village, over 300 houses ; water abundant and good f rom 2 icarezes •,
supplies of all kinds plentiful, enough for a brigade for some days.
Captain Smythe's distance to Duruh is 134 miles.
Husenabad
4,500'
Icarezes. Being only a small village, sup
D ast G ied
4,500'
supplies ample.
22 146 Road crosses 2 hotals, and is rather stony, but
quite good for camels, impassable for wheeled trans-'
port except with great difficulty ; water plentiful
en route, and at Husenabad from" springs and
plies scantyr; good camel grazing.
18 162 Road as above, rather stony and-hilly. Da^t
Gird has 120 good houses ; the valley on io Ga r 4k
.for 10 miles is very fertile, numerous large
villages, mills, cattle, etc. Water is plentiful and
A brigade and its transport could live on the country here for over a week.
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Gazik
. 4,800'
21 185 Good gravel roa-d, not stony- or hilly. Gazifcy
small.to^ n, 1,000 houses, surrounded by Mgh;'walh d
gardens, and.has more than a square mile of wheat
. fields ; water good and plentiful; supplies the
same; good camel grazing. A Brigade could^liveJ 161 ' e : ^ Qr a few days.