'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎18v] (41/416)

For road from Khabis to Karman, vide No. 4A, page 212.
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No. 1.
Bam Karman.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
MILES.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
from springs on hill side above sarai.”) A little further on the submit of Gudar-i-Hanaka,
elevation 8,391'. Then down -water-course between hills to Hanaka. Road good all the
way. Good brick-built rabat. No village ; no supplies, nor fuel. Water, from stream
and irrigation canals, good and abundant.
Government of
Karman’s gar-
den, S. of Ma-
HUN.
6,345'.
pf that name.
12
984
Continuing down the barren valley of Hanaka,
at 2f miles we cross a kanat running to village
of Karimabad, to E. of road, and soon enter the
great valley lying between the Jupa and 8agoch
ranges. At 34 miles Bagh-i-Arabahad, and at
miles Sagoch, both hamlets lying under the range
At 74 miles the village of Mardchar, some 2 miles to W. At 10 miles the road
to Mahun village branches off, as also a foot-path across the hills to Kayin. At 12 miles we
reach the Governor of Karman’s garden, containing some 6 acres, watered by a stream run
ning down from the hamlets in Kavimabad and Nazimabad, bidden behind the low hills above.
Descending across a very stony plain, at 24
miles we enter village of Mahun, passing the
famous shrine at 2f miles. Mahun is a well-
i watered and rich village of some 2,000 inhabi-
Emerging on the northern side we see Husenabad, Kalatu and Lingah to W. of
At 5^ miles, Dastkird to E. of road, whilst to VV. is Kanar Ghusan, a considerable
of 100 houses. Shortly after the sand begins. At 8 miles we espy the village of
tants.
road.
nllage
Camp to W. of
Karman.
22
1204
5,626'.
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Jupa lying under its range, and at 12 miles we reach Chah Sirsabil (elev. 6,6i0'), with a hole
communicating with one of the kanats, from which water is drawn ; there is also a mud
shelter. Continuing on, at 18 miles we pass Deh Sir Asia, famous for its pure water. At
19 miles Bagh Bahramabad, and thence, leaving the city wall to the E., to camp outside the
Bagh-i-Nishat at 22 miles.
No. 1A.
Khabis* fo Bam, via Te/irud.
Authority. —Abbott.
No. o(
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total,
Remarks.
1
Andtjjabd or
Andokibd.
14
14
We travelled in a direction E.S.E. over an arid,
stony, and perfectly sterile plain, in which not
even a desert plant is found. The path inclining
gradually, to the south, the direction at the 2nd
. —'—~ jjciooou. i/xio jluiijo ui a muu iuii aim sutULereu wans, occu-
pymg the former position of Khabis. Towards the 3rd mile occurred the deep course of a
mountain torrent. At the 8th mile we ascended some low hills of a gravelly soil, through
which a deep ravine lay to our right; -4 °f a m ile brought us to the summit, from whence