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No. 15.
Bandak Abbas to Jask, via Minab.
and longest route is described in Route No. 12, stages 1, 2, 3. Distance 79 miles. The next
in order of latitude and distance is as follows :—
Bandar Abbas to Minab, via Deh-i-Nao. (Middle route )
Authority .— Belly.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
MILES.
Reuabks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Deh-i-Nao
m
17|
2
Jalas
14
31$
f This route runs parallel with the Shamil road
3
Hasan Sangi .
14
45f
t and 3 or 4 miles S. of it.
4
Minab
171
63
J
Kulagan
27
27
50'.
Bandar Abbas to Minab, via Kulagan (Southern route.)
Authority .— Galindo, November 1888.
For about miles on the sea beach, after
which the track diverges slightly inland, but still
continues at no great distance from the sea. As
far as Kulagan the route would be quite practi
cable for traffic of any kind, were it not for several muddy and swampy streams which are
crossed. There would be no doubt some difficulty in dragging guns or wagons across some
of these, as their bottoms and banks are composed of soft yielding mud. Kulagan is a
miserable little group of huts in a small palm grove- The water-supply is from wells anil
is very brackish.
Road about exactly like last stage, level and god,
with the exception of 2 river crossings the second
of which was extremely swampy. So much so that
camels had difficulty in crossing. Near Hajiabad
the country gets more sandy, and the village itself, with its extensive date groves, stands in
the midst of a large tract of loose drifting sand.
It is a more flourishing place than Kulagan, though still only palm leaf huts, and a
certain amount of supplies were procurable without difficulty. Good water-supply from canals.
Hajiabad
70'.
14f
4lf
Minab
90'.
121
54
The palm groves and cultivation extend almost
without a break the whole way to Minab. Th«
country is still perfectly level, the only obstacles
to traffic of any kind consisting of some narrow
irrigation channels which intersect the road at a few points but which could be easily
bridged. Just before reaching Minab a very wide strong river bed is crossed with a small
stream of water flowing in it. It is shallow and perfectly easy to cross. Minab stands on
the eastern or left bank of this stream and looks a fairly flourishing place. About 2,500
houses. Said to produce 5,000 Kharwars of grain.
The following is Captain Jennings’, R.E., description of this the southernmost route
Starting from Minab, and travelling to Bandar Abbas : —
For the first mile and-a-half the road crosses the river-bed, then enters dense date palm
groves, which extend some 3 or 4 miles to the W.; I left Minab at 2-40 a.m. ; entered date
palm groves at 3-5 a.m., having crossed the broad stony river-bed then partially in flood;
at 4 a.m. we passed the Manuri village; at 5-25 a.m. Hajiabad village; 6 a.m. Dudeh,
cultivation ; 8 a.m. a small arm of the sea, and at 8-40 a.m. the Gazrit river, distance to this
crossing from Minab 22 miles; there is a good deal of arzan and other cultivation on the
banks of this river, the bed is sand, and care must be taken, in selecting a crossing, to avoid
quicksands ; at mile 27 we reached Kulagan. I left Kulagan at 5-10 p.m., and we passed
numerous palms, wells, and cultivation at 5-45 p.m. ; at 8-30 p.m. we crossed the Sor river,
water brackish, and I halted on the bank ; in a few hours, viz., at 10-30 p.m , I again started
reaching Bandar Abbas at 2 a.m., distance 54 miles from Minab. In selecting the best route
from Hurmuz or Bandar Abbas to Minab, the old rule that “circumstances alter cases