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No. 20.
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
miles.
" —— zr
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total,
Reuabes.
M. P.
M. F.
Grazing very good. Cultivation almost nil. Camping.
considerable from kanar bush,
ground good.
Note.—F rom Wardawan a pass over the range Hawa, named “ Rah-i-Duzd” (The
Robbers’ Road), bears JNT. N. W. ^ W., and another pass over the same range, “ Tan^-i-
Zangu, subsequently traversed in this route, bears E. £ N. °
15
Alamaedasht
(AtLAHMUE-
DASHT)
10—7
limy, clay. The valley, sloping
203—6 General direction S. E. The road, with slight
upward slope, approaches diagonally the foot of
Kuh Zalemi over ground, which for a short dis
tance is stony, but gradually changes to a stoneless,
-> ~ , S en ^y from Kuh Hawa to Kuh Zalemi, is covered with
thin grass, and dotted thickly with kanar bush. At slightly over one mile we cross a
water-course^ in which are shallow pools of very brackish water, bed 10 yards wide, covered
2 °". 0re * S u enCe .-, p f a ^’ kanks sloping, and overgrown with tamarisk bushes, flow
to W. N. W. About 3 furlongs further on another dry water-course is crossed. At 3 miles
6 furlongs the ground, for a short distance, becomes stony, as on first leaving Wardawan
The range Zalemi distant about a quarter of a mile to south of the road, rises like a wall at
an angle of 45 to 50 . At 4 miles 6 furlongs Kuh Baghan is visible to N. E. by E.
above the pass, Tang-i- Zangur, which leads across the range Hawa. At 6 miles 3 furlongs
we pass a cistern containing good sweet water. The road now traverses frequent fields
of wheat and barley, alternating with expanses of rich high grass, covered with a thick
and at times, even dense kanar jungle. This aspect of country continues to stage At 9
miles the ground is again stony and gravelly, and the road slopes up gently in tU forward
direction. At 9 miles 5 furlongs we cross a small dry nala, in the bed of which, kanar
bush is very thick, and, advancing another 3 furlongs, pass through the ruins of the old
town of Alamardasht. Within 200 yards the road crosses a dry nala. Alamardasht con
tains about 100 stone and mud houses, and 350 to 400 inhabitants. The fort consists of a
substantial stone wall, about i2 to 14 feet high, enclosing a large square area, with rather
dilapidated towers at the corners, there is a large grove of date trees to E. and N. E. of the
village and t ort, also a large irrigation well, containing good water, to N. E of the village
Supplies limited and in proportion to number of inhabitants. No flocks or herds observed!
Water good and pientiful from well. Fuel plentiful from kanar bush. Grazing very
good. Cultivation poor. Camping-grounds good. J
NT Fi? SS ° Ver ^ ra T Hawa, called “ Rah-i-Duzd, ” bears from Alamardasht
VV * ?, P 8,88 through the range Hawa, named “ Tang-i-Khur, ” bears E. # N
From Alamardasht three roads branch off to Lar, the first across the range Hawa, via the
ang-i-Zangur, is traversed in this route; the second over the same range, via the Tang-i-
Khur, after lea^ng the village of Haftawan, follows the same route as the first; and the
third proceeds md the town of Behram.
General direction N. by E. The road crosses
tne grassy valley, in a N. N. E. direction, over a
tract that shows signs of cultivation in former
years, but is now covered with thin grass dotted
t , ,, ° , v the ground is clayey and devoid of stones. At 1 mile 5
furlongs the road crosses the river Alamardasht, bed 92 yards wide, breadth of water which
is brackish, 13 yards, depth 6 inches, flow to N. W. by W.; the banks of a limv cUv
precipitous and devoid of grass, are about 30 to 40 feet in height. On passing this 7 river
S e nh r T s 8 ril bare ; and /^ 8le8 ! the g'-omd. of a limy clay, is intersect erf by a laby-
sam^n^r^adth a ^AV d 5 ain '] g ^ f 16 , r ' ver - , These / a ^ s average 3 feet in depth by the
same m breadth. At 2 miles 1 furlong, the road crosses a dry nala 20 feet deep, varying
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with a small green thorny bush.