'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎145r] (294/416)

Tlie road from Lingah to Yazd ( via Lav, Darab and Niriz) is here crossed, vide No. 53, stage 22, page 2,-i.
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No. 45.
K arm an to Shiraz, rid Abubakr or Sknhr-i-hnbak.
No. of
stage.
•Names of stages.
Distance, in
milks.
Inter
mediate.
Stream near
Mimand.
10
Total.
143 £
Remarks.
The road, after leaving the village, crosses a
small stream and asaends the valley through
cultivated ground lor a short distance, then turns
into the hills west-south-west and, after twist
ing about in a small gorge between two spurs of the Pa Kala hills, leads up to a steep rocky
nass called Godar Gilab, the top of which is reached at 3 mi'es. Thence a fairly good road
leads west by an eisy decline, win ling round the spurs of the hills, which are well clothed
with almond and terebenth trees. Leave the hills at 5 miles, GiUh being about 6 miles to
the south. At 10 miles a tine mountain stream, with orchards and fields on each side of it,
belonging to Mimand. Mimand is seen in a gorge of the hills, about 3 miles to the north
east, gardens lining the stream the whole way to it.
6 Shahb-i-Babak | 22 165g Crossing the stream, the road leads over rough
and strong ground, passing several small streams,
all flowing into the first one. At 4 miles leave
the hills altogether, then across and down the hil 1
The plain covered with scrub, terebenth trees and thorns.
At 7 miles a cistern containing good water; this was said to be on the camel track from
Sirjan to Yazd. Directly afterwards a deep river bed is passed, with a little water in
it, and thence across the plain.. The road is good the whole way, particularly in the
plain, where it is hard and flat. Shahr-i-Babak consists of a conglomeration of three
villages, all more or less in ruins. There is a small covered bazar and a tumbled-down
caravansarai.
or Abubakr.
6,090'.
slope direct for Shahr-i-Babak.
Robat-i-Sayad ,
6,200'.
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1861
The road is level and good over a plain. At 3
miles a small stream. At 17 miles the r^ad di
vides, that to the right going to Manzilabad. Ro-
baf-i-Sayad is a fairly compact prosperous village of
170 houses. The water here is rather brackish and
not plentiful.
Tajabad (Herat-
i-Kharah).*
5,885'.
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Village of Husainabad at 1 mile, Firozabad at 2
miles, Manzilabad at 3^ miles, Nasratabad at 4
miles and Kanun at 5 miles.
Then out on a sort of swamp with tamarisk trees dotted about. At 8 miles some mounds
with trees and a spring known as Feda. This neighbourhood has a most evil reputation
tor thieves. At lu miles a small but very salt stream running from north to south. At
13 miles pass the bed of another salt stream. At 17 miles the road bifurcates, that to the
right leading to F ithabad. Tajabad is the chief village of the district of Herat-i-Kharah-
This village and district are situated on the eastern slopes of the outlying spurs of the Ears
bills. Tajahad is a large and prosperous village with 500 houses. Water plentiful.
Khonsar
(Khunsar).
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2301
The road leads south-south-west. At 8^ miles
the road to Niriz branches off to the south.
At 7 miles a pass leads over some low hills, then
across a small plain. At 11 miles hills are again
ibrupt little pass called Logangir. Then due west
across a plain. At 16 miles another small pass called Godar-i-Khonsar, then the Khonsar
plain, the whole of which is under cultivation. Khonsar consists of a large number of huts
congregated round a kala or fort. Apparently a prosperous village with good population.
reached, and crossed by a short but very a
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Pass over the hills at the hack of Khonsar, and
BAD.
at 3 miles come down to the banks of a stream,
which runs along the northern side of a deep
narrow valley, passing round the western end of