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No. 45.
Karman to Shiraz, via, Abubakr or $hahr-i-Babak.
No. of
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
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Khawaja Jamali
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257
or KawamAli.
the village of Khonsar and watering the whole of that valley. At the end of the valley, 5
miles, reach the Kala of Borasjun. Leaving this on the left and crossing some low hills,
reach the valley of Sarchian at 7 miles. At 9 miles pass the Kala of Nas Band, Kasimabad
on the right, in a bay of the Roshan Kuh. At 11 miles the village of Behilun ; this was
also in a bay of the same hills, which are here very steep and well-wooded. The kala of
Aliabad is quite new and contains a number of rooms and open spaces, where are pitched
black tents.
Road south-west, heading for the hills. Village
of Ziarat at I 5 miles, river of Bebilun at 2 miles,
and the village of that name at 3 miles. Road
now leads west along the slopes of the Roshan
Kuh. These hills are so called because they are said to give out a glow on a clear dark night.
At 4 miles village of Shah Abdul Kazim is passed on the right, among low hills. The lulls
here are covered with a jungle of almond and thorn and are somewhat precipitous. At 5
miles reach the outer slopes of the Sated Kuh. Road continues due west. At 9 miles
the pass called Godar-i-Safed. The road then descends and comes out on a small plain,
after which it follows the side of the Safed Kuh, winding up and-down and in-and-out of the
trees. The plain of Arsinjan is seen to the north in the openings of the hills. At 10|
miles the pass of Godar-i-Safed Khawaja Jamali. The road now trends to south. The
pass runs between the spurs of the Safed Kuh and the Kuh-i-Khan. At 12 miles the road
bends south-east, making direct for the village of Khawaja Jamali, which lies in a valley
on the southern slopes of the Roshan Kuh, joining the lake. Nearly opposite this point the
lake is very narrow, and up to the first rains was to be crossed on foot. At 14 miles an
imamzada. Water from a copious spring, which bursts from the hill-side close to the
imamzada. Khwaja Jamali contains 1,000 houses.
12 1 Tasht
14
271
13
Kalat Khawr
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294
At 3 miles join the road which comes from
Sarchian through the pass. At 4 miles the pass
of Godar-i-Abadeh. At 5 miles get out into the
plain, a gentle slope down to the side of the lake ;
at 6 miles pass a series of mills worked by water from a spring. Pass Abadeh Bala on the
left of the road which now runs nearly due west, parallel to the lake which is about | a mile
off. The ground is covered with long coarse grass and is boggy in places. Tasht is a cluster
of reed huts on the shore of the lake.
After leaving Tasht, the road, still keeping the
same bearing, enters the bill, and is somewhat
rough and very up-and-down. At 4 miles the
, Gardana Kuchizun, thence very bad going in-and-
out of hills and along beds of streams, till at 12 miles a small plain is reached, at the end
of which is the seemingly prosperous village of Gumun. Thence a somewhat rough road
through the hills to the Gardana Chab Abbas Ali at 16 miles. Thence the road, still con
tinuing through the hills, leads into a sort of canon and comes out in the Jamalabad plain.
Kalat Khawr contains 100 houses and is nearly at the end of the plain of Arsinjan, where
it joins the plain of Marvdasht; many walled villages to be seen to the east. Water from a
spring.
Road very bad after rain. At 1| miles and 2
miles, respectively, the villages of Rafiabad and
Husainabad, both on right of road. At 3 miles
and 3| miles Kamalabad and Salababad under the
hills to the left. At 4 | miles the village of Jamalabad. h’rom this point there is another
road to Persepolis, by a valley to the right coming out at Sidun, which used to be a station
on the main post road ; it is practically level and easy goine the whole way. At 5| miles
Jelalabad on right. At 7| miles Kumri on left, and Norer on right, the former being
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