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No. 47.
Karman to \ azd, viu Baliranwbad.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
Names of stages.
MILBS.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbhabks-
^ * !? mi e8 'i o ' 6 cai,avansarai here is new and very good, with summer rooms
(/MAuna) on the roof. Some people live here permanently, and provide supplies
tiavellers. The water is from wells and is very good. The village is small Pl
3 Kabutar Khana
5,460'.
13
431
^h® road over mud and somewhat slippery.
(Smith calls it a hard, light-colored, sounding soil;
but it was probably dry or frosty weather when
? te n «, lg ,„ r SLanoSigWth
kobat the ioail is about m the centre of the plain, which is about 10 or 12 miles wide°
bounded by mountains. The road continued over soft mud without variation At <U
™me T^o^S'de ^r^^^ /h^ ^'i 6 c ® llection o£ rain water was reached. These tanks are
s< me 7 or 8 deep, lined with brick ; they are about 20' long and 12' broad, but of course
vary considerably; they are covered with solid brick-work and an arched roof. They
have drains underground running into them by which they are filled ^
ihere were no people here. At this point hard gravelly ground begins immpdi a f«l^
end f a spur fromth8 s0oi '‘ h - Thi,
tr P .inf f K , - h Z th T 18 aga,n cultivation. In these plains there is never a
plabIs utteidy bare CeP ^ g 6nS r ° Und tbe villages ’ and £r ‘> m Ka ™an to this place the
Kabuter Khana there is a new caravansarai, good post-house, a very small village,
and s'm e cultivation There is also here a grave with a broken-down tower or pillar, whfch
is visible to the naked eye from the caravansarai of Robat on a bearing 283°.
4
Bahramabad*
5,090'.
23
66g
From Kabutar Khana over a hard plain, where
the road was excellent. At 9 miles arrive at
another tank or abambar. This is supplied by
t To o/ia f d 18 -T T r ^A bare and desert plain and now about the centre of it. It
12 7 rades Wlde » bounded as usual by bare mountains. At 12 miles pass some old
SZe^iS 85 b -ee the road wind/slightly instead of the uX^ ^
At 14 miles Nasaria village, about 2 miles to the left. At this point there is a long line
of kanats. Soon after the plain is covered with a good growth of camel-thom, good feed,
mg £ or camels or donkeys. In places, too, the road is over very heavy sand.
of wW 8 T! V1 ° f Abdu . la H bes on the road. Here there is much cultivation
ot wheat, cotton, etc. Also a good irrigation stream of excellent water supplied by kanats,
v',’t d ;n a n P i«° r o C r aVanSa J ai Ti W i hl e T"/ V1 ! lHges can be 8een in ever y direction. Hence 'the culti
vator., is continuous to Bahramabad and there are large flocks of sheep and cattle.
a „ n. uimn ^ c ™ n * arai « at Bahramabad and a large bazar. The place contains
some 10,000 people The water is excellent and plentiful, supplied by kanats
h iom Bahramabad Captain Gill also gives two routes on the authority of a camel-driver,
used ImTeTein-— t<3 N °‘ 17 » ( Bandar Abbas to Karman), Stage 11. the shorter but less
1. Chah-Khurmat or Chah Khilisa
2. Chashma-Shorab
3. Khana Gusu
4. Zedabad
5. Saidabad
18 miles.
6
12
12
12
—24 miles.
-36 „
-48 „
-60
For roads from Bahramabad to Akbarabad and Zarand, tee pages 263, 264.