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* For rond from Auar to Shahr i-Babak, see end of this Route, page 260.
25S
No. 47-
Karman to Yazd, via Bahramabad.
Distance, in
No. of
stage.
MILES.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbhabks.
hills. At 12 miles Shahamabad lies miles to the right. At 16| arrive at the post-house
at Bayaz. Here there is a caravansarai, s new post-house, and a small village ; good water
from stream. On the west the plain is bounded by a low ridge 2 or 3 miles distant ; behind
this is a higher range of snowy hills. To the east of the plain there is a long low ridge
behind which again are higher hills without snow.
Anar*
4,600'.
sarai, post-house and mosque.
16 121s The road is at first somewhat stony, but after
wards it is over clay, hard and good. At 12 miles
pass the village of Daulatabad, a most poverty-
stricken place in appearance. At Anar is a caravan-
The water is good from kanat.
8
Shims (Shams)
4,950'.
are higher mountains.
204
142
Over a flat desert, with absolutely no growth of
any kind upon it, and no water. Koad at first a
little stony. On the right a low ridge bounds the
plain for the whole distance. On the left there
Not a blade of grass along the whole of this road. The ground is
rather broken as Shims is approached. Shims lies close to the northern base of a black hill
seen from Khush-kuh. Here there is nothing but the post-house and a half-ruined caravan-
sarai; no cultivation; and only a little very salt water.
9
Karmanshahan
4,910'.
154
1574
The road now skirts the black hill on the left,
gently ascending towards the right edge of a red-
colored mountain seen from Khush-kuh. At 74
miles the road runs between low hills, with the red
mountain seen from Khush kuh close on the left. At 10| miles the road again enters the
plain, having crossed over the end of a spur from the mountains on the south. From Anar
to Karmanshahan there is no cultivation, but from Shims the plain is covered with tufts.
There is no village here ; no cultivation. Besides the post-house there is a new caravansarai
by the side of an old and ruined one > there is also a telegraph office, water bad. Karman
shahan lies close to the hills on the west and from it mountains and hills are seen in every
direction. To the north-east the plain slopes gently downwards to the village of Baiazdarun,
3 or 4 miles distant. Beyond that village there is again a gently-ascending plain to the
mountains, a mile or two further, that bound it on that side.
10 Zain-ud-din . 144 172 The road at first skirts the foot of the hills on
the left. To the right the ground slopes down
very gently towards some kavir, some 2 or 3
miles distant; beyond this it again slopes gently
upwards towards a low ridge at no great distance. On the right there is a rugged hill
whicli the road skirts. The road is over a plain, where there are no signs of cultivation, and
no habitations until the ruined caravansarai and ruined post-house at Ziin-ud-din are
reached. The plain bears a growth of tufts and camel-thorn. There are kanais visible at
the bottom of the plain.
At 6| miles, the plain is divided by a ridge on the right that begins here. The road
is still close to the hills on the left.
At 14| miles arrive at Zain-ud-din. The ridge on the right comes to an end here. The
road from Karmanshahan is in some places rather stony, but it is level and good. There is
no cultivation and no water on tho road. At Zain-ud-din itself there is no cultivation. The
Zain-ud-din
144
172
4,960'.