'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎160r] (324/416)

Lar to Karman, via Saidabad.
Authority .— Stack.
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No. of
stage.
MILKS.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rbhabks.
For routes to Lar from sea-coast, vide Route No. 20 (from Bushahr and from Bandar
Abbas) and Route 53 (from_Lingah).
Kahna
30
30
For 12 miles eastward down the Lar plain
which is 4 miles wide, stony and barren, between
low mountains, black and impregnated with salt.
, At 12 miles reach Tanguni, a small caravansarai,
here the Furg and Hormuz roads diverge, the former turns north ; follow it and enter the
basin of a salt river. Kahua is a small village fort among date groves.
Shahghaib
26
56
3
Fadumi .
34
90
2,250'.
North-west for 4 miles to turn the limestone
hills to the north of Kahna ; then enter a narrow
valley full of ravines and bitter streams, which
follow for 10 miles ; then a couple of miles among
low spurs, and over a small plateau, down into a wilderness of salt to the domed shrine of
Shahghaib.
Descend to a salt lake, cross the stream that
flows from its lower end, and make for the black
mountain range. Leave this on the left, wind
among low spurs down to a stream of clear water,
cross this to a small green plain, leaving the fields and houses of Chahnar, along a winding
road among ravines and stony knolls; then gradually ascending, cross a saddle-back and
descend a long sloping grassy plain, and cross a dry river-bed ; then 4 miles over broken
ground to Fadumi, a small village among the date groves of the Nurz plain.
4 Fubg . . 12 102 There are 2 roads from here to Furg, one being
up the defile of the Furg river (for description of
which vide Route 52, stage 12) and that followed
here. Through Nurz village round the eastern
end of the range known as Kala-i-Shah Nur-i-Din, over a low ridge among stony hills and
across the Furg plain, well-watered and dotted with date groves and villages. The town is
surrounded by a mud wall, and is about 400 yards square.
Fubg
12
102
3,000'.
Chagaun.
19
121
Over the Sukhtak Mountain by the Tang-i-Abdu,
a difficult defile, ending in a steep and dangerous
climb, quite impracticable for laden animals.
Water from the springs on the way up. Then
among rounded heights and shelving valleys to a nomad encamping ground, Chagaun.
Dehistan
village among date groves.
Kaba
hamlet
8
of Kaba.
Natjkan .
(Naokand.)
19
19
38
140
159
197
Down the northern face of the mountains, by a
long sloping plateau to a small brackish river
which waters 3 villages, Birakun, Dehnu, and
Kushnabad. Then on 2 miles to Dehistan, a
Down the Dehistan gorge with its small stream,
cross the ridge on the left, and enter the irrigated
plain of Behnu. Up a gorge north of Behnu,
pass a small village fort, and reach the miserable
Over the plain to Bagha and on to the Kuh
Palangi; cross this ridge and wind through broken
country on the other side; beyond is a vast flat
bare plain, which has to be crossed. Naukan
merely a spot where nomads pitch their tents.