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No. 60.
Shiraz to Bandar Abbas, via Barab and Furg .
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
MILES.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks.
10 Rosak (Rostak) 28
183 According to the map, this stage is at least 33
miles. Through a level plain for about 7 miles,
when about a quarter of a mile to the left, the
village of Fatehabad is passed. Almost directly
after the road enters some low hills, outside of which are numerouslow mounds and evi
dences of former buildings. After following for a mile or so, the dry bed of a stream
again come out on to the plain. The road from this point has a somewhat ^rpentinecour^
At 14 miles pass a ruined village, where there is some water. The southern lulls here begin
k^conTCrge ^rapidly^and the piain, which before was very open, narrows considerably.
After going 21 miles come to some low hills, spurs of the above and, descending y
easy Gradient between two of them, reach a narrow valley with a ® ma11 ile
centre called Chahardang. Leaving this on the lef J ^ he v iil a ^
cross over a small hill. Another hour brings one to the village of Kosak.
in a very tumbled.down condition with no accommodation, bnt ,8 pictures,noWitratod.
The hills to the N. are high and bold ; those to the 8., whilst of inferior height and much
Inken up some with a considerable amount of scrub, have abrupt sides and .harp boU
n aks Xtbe valley itself a good deal of cultivation, with a fair stream 0 clear wato
running through the centre. In no place was the road impassable to wheeled carts. Tk.
village contained 100 houses.
„ ,-civ-na | 14 I 197 I This distance also seems to have been under-
11 I * 3 >00 o'. * I | | estimated. It is probably 18 miles ; and the longer
road referred to below is probably about 22 miles. « 7 , rri.
Frnm Rosak to Fur* there are two roads,—one 4 farsakhs, the other 5 farsakhs. T
Utter ^s safdVo be the easier, and is more or less level the whole way, but full of turn
nd Lifts. The shorter road is that here followed. For the first 5 miles the road goes
through the valley, level and easygoing; the country gradually becomes very con ne-
AfterLoing 6 miles, ascend gradually over a very stony road to the head of the Gar
Besan-f-FuL, 4,910'. About 100 yards further on is a smal tank
rlrtwn bill a lonf but not very steep descent, somewhat stony. At about ...
reach the plain of Furg which is nearly circular, with several date topes about. e I, 1 -
of ir» walled in by mud walls, with flanking towers, and gates on its E and
W faces The houses are all built of mud or else sun-dried bricks. The place is in y
tLo- but a prosperous condition. Water seems very plentiful several small but good
streams running through the streets. Provisions also in abundance and cheap, hut no
transport. Furg contains about 500 people, including residents m surroundf „
Z town itself only contains some 150 people (Vaughan). For further details, mde Route
No. 52 from Lingah to Yazd, stage 13.
19 ITaskat .1 19i \ 216^ I After going 3 miles, come to a hill on tk
12 9 490' ‘ ri ht5 on which are the remains of a ruined
castle and at the foot of it a number of mounds and other signs of a town. 1 e P
known as the Kala Bahman. The hill is some 180 feet high, and together with the mm
about its foot, covers a considerable amount of ground. 2| nailes across » Jjjel ?lam , th
pnter some low hills, and an intricate mass of ravines and gullies. After go ng tbrou
this for an hour, enter a narrow defile between two long low hills. The e e e i ceg
andthri q^rtersto get through ; it is very narrow ; with ^0 T1W fe“ ^
for two horses to pass. The hills on each side are not more than 80 to lOU teet 8
Another half hour’s rough going, over and around hills aud up and down ravines, b g
one out on a small level plain which it takes just an hour to cross ; then over the 1<T
the bottom of some hills. Another hour’s ride brings one to Taskat, a ^ f *
off the main road. The place is very dilapidated. It has, however, a very a „