‘Report on the British Indian Commercial Mission to South-Eastern Persia during 1904-1905. By A H Gleadowe-Newcomen, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., President, representing the Upper India Chamber of Commerce and the Indian Tea Cess Committee.’ [‎82r] (168/178)

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terraces at Gulmarg a couple o£ miles inside the ravine. Water but no wood, or supplies
aVall td improves,Indtalk becomes visible amongst the stones. Way lies three miles up
but the whole road bad as it is, would offer no difficulties to the building of a rail way. Con
tinuino. down the river bed, the road gradually ascends the right bank, then’erosses again at
Mil-i-Farhad, where thec .mping place is on a plateau under an immense r “* £r “” t " h °^ a t t
place is named, the Pillar, or Post, o£ Farhad. No supphes oi any sort 1 SC “ [ lad
from river salt Good water to be bad from spring half mile eas, ot rock. At 1 aihad three
roads take off, one going east to Baluchistan, the other two being the alternative routes South-
south-west to Bander Abbas, the one to the west passing through Jiruft and the Bud Kiana-i-
Dazdi, the main road continuing south. , ,, Mil-i-Earhad to
First half of road stony, lying over undulating ground between the foot hills and toe Nasitabad
plain. After 14 miles road crosses three wide dry river beds, full of sand, and then, ascending 27 _ 878 miI e,.
on to hiffb PTonnd to the south, continues over gravel-strewn clay, offering ±auly good -om
°to Na^abfd where tLre is a little cultivation and water. Here fire-wood . ar able b« t
no supplies. The place lies a mile east ot the main caravan route. There are thiee groves
of palms at ISasitabad, and two more about three miles north-west.
For first 12 miles after leaving cultivation and kanat at Nasitabnd, ^ here ^ WG ^ Beijanabad
some huts belono-ino-to Budbari Nomads the road lies over sandy hummocky country, and
roL^i" belwt&o BandedAb^asrnads?^!t°^e^vveffth^mile ri we 0 ^^°^Jool of
Seie=" «« U a TO A. V^ehtT ZZ ^ ^
Sore abandoned cultivation, and at the twenty-ninth mrle passed the ruins of a village. After
this there was much cultivation, and many empty huts. The people of .
bolted owin' 1 ' to the Governor, the Ain-ul-Mulk, having come into the district. At Beijanabad
which’was surrounded by wide stretches of cultivation, there was a plentiful supply of wa e ,
and ample grazing. All other supplies were scanty. ^,,.,1 „f cnn<l water Roiianaba'Ho Saaj.
The road lies for siz miles through cultivation, and by the side of a canal of good watei,
thirte^milesfromiCamp^tte n3^^nter^regio^omow^ills^nMd^of^linriestoiie^detritus,j^ 24 _ 9 j 1 m j, M _
ascends^the higher Jiruft plain through a series of ravl * e ^ ^
passed. At Sang-i-Safeid the ground is impregnated With salt. Watei Horn Aanat.
The road lies over undulating plain, cut up by Kanats and irrigatmn Ga^Sai?^'
fivp mileq then nassin 0 'through considerable cultivation, crosses, at 84 m > 16—947 mile®.
Another mde aid P a half of cultivation, and, after passing through dense
scrub Gaz Sala, standing in saline, but cultivated, ground, is reac led. u P c 1
on a gravel slope a mile to the South of Gaz Sala S»pphes and ^J “ '
Road through cultivated ground, and good all the way. Water and supplies good i(
Ririfi.il ofnriDS* t 12—9o9 miles.
^ it i 1 r ■m’vrov Viprl c Patches of cultivation all the way. At Bagh-i-Baboo to
Fair road but stony, over many *. . , ^ „ yvniiag villao'e of Hookird, with Subsebaran,
Khan, iru 1 . 1 cpvp,-, miles, crosses the Bud Shur, in flood Sabsebaran to
Road north-west over very stony ground. At seve ^ “ f tlie Sakhdar River is Sakhdar
at the time. Two water-sheds are crossed, going difficult betoie tlie ^Uiaar ^ei is ^
crosSdto camp on terrace above, on the slope of the mam range. At Sakhdar water, fuel
and grazing for camels No supplies. Gudar Sakhdar to Mur-
river bed.* At Murgakh the road to Bam strikes off on the right bank of the river. At
Murgakh, water and scanty supplies, a 1 cresses much switch-back and stony Murgalih to
PtuTtttSrZV At 12 mls a broad river (dry) is passed and Serbistan, “ ^
country but the track; is „oon. with ca it; Ta t; 0 n, irrigated from two Kanats is
reLTed HSe a th°e 0 CentreiPersian teleg?aph line is struck. Water good and supplies fairly
plentiful at Serbistan. ravine is passed and between Serbistan to Pah
slopes. Water salt. No supplies. 0 ue ■ 1 a ruined serai and a <r 00 d Kanat, with Pab Bane to Raiin
cultivatmu. 4 amidst rounded hilts, till it snddeniy -10.1 —