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however, the hills become thin and broken, and though easily traced, the
range appears to be insignificant until the Kashani Kuh, south of Panjgur,
is reached. However, the Bampusht Kuh and Mazampusht and Sagar-
kand is a lofty and somewhat imposing-looking range, though devoid of
vegetation or" natural beauty. Looking from the Nihing, St. John
remarks :—“ To the north an arid brown plain stretched away to the Bam
pusht hills, rising like a wall in naked ugliness some 10 miles oft;”
On the other side also the Bampusht Kuh appears to be more or less
precipitous. It must not be supposed, however, that the hills consist of
one single bold range. As is almost always the case in this country, the
range is composed of several parallel ridges, among which one perhaps
dominates the others sufficiently to be considered the main range. Lesser
parallel ranges also occupy a portion of the Bampusht district.
So far as we are aware, the Bampusht hills can only be crossed by one
pass—the Hinduan—which leads over the eastern end of the range. (It
will be found described under its own name.) But it should not, therefore,
be supposed that no other roads exist. In all probability there is more
than one pass leading from the unexplored district of Irafshan on the south
to the equally unexplored Bampusht, etc., on the north. In fact the direct
road to Dizak by which St. John and Blanford sent_back their Indian
servants, superfluous tents, etc., in 1871, lies through Irafshan, and must
therefore cross the westerly prolongation of the Bampusht Kuh.
The geological formation of the Bampusht hills is of tertiary age and
belongs to the nummulitic series. Blanford remarks “ The rocks of
the Bampusht range are shales and sandstones, precisely similar to ^the
other nummulitics previously traversed.” See also article in Baluch
istan Gazetteer, Makran—Geolog v.—(Lovett ; St. John-, Blandford.)
Details of tribes in the Bampusht district, showing armed strength and residences-
Tribe.
Fighting men.
Rifles.
Residence.
Dorazai
70
70
Murtl.
20
20
Kushan.
20
20
Shah Tranl.
Total
110
110
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{Hogg, 1909.)
BANDIN— Lat. 31° 28'0" ; Long. 60° 49' 0° ; Elev. 2,081'— (tf. D. Napier.)
A walled village situated at the mouth of a defile in southern Khorasan,
in the Nehbandan buluk of the Kain district. The defile at Bandan is only
about a quarter of a mile wide, with bills rising up sheer on either side
611. B. 1