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the natives impregnate the female flowers by placing a handful of the
stamens in the sheath of the pistil. Only female trees bear fruit : they
begin te bear at three years and are at their prime at about 30 years.
A fair amount of supplies are obtainable here, but everything was
scarce in January 1894.
Climate. c ^ ma ^ e Sa id to be healthy all the
year round.
Up to about 30 years ago, Bazman was included in Sarhad and paid no
Mdliat. revenue. Since that time it has been included
in the Bampur revenue district and pays 500
tumans (mostly collected in kind) and one Tcharwdr of sulphur.
Some 50 yards above the village is a large circular spring, 18 yards
Hot spring m . c i rcum ference and 3 feet deep, with a circular
pipe in the centre built of red bricks, 8 inches
in thickness : the dimensions of the pipe are 15 feet 4 inches long and
2 feet 3 inches wide. Out of this exudes the warm water, flowing gradually
and almost imperceptibly : below it is dug out a sandy circular hamum,
from which an irrigation canal runs off to the date grove below. Tb e
temperature of the water, taken at the mouth of the pipe for over a period
of three weeks, in rain, frost and snow, never registered above 93° ; it is
uninfluenced by atmospheric changes. There is no sulphurous odour or
taste from this water, and it was used for all purposes daily without any
detrimental effect. The inhabitants do not use it much except for irriga
tion ; they draw from the other ledriz.
As at Chilian, the present inhabitants are ignorant of the origin of their
Former inhabitants. hamum, and various legends are afloat. The
old fort and ruins to the west are considered
to be the remains of a large Gabr city, the inhabitants of which built the
hamum.
BAZMAN HImUN— f
This hdmun is situated to the south-west of the RIzabad Band (mountain-
range) and to the north-east of the Kuh-i-Bazman. {Jennings, 1885.)
BAZMAN, KUH-I or KUH-I-ZINDEH— Elev. 11,217'.
A mountain chain in Persian Baluchistan, composed of parallel ranges,
running down from a great peak, with a general north and south bearing.
The principal peak is an extinct volcano, from the summit of which a mag
nificent view is obtained. It is thus described by Brazier-Creagh :—
“ From the top of the peak which rejoices in a multiplicity of names, m 2 .,.
Madar Kuh, Meh Kuh, Khadreh-i-Zindeh .Kith,
Zindeh Kuh, Bazman Kuh, etc., a splendid and
striking view for over 150 miles, can , be seen,
except a bit to the north shut out by Chehil peak. The altitude we made
out to be 11,423 feet. To the south, far beyond the Jaz Murian Hamun and
the Bampur lut, the pale-blue Lashar, Band-i-Nilag, Yazbag, Band-i-
Fanuch and Ramishk ranges are visible. To the west are seen the lofty
snowclad ranges stretching up to Kirman, viz., Jabal Bariz, Shah Savaraij -
(Ce., the Shah on horseback), Hudian Kuh, Kuh Hazar and Kuh Jupar*.
Description of view from
Zindeh Kuh.