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of Bam. Owing to its elevation it is never hot, while the hills are well
wooded and water abounds.
From the pass, looking north, a commanding panoramic view is obtain
ed. Below lies the broad valley of Deh Bakri, through which meanders
a broad swift stream of the same name. It gradually becomes lost to view
in the plain beyond, where it Joins the Bam drainage. Away in front
beyond the broad plain is the Darzin range. To the west are the lofty
snow-clad Sarduleh hills ; and behind lies the Jamal Bariz range. On reach
ing the foot of the steep hill (which is the part of the pass that gets block
ed with snow and becomes impassable) the road runs along the bed of
a dry ravine for half a mile and then down the centre of Deh Bakrf valley
through broad strips of cultivation. Leaving the valley by the river-bed,
the track sometimes leads along the hillside and again along the river-bed.
In this valley is, in all probability, the site of the most ancient capital
of the province—the classical Carmana.
GUDlR-I-GANDEH KfjH— Elev. 6,900'.
A pass in Khorasan, about 70 miles from Birjand, on the road to Farah
in Afghanistan, crossing a range which runs south from the Saman Shah to
the Kuh-i-Baqaran. The altitude is nearly 7,000 feet, but the ascent
from the west is by a steep narrow path, gradually ascending the course of
a ravine from the Ab-i-Gandeh Kuh stream j the descent is easy and by
a good road. For wheeled vehicles, the pass would require a good deal
of making and some blasting. Ihe top of the pass is basaltic, while granite
trap and old red sandstones go to form the sides.—(Tfozarfo: Bellew v
MacGregor.)
GUDAR-I-GIL or GUDAR-I-GILI— Elev. 400'.
A low and easy pass in the Minab district, 72 miles from the town of
that name, on the road to Rigan. The gradients nowhere exceed i, but
the track at the top of the pass is very narrow, though two days’ work
would render it fit for guns. The track along the water-course leading
up to the pass is, however, so thickly strewn with boulders as to render
it almost impassable.— (Napier, 1899.)
GUDAR-I-GILl, see Gudar-i-Gil.
GUDAR-I-HAN AKA— Elev.
( 8,391'— (Sykes).
(.8,790' — (Brazier-Creagh).
A pass in Kirman, lying about 17 miles north of Ray in on the Kirman
road. The ascent and descent are very easy.— (Sykes, 1894; Brazier-Creagh,,
1894.)
GUDAR-I-’ISHK— Elev. 9,000'— (Sykes).
A pass in Kirman province, 16 miles from Rabur, on the road to Kirman.
The descent on the north side is trying and is interrupted by a sudden rise
near a ruined caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and a spring.— (Sykes, 1900.)