'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎236r] (476/652)

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Din Muhammad, Malukzai Bulidi, of Qasrqand and Firuzabad : and at
enmity with the powerful Muhammad Shah of Sib.
HajI ’Abdul Nabi gives the following list of the villages belonging to
Parud in 1839—it must be remembered that Firuzabad and its dependent
hamlets then belonged to Qasrqand—Kosolakan, Duzhalakan, Jamidar,
Bafanan, Pitan, Sahabad, Rudban, Ziarat Jah, Ganjabad, Hait and
Balahan .—'Abdul Nabi; Goldsmid ; Euan-Smith.)
PASAK—
An intermediate halting place in the first stage of the Qasrqand-Chahbar
i route, 4| miles from the former. It is situated on the bank of a perennial
stream of the same name, a tributary of the Kajii river.
Camel grazing and fuel abundant. Fodder and supplies obtainable from
Qasrqand. Water from stream.— {Grey, 1906.)
PAS AN—
A hamlet, of which only one hut is now standing, in Persian Baluchistan,
about 1 mile north of Sarbaz. About 2 miles to the north-west of it is
a similar place called Padok. Both these places were once inhabited, but,
owing to scarcity, the people have migrated to Karachi.— {Wood, 1899.)
PASGA or PAZGA—
A small river or stream in Persian Baluchistan, which, rising in the
Band-i-NIlag range, drains a considerable portion of the hilly country west
of Bint, and eventually joins the Gidich river (q.v.).
The Pasga appears to have at first a general south-easterly course. It
is crossed by the road from Bint to Jashk at between 23 and 24 mdes from
the former place, that is, at between 13 and 14 miles from Gari Darap.
Here it flows in a broad valley full of trees and shrubs. The river-bed
fs about a quarter of a mile wide and contains much tall hash (pampas
grass) growing to a height of 13 feet. The Siga Pusht Kaur joins
here on the left bank, and on the right bank is the Siga Pusht hill round
which the road goes. {See Siga Pgsht.) The river appears to go away
to the eastward.
After 4 miles of travelling through a mass of sl.ur and other hills, the
road descends the'difficult Ridagun Darag defile and again comes on the
Pasga, which has come round from where first struck, and is now found
running in a westerly, or north-westerly, direction. The stream is here
20 feet wide, with an average depth of 1 foot. Two large snow-white
boulders stand in mid-stream. Floyer describes the scenery about here
as magnificent. Crossing the river, the road rounds the Kalkia hill and
in about half a mile again crosses the river having come round the northern
end of the hill: thence through hills and for a short distance along the
Kalkia stream till the river is again reached, running almost west. The
■ valley is here narrowed to half a mile, but immediately widens to a much
greater breadth. On either side are low broad hills and shurs. The road
follows the valley, and at 3 miles from the last crossing, or 21 from Gar
Darap, is a Jcdfileh halting-place on the right bank, immediately opposite
& Striking rock, called Kunar Kabnu. Here the Pasga appears to make