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th« Bazuft river. It seems to be known as the Gardaneh-i-MarvSrid also.
The ascent from the bridge is a steep and stony zig-zag. It must always
be severe from its length, but the state of repair makes a great difference.
In 1906 it had been cleared and improved. The bottom portion is in rocky
soil and hence the track is narrow and rough. The immediate ascent from
the bridge is a steep rock surface.
Half a mile below the pass on the Pul-i-’Amarat side is the Chashmeh-
i-Marvarid, a spring of scanty water, and the Kaleh-i-Marvarid is passed
almost immediately afterwards. The Kaleh has now onlv some walls
left standing. It was built of rubble and gach. To the south-west of the
pass, the road crosses connecting ridges to the Manak ride, above Deh
Diz. To the north of the pass, the mountain falls steeply to the ravine
running down to the Bazuft river. The hills around are well wooded.
There is no water except at the Marvarid spring.
The ascent from the Pul-i-’Amarat to the top of the pass is about 2,000
feet and the descent 1,<50 feet by an easy gradient and a good, broad road,
the last few hundred feet being steep. Height of the pass 5,800 feet.
■ {Burton, 1903 Report of a Journey through the Balchtlari Country to Shush-
tar—Morton, 1905—Arhuthnot, 1905—Lorimer, 1906.)
KUHIMEH— Lat. Long, Elev.
A hamlet in Luristan, consisting of a few grass huts, about 1 mile south
of Furg, on the road to Lingeh.—( Vaughan, January 1888.)
KGH-I-MINAR— Lat. Long. Elev. 5,800'.
A range of mountains in the Bakhtiari country, crossed at 83 miles by
the track from Dizful to Kaleh Bazuft via Duma Khail. The roadway,
rising by gradual gradients to the crest, was originally built with care, and
is even now sufficiently good to ride up. The descent on the north side
to Shimbar is very Tough.—{MeSwiney, 1891.)
K^H-I-MHMIAU— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hill in Ears, about 20 miles west of Darab.
A blackish, bitumenous matter issues from the rock here, which is
regarded by the Persians as a sovereign remedy for cuts, bruises, and even
fractures, but it really has no qualities superior to other bitumen.
{Ouseley.)
KHH-I-MURDEH (?)— Lat. Long. Elev.
A hillside along which the caravan route from Isfahan to Shushtar
passes, north o- the Malamir plain. The road is very bad, but frequently
traces of the made road were met with.—(.Report of a Journey through the
Bakhtiari Country to Shushtar.)
KUH-I-NAR RAH —Lat. Long. Elev.
A mountain in Ears, passed at the 90th mile on the route from Shiraz to
Darab.— {War Office Report on Persia, Part II, Route 205.)
Kt}H-I-N’AL SHIKAN (1)—Lat. Long. Elev.
A pass in Khuzistan traversed between Shah-in-Shah and Chmiishk on
the road from Burujird to {Schindler.) See also Na’l Shikan.