'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME I' [‎127r] (260/820)

purposes of irrigation the water is divided between Russia and Persia in
the proportion of five-sixths and one-sixth, respectively.
There are folds at Pul-i-Khatun, Haji Samitdin, Zulfikar, Kaleh
Khaki and Pish Robat. The ford at Pul-i-
Khatun is deep and the bottom encumbered
with rocks, whilst that at Pish Robat is deep and only suitable for caval
ry. The only bridge across the portion of the Hari Rud under description
is at Pul-i-Khatun, where the old stone bridge was restored by the
Russians at a cost of £2,000.
There is not a continuous road leading along the left bank from Kafir
Kaleh to Sarakhs, as offshoots of the Jam
Roa(is ' mountains stretch down to the river edge be
tween the points of junction of the rivers Jam and Istui with the Hari
Rud, and also between Haji Samitdin and Pul-i-Khatun, and obstruct
free communication. A road exists for the remainder of the distance,
which would require a certain amount of labour between Kafir Kaleh and
the Jam river, and from the Istui river to Haji Samitdin to make it fit
for wheeled traffic.
The valley of the Hari Rud above Pul-i-Khatun could not be utilized
for a Russian advance on Herat for the reasons given above.
The following tributaries flow into the Hari Rud from the west, viz. :—
The Jam, Mala, Istui, Gukhlari, Pain Gukhlari, Karau and Kashaf Rfitd.—
{Oranoffsky 1894; Logofctt, 1902.)
HARUNIS—
A tribe who are said to reside near Tun in Khorasan. They are
of ’Arab origin, having been settled here by Shah ’Abbas; They retain
but little of the appearance and manners of their ancestors.
HAROZ—
A village with small serai, 39 miles from Kirman on the road to Ravar>
and 44 miles from the latt t place. Supplies, fuel, foragq water, plentiful
and good.— (Baggaley, 1909.) .
HARZ!—
A small village of 130 inhabitants on the main caravan route between
Meshed and Herat, situated 117 miles south-east of the former. It has
40 cattle and 300 sheep and goats. In ordinary years the produce of wheat
and barley amounts to about 640 Indian maunds. The headman is
Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mahmud Khan, Hazara. Two miles to the south-east is situated
Harzi Kuhneh.— (G. Wanliss, October 1903.)
HARZ! KUHNEH—
A village containing 180 inhabitants on the main caravan route between
Meshed and Herat, situated 119 miles south-east of the former town and
2 miles west of Kariz. It has 100 cattle and 500 sheep and goats. In
ordinary years the produce of wheat and barley amounts to about 5,100
Indian maunds. Two miles to the north-west is situated the new village
of Harzi. The headman of both these villages is Sirdar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Mahmud
Khan, Hazara, who is also the headman of Kariz - (C. Wanliss. October
i 1903.)
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