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PUL-I-ABBlSHAM—L at. 36° 22 ' O*'; Long. 56° 30' 0”—{Napier).
^ A bridge over the Ab-i-Shur, or Kaleb-i-Mura or Kal-i-Mansura stream in
Khorasan, about 8 miles east of ’Abbasabad, on the road to Sabzawar.
It was built in about 1874 by Muhammad Nasir Khan Zahir-ud-Dauleh, and
has three arches, two of IS^feet span, one of 16| feet. The ruins of the
old Shah ’Abbasi bridge ,with one big and two very small arches, are close
by, a little lower down. It is here that the province of Khorasan ends and
that of Shahrhd-BustSm begins. Some 30 miles south of this, and over
the same stream is another bridge of the same name.
The original name of this bridge is said to have been Pul-i-Ab-i-Raushan
or ‘ Bridge over clear water ” which has been corrupted into Pul-i
Abrisham .—{Maula Bahhsh ; Schindler.)
PUL-i-HlJl IBRAHlM^-
A stream and bridge in the province of Astarabad, about 2 miles from
Gaz, on the road to the town of Astarabad.—(Aap'er.)
PUL-I-KHATtN— Li*T. 35^59* 0"; Long. 61° 19' 0"; Elev. 1580'.—
(Napier.)
A village and an old stone bridge passable for all arms over theHari Rud
river about 94 miles from Meshed, on the frontier line of Persia and
Afghanistan. The village has good water, fuel and forage.
The boundary line of the Perso-Afghan frontier runs from Hashtadan
along the bed of the Kabi-Kalleh to the Hari Rud, from which point the
Hari Rud forms the boundary between Afghanistan and Persia as far as
the neighbourhood of the Puld-Khatfin, where the Perso-Afggan border
ends. The Kashaf Rud from Meshed here joins the Hari R'ud, and emerges
from tiie hills into open ground. An army could not follow the bed of
the Hari Rud from Tuman Aqa to PuI-i-Khatun ; but when the river is
not in flood small parties of horse or footmen can travel this road, bad
though it he.—(Thomson; MacGregor; NapierStewart; Maula Baihsh.)
There is a cart road practicable for field artillery and wheeled transport
from Pul-i-Khatun to Sarakhs, distance 47'3 miles in 4 stages. In fine
weather heliographic communication is maintained between the two
places.
From Pul-i-Khatiin to Zulfil«F„ distance 50 miles in 3 stages, the
road is suitable for camels, impracticable for field artillery and wheeled
transport.—(Routes in Central Asia, Section IJ1 % 1909.)
The Russian Cantonment at Pul-i-Khatun consists of two small one
storied barracks, one for the Cossacks and one for the Frontier Guards.
They did not seem capable of accommodating more than 100 men each at
the most. The Cossacks’ horses are under a rough shed of poles with a
thatched roof. The rest of the buildings seemed like officers’ quarters
and officers on a very shabby scale.
There have been rumours quite recently (1909) that new barracks and
stables are to be-bult. Just below the bridge the Kashaf Rud, a mere
$itch at this time of the year (November) joins.. On a high hank a lew