'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎456r] (916/1278)

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vegetables would flourish here. Mutton and beef are procurable in moder
ate quantities ; and the supply might, by breeding and importation, be
increased ad libitum. Good and plentiful water is obtainable and the kunar
bushes furnish a considerable supply of fuel. There is very good grazing
and cultivation here. The transport appears to be very limited, hour or
five horses were noticed, but no mules, donkeys, or bullocks.
The headman of Jam said that, every harvest, he could send to the port
of Tahiri 50,000 Hashimi mGms=65,000 Indian maunds (one Hashim
man—IQ Bushire or Tabriz mans).
The ground about Jam consists of limestone strata, with gravelly sod
superimposed. Underneath the limestone, at a depth of 12 feet, fresh
water runs in subterraneous streams. This water is filled with innumerable
very minute fish. .
The road from Bushire (near Bushire) to Jam is fairly good, and presents
no difficulties for pack animals.
The seaport for Jam is Tahiri; general direction south by east, J east,
distant 17 statute miles over hilly ground. The road to this port leads,
by the south-west corner of the valley, between Kuh-Puzeh Badri and the
hills closing the south-east end of the valley. As seen from the summit
of Puzeh Padri, a water course, called Ghaba, flows on its south-west side,
and thence south-east by south to the sea, which is plainly visible, between
low, hills progressively decreasing in height. In this quarter the ml s are
very low, and Butcher understands that by this opening proceeds the road
to Tahiri. It has been from the earliest times, and, although at presen
traversed only by pack animals, might, he believes, be readily adapted
to wheel traffic. _ . ,
Jam can, if required, be easily and economically put m telegraph com
munication with all the stations of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. section 0 e ^
European Telegraph Department. This might be effected by tapping which
ever of the two gulf cables lies nearest to the coast by a branc ca e ea
ing into Tahiri and thence by land-line to Jam. The nearest mam cable
lies at a distance from Tahiri of 32 statute miles, and the atter por is,
as mentioned above, 17 statute miles from Jam. Such lengths of cable
and land-line are insignificant, and would entail but little extra expense.
With a telegraph station thus joined up at Jam the country on ei ei
side, towrads Bushire on the west and Bandar Abbas on t e eas ,
be speedily opened out. and the way would be thus paved or a an me
from Bushire to Bandar ’Abbas and thence to Jashk. If this latter line
were constructed the Indian Telegraph system would be connected through
to Constantinople, and the European system by a continuous land-line
through Makran, Southern Persia, and Turkey in Asia.
The maximum temperature noted here in March was 7 an e
minimum 38°.— [Butcher, 1893.)
JAMALABAD (1)— Lat. 29° 51' N. ; Long. 53° 15' E. ; Elev.
A village in Ears, situated in an offshoot of the Marvdasht plain, a short
distance north-west of lake Niriz. The village can furnish some supp les.
From here two roads lead to Persepolis ; one by a valley to the rig , e
other due west by Qadamgah.
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