‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [‎116v] (237/470)

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Route No. 1— confd.
From Mnhammerah to Tehran, fyc. —contd.
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Names of towns, villages, &c.
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Remarks.
It raay be described as hilly ; the hills, rocky and barren, rising in detached masses and
isolated mounds to a heig it of from 100 ' to 1,0 X)' above the genenl level of the elevated
plateau, are separated by wide valleys and basins (1 to 3 miles broal), generally communicat
ing with one another by easy gradients, traversing low necks.
Road or track generally good, and capable of being widened into a good cart-road ; gra
dients generally easy ; soil generally gravel.
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22nd April 1884.
A.M.
5-40
Zaghe
352
Barometer 24'15"; thermometer 4 ti 0 .
^ By muddy and deep crossing, fords the
Zaghe stream, 10 ' to 15' wide, 2 ' deep; and
ascending gradually proceeds up the
basin, being a track only across fields of clay. Wheat 2 " high. A month hence o-„ 0 d
pasture is said to cover the valley ; at present it is poor. The basin is from 3 to 4 miles broad
The hills rising up on every side to a height of 300' to 600' are rounded and grassy, except
towards their summits, which are precipitous and rocky. Snow covers their tops.
The hill scenery to the north west is picturesque.
The basin is very swampy in parts.
I 7 ; Huku Rivek ... j ... I ... I Descends out of the basin into the
[ : III valley of the Huru.
Descent, steep (^); can be improved by zigzagging. Soil a stony gravel. The river runs
north-west through the plain of Ahshter, then turns west, and below Khoramabad falls into
the Kashgan, winch itself falls into the Saimarrah near the Pul-i-Garm.
A village of a few mud huts.
Fords the Huru river, 200 ' wide, 2' 6 "
deep, stony bottom, rapid current. The
■ • , . . , , , ford is a difficult one at times; one ba"-
be£ore he was
7-15
Omain (elevation
5,750').
barometer 24 , 35''(5,750').
Rain Razan
8-30
steeper; a snow-water rill flows parallel to it.
small village at the foot of the hill
Chewira Shah”; the track ascending
gently follows a watercourse.
Ascent, gravelly and broad, becomes
Top of the pass ; barometer 23 3
(7,030'). The hill rises 300' over the
The track mode down the hill ride an 1 ent-rs a deen P Cin nd Jir7' topP f
on account of the -w water which conrseVdownThe hi^
9-55
Kal a Razan (eleva
tion 6,250').
A village at the foot of the descent !
barometer 24 , 0 7 (6,250').
This village, inhabited by Lurs of the
family of Haidar Khan, gives signs of
some opulence ; rain and snow is said to
diameter, orow in its vlmtu't*, a r ^ have ruined it; a few poplars, 3''to 6 ''
country is'treeless and nrodnee- n fi . 10um . evre T village now met with ; otherwise the
ing purposes Generally The villa ’ ./I 1 ® P°pl ai ’s are used for roof rafters, and build-
wfth mud * roofs o£ - ^
Crosses a stream. 15' to 20- wide, and by a' whfdiL ro^d ascends.