‘Military report on south-west Persia, including the provinces of Khúzistán (Arabistan), Luristán and part of Fars.’ [‎130r] (264/470)

Route No. 2— contd.
From Kum to Gulpaigdn, 8fc. —contd.
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Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
DlSTAIfCES IN
MILES.
Interme-i Total,
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Remarks.
A.M.
6- 35 ... ... Crosses a succession of ledges and val
leys. The tops of the former are flat, and
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stone covered with gravel embedded on a conglomerate of water-worn pebbles. Near the tops
of the ledges the road is rocky and difficult; the valleys between the ledges are formed bv water
action. The road runs within 2 miles of the foot of the Kuh-i-Mahallat.
7- 10 f Barometer 24'15 7 (5,920'). Road de
scends. No cultivation occurs except
where noted.
7-35 ... ... Crosses a small stream and passes over
conical undulations ; surface soil, a black
and red shaly sand ; gradients to
7- 45 ... ... Crosses a small stream ; cultivation to
a limited extent.
8-5 Ka8IM4bad ... Small village, surrounded by poplar
trees, cultivation and gardens, 1 mile to
the north. One hundred yards to the
left, an undulation rises to a height of
200'; the Mahallat range, miles to the north, is snow-topped.
8- 2u ... ... A branch road, in a direction of 245°,
leads to Sultanabad. An uncultivated
basin, growing nothing but a few this
tles and weeds and a low prickly thorn
bush, is now crossed; it is 2 to 3 miles in diameter ; soil a very sandy clay; it affords grazing
to a few sheep and camels ; road a broad sandy track ; barometer 24 , 3".
At the head of the basin ; to the westward the Mahallat range ends, and beyond the
valley, which there breaks through it, a mass of hills rise to an equal elevation with the main
range lowering gradually in height to the westward ; they are snow-topped. All camels,
*een in this district, were of small size and of poor physique.
There is better grazing under the low hills to the right front, and the tents of iliyats
were seen there.
9- 45 ... ... Rises gently and enters the low hills
forming the southern boundary of the
basin just traversed ; the hills are of a
slaty shale.
10 ... ... Summit of the rise; barometer 23‘8' /
(6,460'). To the south-east a valley leads
down to the river, distant 6 or 7 miles;
beyond it the hills appear to rise to an elevation of 1,000' over it.
10- 45 | ... ... Crosses a short difficult piece of rock and
a small stream, and descending traverses
undulations. With the exception of a few
rocky pieces, where widening and levelling are required, the track is an easy one ; the shale
rock is generally soft.
The pebbles and stones met with are of shale, quartz, felspar, greenstone, and a hard
blue stone.
11-25
11-45
Crosses a cultivated valley. A small vil
lage lies 800 yards down it; there are a
few trees about it. Except where noted,
no trees or shrubs grow.
Turns down a valley leading to the
small village of Darband, where is a
spring, cultivation, and a few trees. From