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Route No. 4 — contd.
From Isfahan to Behbahdn and Bandar-lJildm, 8fc. —contd.
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Time. Names of towns, villages, &c.
Distances in
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Remarks.
A plentiful stream flows in the valley; its soil is a gravelly clay ; the poppy is laisrelv
cultivated. ~ tv 1 fe j
A.M.
7-25
over slippery rock.
Commences the ascent over the neck ; the
ascent is steep and strewn with stones and
boulders ; general gradients ^ to - 1 -.
the last ascent consists of steep zigzags
8-30 | Kuh-i-Rukh
Summit of the neck ; barometer 22'4"
(7,960').
The Kuh-i-Rukh is the watershed of
Watershed. J he the
boundary between the
„ . i 1 , districts of Chahar Mahal and Isfahan.
continuation ot the watershed to the south-east, see page 288 ; to the westward it runs
to the Kuh-i-Rang, Afhus-kuh, Kuh-i-Persishi, to the east of Chaman-i-Sultan, Ashnakhor
and along the hills bordering the branches of the river Diz to the north (see pane 224).
the general descent is more gentle than the ascent, but the boulders blockimr it are
ot a larger size, some over 6 ' high and large in proportion. For 100 yards the road is very
“ n . d f " r ,1«« g'-adicnt i» 1 . It then become* a 8 km/„„d broad path with
giadients fiom li5 to y'g. The river is 3 miles distant to the right.
8-45
Traverses an elevated narrow valley,
2 miles broad ; it is uncultivated ; wild
flowers are plentiful; barometer 22 , 8"
valley to a height of GOO' to 700'. The banen hills rise ove1 ' the
i RiSfoT a i d 50 O hm dal S T haIf fr0nt - In this dir ^tion lies the village of Kahv-
watered distSt S Pb 6 , >8 ° 0 ’ from the pass, in the fertile and well
‘ The Chibt M , T h;l, - Mahal a " (1 UTi : ? r the J uns diction of the Ilkhani The paramount chief of certain tribes in south west Iran. of the Eakhtiaris.
Ihe Chahar-Mahal country has been likened to that of Peshin.-f
25 mi'es C '' V( I'.Vy, 'i* H a s ^ l |r °ugh Kahv-i-Rukh toShamsabad (seepage 281), a stage of
i n bv hiVh hinTtn f ° ng an extensive p,ain extending for many miles to the north, but closed
Kur «Vot l" • 6 T 1 ' I- tU the plain j, the village of Tor-
valley bounded tn ft °\' i ^ e road turns south-east down a gradually narrowing
. ■ d to the east by sand 1 ills, and on the west by the Kuh-i-Jehanbfn.—( Wells.)
Snow is seen on the hills 7 to 10 miles
distant to the left half front ; the road is
a good and hard mule track ; the heat
of the sun was great, but the breeze cool.
Soil, an open clay. No stream is met
with along this line from 7-15 a.m. until
Deh-i-Kurd is reached.
A little snow still lies high up on the
hill sides ; the valley is 1,000 yards
wide ; the road is hard and generalh 7 20 '
wide.
Passes between 2 hills forming a neck
to the valley. The Kuh-i-Jehanbin, 7 or 8
miles distant in the line of the road, is cov
ered with snow. Passing over undulations,
9-40
9-55
11-15