'MOBILISATION ROUTES IN PERSIA (VOL. IV, PART II) (FARS, LARISTAN, KERMAN and YAZD)' [‎68r] (140/622)

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Bafq the altitude drops to 3,000 feet, whereas the main route
gives no reading below 4,000 feet until the plain of Yazd is reached.
Supplies good for the first 9 stages^; none at stage, 10, fair at 11.
Water-supply good as far as Bafq ; then up to Fehraj it is depend
ent on a few tanks, which at the most cpuld* supply 500 men.
These tanks were full in March, but empty in May. Gameh
grazing throughout. 1ff | ctm&n mtim &k .vfavltoacra
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1 AFARABAD .. 15 m. General direction N.-
—' (5,520 / .) W. The road from thfe
15 m. W. side of Kerman
follows the city Wall to the K. side, then strikes off with a bearing
of 357°. At 3 miles Deh Saidi and Fathabad, tb E. of read;
The soil here is very saline and must be almost impassable
in wet weather. At 4J miles Akbarabad, Charqahad ahd Ikhtiar-
abad, 3 villages to the W., one behind the other. Desert for
nearly 2 miles, cultivation being again reached with Sulaimanabad
and Hasanabadl two villages to the W. of the track. Shortly
after low hills and then, at 9 miles,-SufiabM iiear'the road to the
W., while Sharlkabad is far away under the hills. Pass Ahmad*
abad at 10 miles and at 12J miles Zanglabad, a large thriving vil«
lage. At 13 miles Khaliqabad to W., at 14 miles Kahnu (3 miles
to the N.-E.b Afarabad a large village. Supplies and forage
everywhere in profusion ; road dead level. ;
2 ’ALIABAD .. 23 m. General direction N.-
— (5,311':) W. Villages in sight
38 m; throughout the march.
At 3 miles r Abbasabad, a tuined fort. At 4f miles Sar-i-Asiab,
on the Meshed road, is visible some 8 miles to the E. At 5 miles
Deh Zia some 3 or 4 miles F: At 6 miles Ghah Dariiieh undef
the eastern range. At 8 miles pass through low hifls, with Deh
Husain at 8f miles and Deh Kahnu at 10 miles. At 10| miles
Rahimabad. Here the road hugs the hills to the W., as the route
across the plain is very boggy in wet weather. At 15 miles
Qamabad. At 19 miles Janatabad; from thence'to " Aliabad
there was no track.
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