File 2976/1916 Pt 1 'Persia Bunder-Abbas-Kerman telegraph and road' [‎202v] (108/452)

(h) The crossin g of the Niza river at Hajiabad (square ? sheet i 7 P).
DauUtabad, Gil^A.r^ur'and lah to Kernaan, approxiarate distance 37 o m iles
Sheets 2rA, 24D, 24C, 246, 24h)’
^ ^ „f thp three direct routes but the gradients are
This route ,s ^ ° ‘d^eLher and more numerous than on ''
stiffer, as the passes to be crossed are mg
routes 144 ° r ‘ 4 ^ ; s almost i eve i an d skirts the foot of the
From Bandar Abb , h o[ t p e Tang-i-Zindan (square ? sheet
hills for 55 miles to nea dua i r i se up the Ahmedi river and gorge of the
25 A), whence ther ^ 1 *-f g fo i, owe d by a stiff ascent of half a mile to the Sat-i-
Tang-i-Zindan for 172 ’ D s h eet 25 A). From here the ground descends
Sikh pass height 3,000 (square ^ slieet 23 ) there . ^ ^ .
t Pur'i'lver for ^misTo ^dar-f-Ar^u pass hetght 7> ooo (square 2 sheet
24 0) followed by a steep descent of half a mile, thence an easy slope for
miles to Daulatabad, height 3,700 (square ¥ sheet .4 )■
r? Ponlatabad the ground rises easily for 36 miles sta Gil Angur, Kaleh-
Mt^aWSS ?-SrJSTiJA ss
whence there is a gra dual ^en p | p rou nd ascends for 2 miles
height 7,100 (square ? (1 ^mdessouth of Baft and not marked on
iL’tsC.trs.Sii'ro-f'.t Ban te .gh.
24C). . ,
From Baft, there is a gradual rise for 17 mi!e "'°{ e \^ c e e n a g de U g n cent 0 of 9
high Kafanu pass, height 9,400 (square ^ sb 66^24^ g and an ascent
miles over broken ground to A b -i-La’ehzar ^ wh ence there
for 1 miles to the Zarchu pass, height 8,800 (square , sheet -4W, t ^
is a Steep descent for half a mile followed ground alcends
Nicrar height 7,oco (square y sheet 24C). From IMg > s
eas g y or 9 miles to the Khun Surkh pass, height 7,500
from where there is a descent of 2 miles to the Kerman f.^Tjes
from thence to Kerman, height 5 , 700 , are easy sloping plains for 26
I examined alternative alignments for this route as follows
(a) From Bandar Abbas via the Zankuta pass (square ? aheet _ ; _2a r , ( lan < !
v ; Ahmedi (square ? sheet 25A) in order to avc.d the Tanp-t ^ ^,
thence via the Tang-i-Namak (square £ sheet 24D) rejo g
route again at Daulatabad.
From Daulatabad via Deb Nau to Kaleh-i-Kazi (square * sheet 24
.... u » with the
Four routes from east to west as described in paragraph 1 > _ { rom
idea of avoiding the Tang-i-Zindan b y A ut ' 1 ^ 1 , n f ,-px or Gulashkird
Bandar Abbas to Sarkhanu (square ^ sheet 25 ) ^
square ? sheet 2sE) and then connecting across t ‘ c
route 143 at Pur (square? sheet 25A) or Daul
sheet 24D). _ t ^ e
I found nothing to recommend any of these alternative
doption of any of them would be more costly than the a ignm ^
Route («) goes along narrow gorges and over high passes the * nta g eS)
•om near Bandar Abbas to Ahmedi. Route (b) is longer wi ^ lengths
•hilst the adoption of any of the four routes (c) would entail sue _ Toner-
£ would be preater than .