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Supplies.
to the river. Four miles from Kilishum it passes Naveh (25
houses) and Viyeh (50 houses) in a valley and crosses a low ridge
to Yakunim (30 houses) in another valley at 8 miles. There is
a steep rocky descent from a ridge to Jarindeh (400 houses) the
chief village of Amarlu at 14 miles, see'Route No. 11, in a culti
vated valley.
Stage 13. Pass Pakideh (40 houses) 1J miles, Sangarud
(50 houses) (?) 8 miles, to Loshan (?) 16 miles.
Stage 14. Strike down to the Russian road, 1 mile below
Loshan bridge, and follow it to Manjil.
Section 4.
From 1 Man]il to Mianeh 144 miles in 2 9 stages.
This is a series of village to village tracks and is not a
recognized ‘ charvadar ’ route. From Manjil to Darram, stage 3,
it goes up the valley at some places close to the left bank of the
Kizil Uzun, at others at a distance of 2 or 3 miles from it. It
is an easy route for pack animals including camels, and the
surface is good. In stage 4 the route passes out of Tarum
and enters 1 section 3 of the Kizil Uzun valley, and climbs into
the hills of Khalkhal above the Kizil Uzun gorge, crosses the
Shahrud valley and approaches the Aq Dagh in stage 5. The
gradients are steep and probably impassable for camels 3 without
accidents.
From stage 5 to 6 there is a choice of routes keeping to the
left, or crossng to the right , 4 of the Kizil Uzun. All routes
traverse the plateaus above the gorge Camels travel without
difficulty on the right side.
In Tarum supplies for 200 men and animals could be collected
where required at 24 hours’ notice and a force of 1,300 men and
800 animals could be maintained by fetching additional rice
and vegetables from Gilan, and sheep, wheat, and barley from
Zinjan. In Khalkhal, North of the river, a force of 200 men
and animals could maintain itself locally. South of the river
1 For description of Kizil Uzun valley and surrounding country see Chapter
II Geography, pages 103-107.
2 Taking staging of 1 (a) of Route Report from Manjil to Mianeh, Routes
in Persia, Vol. II. »
3 Camels used to travel by the Zinjan-Hirabad via Shahrud valley,
Zinjan-Ardabil vid Pardalis, and Mianeh-Ardabil routes, but had no occasion to
attempt routes parallel to the Kizil Uzun.
* From Barandaq, stage 5, via Hisha’in (16 miles)—Mindajin ferry—Kajal
(24 miles) is reported the easiest, but the Hisha’in district is disturbed. Kajal
is 28 miles from Mianeh.