'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎17v] (34/86)

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Roote No. M—contd.
No. of
stage.
Distances, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter*
mediate.
Total.
9
Sehna
15*
99*
Bemakks,
' Koad 1 ru ,V s north-west by west
tween hills, a stream on the left, several irrijf!
streams are crossed, at 1| miles the v
narrows and the road, hitherto good, runs T
steep zigzag ascent over rocks, passable onlA
fin fa “7, 1U Iaiur ^ ! n single tile; there is also a bad and stony track on the left
60 feet below in the stream bed. At 1| miles emerge from the rocks an/k? fU .T
side on to a valley, (This defile forms a strong position facing tuth ea^ it ? ^
rendered impassable in a very short time and might be held bv a sm .,11 f \ ^ C j l ( ^ ^
rims up the valley, a stra^m on the left, high W1U on both ,i/e S . A t 21 3 /"^ **■
e or^ referred to from Iskhatun descends the hills on the left and ioins thp • ^ trac ‘
i 4 mi es the Gardanah Kesrau Kush is reached. Elevation 8.100 feet Road theiwl e ’ j
steepiy genera! direction north-west, by a zigzag descent passable onlv tn 11 deSCen(i!
?uns 1 ?h fan n T k in8i ?, g,efi h At4 ^ iles ^.e |raCt b^mr e asL and^h ^ ^
runs through a va ley with a stream below it on the left, better- pass several e LlC
nomad Kurds m the va lev beneatk At- 71 1 ’ P a 8 sev, eral camps 0
visible on the plain below 7 6 920 feet X„ d WateMhed ’ f T m ^ Selma i,
the i e e r f? n th r Tl1 0Wn a "ith a •ti-oam shaded by willtvv and waln^lrm”"
tto^asLliVe” ^ f T the »"Vr r :
rims north; road good, still decends fen' Iv “ tit i 'ttintf” 8 “P 6 t1 ',® foot ot f he hills and
shallow, broad and smooth bed A raihl from banVtn b t S'rTOn river with a
water in it ; coltiva.ion aid willow tree, here and there "tr’oo'r md, « « f ™»%
right bank. At 14|-miles after an eacv 16 . troops could camp on the further,
road from Karmanshah, and at 15 1 reaches the °cdtv s ? 0,,n< ]’ ^ ie <rac k joins the main
water everywhere plentiful en route. Little or no grazing g<,od and P assable to a11 ".ns,
hills. Troops co^dfm/souS^ofthe^Aw/ 1 ^ commanded on all sides bv
the Sirwan river, 2 mik^from the chv ^whe/ 81 ^ e the north (ri ^ ht ba «k) of
of good water close at hand. Supplies’of all sorts fmTfk 1 ’t ° Pe J?i and a pleiltlfaI 8 U PP 1 f
This route, bein- in mos^ mS s a // i ! • T th , e Cl y - Ele ^tion 5,350 feet,
to the steepness of the gradients the narrow no ' 111 ainrac ''’ ,s passable in many places, owing
infantry only when in single file and bv/onntain^ t ie S - 0ping natnre of tl,e track ' b f
the advanced guard to improve the worst “cST S " na ' “ pi<>neer COmpan r should be with
Route No. 12.
FB0M SEH,,i T ° KiRH1NS,I „ 1 , H Gwa Rod talley, Dee G.ran aeo
1 ang-i-Kinishk.
Authority and date. —Vaughan, August 1897.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distances, in-
miles.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Dcbuga
Remabks.
13i
13J
ofX Y„1?„ i 7 r0a<1 "' hiC,1 ra ” 8
it ,l™l„ y , thr ‘, ll '= ' some l '"' hills, after wl
.t descend, into the valley of the Sirwan ri
, . , ,1 ' v h ls - Cro8sed a J 3 “lies; bed, about 200 ys
which the water in July finds its ivay by five or s S i/Zll ' / h ^ 8tones - al(
a -f 11 y c or su shallow streams ; both banks et
From Sehna to ham
Names of stages.
Pass the village of Guzez:
branches off to the left f
20 houses, on the left, wr
arms, shortly becomes un
others in the river bed. I
the end of the stage. At
right bank of the river. ,
20 houses- The level gn
places with wheat, now lx
feet above the river, traci
and passes a garden on tl
road leaves the river bed
2b reach the villag
above referred to and br
small trees, and a numbi
alongside a small stream
^Koad is only passah
a small village of 8 lions
feet. Troops should can
river, ground hilly.
2
CAMP NEAR
Askaean.
and crosses a low spur fi
then descends gently an
about 2 feet in depth, b;
miles, where there is a s
On down a valley c
from Sehna joins on th<
this route, which is also
the river and enter a de
river at fi* mileS and tv
rocky side of the hills o
and infantry in single 1
with steep ascent and d
little open ground ; son
bank of the river, some
animals, horsemen miisi
the junction of the Sir
down the Sirwan river
vation 4,750 feet, acros
times, then up over a s1
slopes of the hills on tl
mountains on the sit
tions of trees, irrigated
village, Hmyawar, of 1
right and the other on
bad in places for laden
a valley on the right b
route being along th