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Route No. 20— contd.
From Juanrud to Karmanshah via Karasu valley—eontd.
Names of stages,
Distaitcbs, in
milks.
-
Inter
mediate,
Total.
Rbxabxs.
places. From Hasanabad a road straight on through Deh Bagh leads to Karmanshah, but the
best route for troops from Sadikabad is vid Rawansar and thence on by the main road
Shahabad is a village of about 30 houses on the left bank of the Kara-su, which is here
thickly lined with willow trees ; cultivation about. Water plentiful from the river • sunnlies
50 cows, 400 sheep and goats ; firewood scarce. Elevation 4,800 feet. Troops can camn anv^
where in the vicinity. The village of Bildar is dose by. P 1 1 1 J
Patiabad ... 13 | 35£ Road leaves Shaliabad and runs almost soutt
over the open plain covered with small shrubs anil
grass.^Cultivation here and there. At miles pj
iv v u * on , , I* 16 village of Kalawai, 8 houses. At 3 miles cross
the Kara-sn, about 30 yards broad with a slow current and about 2' 3’ of discoloured wIS
with easy 10 banks bed hrm and gravelly, and go down the right bank of the river. At 4 ml
pass Kurdawar 10 houses The river goes away to the left. At 6 miles pass Tappa Ismail
village with a large mud fort with corner towers, 30 houses. At 7 miles reach the Ab-i-Merk
discoloured stream about 12 feet broad between steep 15' banks, pass the ruins of a swS ?
and cross the nver containing about 2' of water with a fair current At 7i q i a V? ne , bncl e e
on the further bank. At 7* pass the village of 1 ar Daro"h, 10 housefa clumn of t ° Se , bj I
spring on the foot of the low hills on the right, elevation 4 980 feet and 1 mihff f
At 10 pass Bar Darosh, 30 houses, water from wells, and at lofpts a further Ha ' n r0 f
20 houses, water from wells. The hills on the right are close to thl mad A^ii" Dar " sh ’
Bulak, 3 villages, aggregating 40 houses, water from wells. At 13 miles rea^h PatiabS ^
Road good over a level plain and passable to all arms ox cent a t+vlf h . tlabad ; ,
Ab-i-Merk, where a cutting would have to be constructed for £?,ms or V t ° f the
village of about 20 houses inhabited bv Zanganeh Kurds No trees’ wa/ t r st e br '^ e - ^
and oulUv«lion, good gnazing, no fiie.vood, troop camp ThtwI era'ln'l’l cr 'l" >
supplies: 100 cows, 400 sheep and goats. 1 ^ a ^ wheie ln t^e vicinity, >
Elevation 4,770 feet.
Dostawand.
I4j
5(
Road leaves Patiabftd and runs south-east over nr
op cn plain with crops here and there At 3* mil«
stream of fresh water about 13' broad and 1' deen fVnn . S'i ' S ™ a trees ’ an(J a good
straw, 100 cows and 600 sheep and goats ; goifd gtaX Ion t, : at ' 0n ? SUpphVs : cbo ^ 1
vicinity, elevation 4,770 feet. Cross the narrow LBlofirftrea 1 can camp anywhere in the
deep, bottom muddy in places, and continue on in a south east'fP ’ ^ water 18 ilicii ''
Kaleh Kunar, 15 to 20 houses, direction now south At e mif ° n,and ^ 5 * miln ^
pass Gurgachia, 15 houses, direction now south-south-east 6 1 ? i° SS a Smal1 str Pam, at
covered with a few inches of water with 2^^018 here and ^
8} reach Chiah Khabut, 20 houses. eieaud there for ^out a mfle ; at
miles- at 9| it runs oveJt^SmmiuV«m icTnUlGsrh^th rif irrigati( ? n stream at 9}
passes Maliiahad, about 20 houses, on the left of the road 0 ° " S ° n ! Jie r,gbt ’ ani ^ at
preceding one At Ui pass Bawa Jan, at 121 Si^h Kamo V pla,n higher than t},e
front at the foot of the range of that name and Karm/n } ?”’ n Vlila ^. e v ^ihle to the right-
seen straight ahead over open ground 61 miles further ^ numerous trees is
across open ground south-east by east to Post a wand the + 7 .™°’ r' miles. A track goes
foot of the end qf the hills on the left. At 14£ reach the villa^ wll ' cb are visible away at the
9 1110 VJ1Ja S e °f Dostawaud. Road good
f
From J>
Names of stap
and passable to all ar
high, require easing
wnich might be diffic
A village of a bo
by Kurds. VV ater pie
garden, shady and fu
garden ; grazing gooc
Elevation 4,770
There is commu;
regular route. The 1
at 1 mile after passii
trees and crops, [t 1
su at 7 miles and
shah to Sehna, vid
broad front.
5 KARMANSHi
Karmanshah i
Authority and da
1
No. of
stage.
Names of s’
1
Tak Bosta:
2
Zalu-Ab
3
Gabdanah
Troops can hall
good, firewood is sci
to the west of the 1
4 1 Gendabad
and descend into tb