'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎27r] (53/86)

and Rawansar
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Route No. Zl—contd.
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Gendabad and runs
>lley of the Razawar ■
erof the level plain
ih Baluch and down j
bout tlie inarch and I
of some low hills I
s. At j ^ miles pass I
t pass Kumalan, I
At 5$ cross a water* I
bouses, on the right I
of Sunii, 12 houses, I
of Surni, 8 houses, I
rocced on over open I
zian, 40 houses. At I
nd passable to field
r gradients being j
i that waters the I
sheep and goats, 8 j
road side east and v
the banks of the *
across (he Bilawar
lireel ion running
mngst crops and
alarabad, a village
?s the road crosses I
lr stream of clear j
huts and turn to
ie hollow is a cir-
ion. At miles
uses. ^At 6|- miles
i. a village of I’i
i of the Razawar
les pass a hamlet
ub, visible in the
mall watercourse,
h Marab. Time
sidence of Agha /
d from a spring,
worses, 600 sheep
Karmanshah to Juanrud via Tang-i-Kinishk, Bilawar valley and Rawansar
—eontd.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distancks, in
MILKS.
Remakes.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rawansab
75 ! The road, which is good, runs north-west up to
wards the range bounding the plain to the west and
skirting the hills on its left. At 1J miles it enters
the hills and ascends an open valley between them.
At H it passes a springh\ a clump of trees, direction then north-west by west. The Kuh Khagan,
a lofty bill with precipitous summit, is on the right. At cross a small stream from the foot
of that hill '-tnd continue on np the valley, a watercourse on the left, and beyond it steep low
hills. At miles pass a stre.im ; the village of Durroyan, 20 houses, is Upamongst some trees
in the hills to the right. At 4 miles the road runs over level ground on the left of the water
course after pressing it. At 4|-miles up a steep ascent, narrow and difficult on account of
smooth sloping rocks and loose stones. At 4£ reach the summit of the Nal Shikana pass, some
scrub and grass about, elevation 6,432 feet, on over fairly level ground. At 4§down'a verv
steep and bad descent into a valley with short bits of level track here and there, numerous
bushes about. At 6 miles reach a dry watercourse iu the valley below and follow its course
direction south-west by west.
At miles, after crossing a dry watercourse, a track joins us on the right comin" down
a valley from Selina ; at 8 miles direction south-south-we-t. At 8^ miles cross the watercourse
we are following and goon through a broad valley with a little cultivation here and there. At 9
miles the valley opens out and Karajian, a village of 20 to 30 houses, without any trees, is visible
]| miles off, and a road running from it over the mountains west of it to Juanrud. General
direction south-south-west. At 11£ descend slightly and pass a few huts away at the foot of the
hills to the left and pass a nomad camp with 10 houses ; 100 cows, 400 sheep and goats and
5n donkeys, grazing. On over alluvial soil with crops here and there. At 12^ cross a stream
bed dry but with deep pools of good walef here and there, and pass rhe foot of a spur of the
hills on the left. The valley to left now extends for 6 or 7 miles into the hills and is 3 or
4 miles broad. Grass good and abundant everywhere but dried up along the foot of tho
hills on the right. At 14£ miles round a high rock on the right and enter Rawansar.
Time 4 hours 21 minutes.
Road impassable to field guns from IJ- to u miles, and not to be rendered so, without
laying out an entirely new road, remainder good.
A village consisting of 70 houses, the residence of Suleman Khan, Sharuf-ul-Mulk ; gardens,
plantations of trees and cultivation. The place is situated at the foot of the Shahu range at
the entrance to a valley running north into the hills. VV'a'er plentiful from the river springs.
Supplies : 50 horses. 300 cows, 50 donkeys, 12 sheep and goats, a little firewood, and good
grazing ; corn plentiful; elevation 4,930 feet.
the left and beyond it low hills. At
8 | Juankud. ... 13a- 885 The road on leaving Rawansar runs in a general
direction north-west throughout the march. It
skirts the Shahu range for a short distance and
j then runs over a level plain with a stream on
_. 2§ miles pass Deh Safak, 12 houses, on the left of the road,
and cross several irrigation streams ; cows grazing about. At 3 miles pass Sadikabad, 30
houses, the same stream on the left, and ascend gently over a low chain of hillocks, reaching
their summit at 3i. Then on for the remainder of the march over undulating fertile country!
A stream on the left and higher hills beyond it; low hills on the right separate the route from
the Karmanshah-Halabja road. At 5£ pass Banshalla, 30 honses, away on the left. Supplies : 400
cows. At 6^ pass Beirwara, 15 houses; away on the right is a spring forming the head of the
stream. At 7£ pass a village with two houses and with two or three large trees on the left of the
road, ronte now up and down over chains of hillocks with intervening streams. At 10| descend
slightly and cross a highly cultivated valley, full of trees, under which the road runs, crossing a
dry stream. Safiabad, 30 houses, is close by on the right. After more winding up and down, the