'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎28r] (55/86)

Route No. 22— conld.
and Bawansar
ib jungle, at 13|
mil 's, over undn-
als en route, and
nils. Water from
ntiful. In August
estroyed while the
A AND ASMANA-
)7.
id and cross tne
'ridge, road up a
. At 5 miles reach
^ater.*
up a long ascent
, cross it, descend
a stream connin'
illey and ascend,
i about the Kuh
summit of the
from the Kuh Kal
id, then up along
ar walls of rock
is the track here
valley. At 12
ss reach a hillock
bad and impass-
j, water plentiful
1 mile off to the
g and summer.
>n over tbe valley,
'ose stones, and
oak trees here
Ih and ascend by
: Gardanah Mila-
s wide and there
now south-west
From Sar-i-Pul-i-Zohab to Kut-l-Amara via Kifraur, Chila and Atmanabad
valleys, Dehbala and Chamba valley —contd.
Distances, in
MILKS.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rkmabzs.
descending steeply along the hillside. At 5| miles the road to Gilan, distant 2 farsakhs,
runs straight on along the hillside, the road now turns sharp to the south-east and then
south descending steeply down a steep zigzag pathway. At 6 miles the bottom of the steep
descent is reached. Elevation 4,880 feet. Another road branches off on the right to Gilan,
distant 2 farsakhs. Route now along the slopes of the range on the left, through forest,
general direction south and descending all the time. At 9^ miles have the hills and
merge into a valley, with a stream flowing down it, amid cultivation and numerous camps
of lliyats. Go over some hillocks, cross au irrigation stream, and at II miles halt on the banks
of the stream.
Road, a mountain track, impassable to field guns, and bad throughout on account of loose
stones.
The ruins of a Zoroastrian fort on a mound on the right bank of the stream and at the
foot of the range bounding the valley to tbe south. Water plentiful from springs and streams ;
firewood plentiful; troops can camp on tbe right bank. Elevation 3,800 feet.
Chashma
zami.
Ni-
38£
Road leaves Kala Sbab Taki and runs up the
valley in a souib east by east direction passing
tbe ruins of a fort on a mound on the right, road
bad from loose stones, a stream and some cultiva
tion on the right. A high range on both sides. The valley is about 2 to 3 miles broad with low
hills on it here and theie. At If miles pass some ruins and soon after cross the stream, road
ascends gradually throughout the march. At 3f miles pass through low hills, road good and
free from stones. The ranges on either side are covered with trees. At 8 miles pass a
number of ten's on the left of the road, crops and cultivation, then across some hillocks
and on to open ground where there is a spring, forming the head of the stream down the
valley, and hut at 9f miles. Road good and passable to all arms throughout.
A spring that runs from the foot of a rock at which a nala commences, with low hills
on the west of it and an extensive open plain to the south-east. Troops can camp here, or f
mile lower down the stream where there is more water. The stream should he dammed up
some 24 hours before the arrival of troops as ordinarily at this time. September, there is only
suflicient water for three or four hundred men. Elevation 4,435 feet.
Leave by a good road, direction a little east of
south-east, and ascend gently through a well-
wooded, undulating valley. The Kaluja range on
the left and the barola range on the right, this
latter has now sunk as regards its north slope to hills three or four hundred feet in height. At
U miles a road over this hill from Mendali ru'd Tang-i-Ganna descends into the valley and
soon after joins the road now described. At 3f miles reach Cbah Mila, a good well with wooden
watering trough ; earlier in the year a stream flows from it ; the road from Mendali leaves the
track up the valley, goes north-east and finally crosses the Kalnjarange by the Gardanah Amrnla.
Road now east and then south east by east winding in and out amongst low wooded undula
tions. At 4£ miles cross a road from the Amrula pass to Zarna rid the Tang-i-Garma, it
unites with the road passed at miles before reaching the pass ; the range on the right has
fallen away to a few rounded low hills. At 5 miles cross a watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. . Elevation 4,980 feet.
Direction nearly south-east by east. A ridge of hills close by on the left intervenes between us
and the Kaluja range. At 6 miles commence an easy descent for about 300 feet. The low hills
adjoining the route fall away and at 7 miles reach another, Chah Mila, on open ground; a
small weU fulllof water. The bottom of the well is 12' from the surface of the ground. At
7^ miles emerge into the Asmanabad valley, a broad and level stretch of ground; at 8$ miles
direction south-west by south towards the hills. At 9^ miles reach a small stream and
some springs at the foot of the hills bounding the valley to the south.
5
Spring north-
9*
471
rvest end of
Asmanabad
valley.