'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎35r] (69/86)

Route No. 21— contd.
lid structnrp, 4
in bad repair
lies ; water and
aank and large
•om tbe Kiasbt
!■ is repaired:
n stony ridges
2 miles, when
water and some
’om the north-
of black tents
itly by a stony
hove tbe Pario
miles Nishnna
miles cross a
;e of guns, and
camps of Lurs
d herds: at 8
i ; some stone
iter to left of
plain covered
rht lies a Lnr
ently towards
a zigzag path
;ar, ] miles,
large area of
re west-north*
inity but the
rees. Snppliis
3 the descent
throughout;
above the
towards the
y and narrow
below: much
either hand,
ter and culti-
iere runs 301
plain, which
mltivation to
he camp and
; the plain in
ickish water
>f the plain,
lies through
level of the
) feet.
Khuramabad to Dehbala (Pusht-i-lcuh) —contd.
Distances, in
MILKS.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rehabks.
Traverse tbe Siab pass by a bad and rough track much obstructed by huge boulders : rock
cliffs £ mile apart, rise above to the height of 1,500 feet, the base sloping down to the bed
of the pass which is 50 yards wide, and traversed by a dry and bonldery nala. At 11 miles
a large rock pool forms tbe source of an abundant stream of clear water which now flows
through tbe pass, from which emerge at 11 ^ miles into a hare and stony plateau ; the stream
continues away in a southerly direction to gorge to the Saidmarra river: turn north-west and
traverse stony slopes from the Tarkhan range on the right hand to 14£ miles (patches of
cultivated land line the road : here are winter quarters of the Amarai Lure) when cross stony
spurs and descend to and reach at 15f miles a narrow cultivated valley and with a good stream
of water, returning south-east. Camp room : water and forage abundant: no fuel adjacent :
supplies only when the crops are standing and flocks and herds being pastured.
Hoad throughout good and passable to all arms except through the Siab pass which is
barely practicable for laden animals and scarcely ridable. Water as noted, grass throughout
but no fuel.
Rudbah . 13f 92f Ascend somewhat steeply in a north-west
direction, a grassy spur, the path of gypsum and
quartz rocks gives good foothold but is narrow.
At 2£ miles r-each the summit of a ridge, called
Sargach pass, and descend steeply to 3 miles : then cross rolling grassy spurs to 4 miles: a
very small spring lies in a rav ; ne below to the right hand 300 yards off: descend steeply to and
cross a small stream at 4| miles: from here cross a succession of ravines and spurs to 63 miles,
when emerge on to a wild and barren slope, one large and several small sungars around ; to the
left the Saidmarra traverses the Birinjan gorge, to the right the Lara mountain rises in a
tremendous w all. Descend gently towards the river valley of Rudbar and drop steeply into it.
At 8 miles traverse plateau level above the river to 1 13 miles, when round a spur by a narrow
path, again over level plateau, some cultivation to 12 f miles, when cross a spur ; descend again
to the valley and reach a ford at 1 3 1 miles ; ford the river, girth deep on a horse, 80 yards
broad, bed and banks firm and of easy gradient, and ascend to level pla+eau on the right, bank.
Ample camp room : forage and fuel abundant: some supplies from village of Rudbar of
80 houses £ mile down stream. Elev. 2,750 feet.
Road throughout fair and passable to laden animals : water where noted: grass throughout
and wood after reaching the valley of the ^aidmarra river : no supplies.
At 9f miles is a ford and on the opposite (right) bank of the river a few huts and an
Imamzada: here diverges the road to Dehbala (Pusht-i-kuh) via Badrai.
8 Shibwan
13
105 f
Traverse level plateau to 1 | miles, to the right
the river, to the left grassy and wooded hills,
when the path, narrow but easy, crosses spurs
abutting on to tbe stream : at 2 miles descend
to and traverse cultivated plateau, grassy hills lying on the left hand, to 3§ miles, when the
path crosses a stony slope and again level plateau to 5^ miles, crosses a spur and on it
reaches at 5f miles the camp of Banishan, 50 huts: descend to the cultivated valley of the
same at 6 y miles and skirt its south-east edge over low grassy spurs running down from
the range; when the crops are not standing or the ground irrigated a path can be taken
across the valley itself. At Of miles cross a cultivated valley, the path deep where crossed
by irrigation channels, and skirt by a narrow path the side of a spur above a large
stream and cultivated valley. At Ilf miles skirt an affluent of the same to avoid irrigated
land and crossing some stony spure reach at 13 miles the richly cultivated valley of Shirwan.
Water and forage abundant; wood from the valleys of the Malagaon range to the south
west ; supplies obtainable. Camp room on various bare spurs adjacent. Elev. 3,300 feet. ^