'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎35v] (70/86)

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Route No. Ik—contd.
Khuramabad to Behlala (Pnsht-i-knh) —contd.
No. of
stage.
Distances, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rrmabks.
Road throughout passable to laden animals : in the sprint and antu™
are irrigated it is much obstructed by irrigated lands and wa+er’channels C T
lower ground can be followed. Water and grass throughout at °ther times t£e
arc met from the 11 th mile, and occasional large flocks of sheep an^goats P^-V 19
has also large numbers of cattle. ' l a a goats. Banishan
Zangawan
11
H6f
Leaving Shirwan village cross the Shirwan
sheam coming m from the west : a mile up it are
the rums of Shirwan : cross a spur : the path now
ascends a ravine of the bare grassy range "of low hills wM.i? Valle l north - wes t. and
gaon and Charmin mountains; easy gradient and path At% b ® tween . tl,e Ma la-
the path takes the left hand. At 2? miles cross a r d™ P 08 ravilie ^rks,
called the Muaroh pass, height 3,530 feet, and descend - al 3 ^’Tib 10 1" on , tI . ,e n b r H
water, with grassy banks, and at 4i miles cross the summit If thThOl^^Tu^i
easy going; at 5 miles descend gently towards fbe zTl f the 11 ,ni1 5 P ath level and
front. At 7i miles rea,-li the Zangawan valTey to he ^"if ^ ValIe ^ now in sight in
mnimtuin a+ ihe Shamsliab gorgef follow the vallev t w the .? harm l n
™;mtair alN^h^ ^ its stream pierces the
now w and afonv, fCTh” f ff'Ti
right the Zangawan stream flows through irrigated land 1 r 1 e left: below to the
continues rough and bad to 104 miles when it VliTL • Can ‘ P ? soa, tered about : path
to 11 miles reaches a place nearthe pointwbere tie*roftd I to r r)f.W 1 fl 1, li' B ^^* n r sl< ’" r **
Zangawan valley. Here is camp room • wood forao-e an i al > e iba a ^ lver " es from the main
belt of irrigated land 4 to i mile ViS its banks m bUn(1 r t , Wate l' : the ^ream has a
pastured. Hoad good to 74 from whence, as noted, it is Tnart* 0 ^ 8 ° f , sb r P a ? d " oats be! '’-
largo stones an d boulders ; it is throughout practicable for la iT V ? r - 7 , ba( l an( l rough with
the Shirwan and Zangawan valleys and little fuel • remain In - No water between
wood and water : grass throughout. Elev! VSoTe'et?" 1161 ° f ^ 10ad contains abundant
10
Dbhbala
the spullTbot^its^KnlffT ^ be M re ’
Dehbala hem d 1 ° bank, to 4 mile; the path to
7 . ■ weSlleftr„t TC lF , “ P e aS,deralle y' 0 0'«»'«rt | '-
Zan^wae ralley to join the Karman.hah road. “ n * in .' , “ "P thc
} c stou J ravine of f ilkash, thickly wooded : the bed rf n C pa b ’ narr ow in places, ascends
o water : to the left are rocky forest-clad cliffs At oi -'i 6 la ^ me contains a small stream
valley at its head, Chashma Shah ; here is some !nl + “! !• the ra 7''ne opens into a small
load, upland, stony slope, the Zangawan vallev Ivino- 1 w’ P ? ,b • no ' v emerges on to a
crosses it, gradually turning west as it descends' tJ" mi . e to . tb e r, ght (north-east), and
Zangawan irom the FTaiunan pass. 1 a ravme ln front running down to
j n m’les reach the above ravine and turn un its rio-tG h i
fa miles (it contains a good stream of water) & )an b, crossing and recrossing
pa-ss whore strike the main road from Rarmanshih ’ ^ the Haiuna » or Akhur Satid
(tor the rest of the road to Debbala 4 . •
Road throughout practicable f r laden anim d^'^ lT 11 !!^ 1 ’ 8 route -)
w oo4, grass, and water throughout : no supplies ovr-n f +1 K ' 10 b f,^ can b® easily improved:
of 1 ilkash at Chashma Shah. P s exce pt the small area of cultivation at bead
Remarks on route Khuramabad to Behbala.
water frequent; to HmT^edge of theTiasht lb!IT able by a11 . arms 5 fora ^ « abundant and
* Aiasnt plain the conntrv is well t;ii n
No. of
stage.
Names of st
Madian rud is reac
portion of the road
From Madian 1
some portion of the
From Gulgul d
reached up the G:
Madian rnd to the ^
From Gulgultl
traversing passes l
is void of trees but
marra must be fordt
From Rudbar f
the Zangawan val
On this section, w<
Throughout, il
elevation from May
in September and C
The spring is i
verse this route wit
Authority and d
No. of
stage.
Names of s
1 , Gclgul
undulates over the?
stream of water; a
small springs buhl
at 85 miles the s
grazing flocks; fro
crossing at 10 mil
east. The path n<
ridge at 114 miles,
south-south-west f
spura towards tin
Gulgul stream an
wood and wat er ah
year. Supplies al
Road throughout \
abundant and gras