'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎38r] (75/86)

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Route No. 25— contd,
Lehbala to Dizful —contd.
to either hand
At 6 ^ miles
t deeply the
itivation. At
85 miles the
r , over crumb-
nds, crossing
iteaa, Behani,
Forage and
tfer abundant (
ed; grass in
of wheat and
.stirred on the
ly south-east
assy mounds
and steep to
s very steeply
plateau; the
i, and broken
it crosses an
at t)j miles,
a J er, flowing
o a plateau,
to the Mema
cross; broad
again crosses
re is a grassy
, 170 feet,
icks ; 1 mile *
y of troops
ascents and
Water in the
Dad. In the
1 and sheep
)nr, descend-
path then
ay and re-
e boulders.
follows to
over rough
s there are
mtuma; the
ra Laran at
spring, and
The path
are springs
of Kurds,
pen ground,
path which
No. of
stage.
Distances, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter- ™ ,
mediate. Total -
Remabks.
Al>n Road^orfhe first^mul very bad and scarcely practicable for laden animals ; easily
improvable by removal of stones and boulders; from 3 to 8 miles it is good and or
remi nder passable to all arms. Water as noted ; grass throughout and crops of wheat and
barley at intervals in spring, no fuel till Tumtuma is reacned; steep, goa.s and cattle from
October to April. .-.s *i aPo.
— - The road, a broad, stony track, passes at 1} miles the
i, 0 .nd of Deblnran, camp of 80 bnts of Kurds,
and at 2$ miles crosses the Sargarao, a noisome
and sulphurous stream. It then turns south-
smdh east along tne nan* ol a W* - channel ; to the south-west is a large stretch of
Sited land ferosses the tarez !t 5 miles and skirts cultivation to 6 miles. From he^ W, t
level and boneless, it traverses the grassy plain, passing at 7* miles the tomb ofSaiadAkbar.
M li^mili the mound of Tappa Kharan lies 2 miles to the right . T appa Misian !s then
Tvia^d and at 12 # miles a large water channel is reached: immediately beyond the Tclezi
^ver flows in a broad, stony channel with a quantity of tamarisk growing in it. Camp room ;
water brackish but drinkable; fuel; abundant grass ; much irrigated land m the vicinity , large
camps of Kurds from October to April and flocks of goats and sheep ; herds of cattle. Road
though out good and passable to all arms ; grass abundant throughout; no fuel, camp o
Kurds fronf October to April and flocks and herds ; no supplies at other times.
„ , i . i—„„i fi
Telezi eiver ...
12 #
south-east along the hank of a large ^arez
1U
Tappa Patak
13
12Gi
Cross the broad, stony channel of the Telezi liver
containing a stream of clear, brackish water 30
yards X 1' From there the road traverses a
grassy, desert plain sloping down to the Telezi
• r wh : c h rll ns parallel in a south-east direction at the distance of 1 to 1| miles. At 13
^Vn^^rfromApnl’toSif^rwateraua fuel remain, but no enpplles are
^Wont good and paeeaM
grass throughout and some small scrub f iel - i . • w i n ter Kurd camps and flocks
the south; the river channel a^conteins tamarisk pngle , - wmter^ ^ J is
deserted.
11
Jik biveb ob
11
137|
Jikao.
miles hare, sandy desert is crossed. —
the Jik river which is reached at 11 miles
The road, a broad track, traverses the level, grassy
desert east-south-east, crossing occasional,
broad, dry water-channels running to the ielezi
river, which gradually diverges south. At 6
At 9 miles a level, grassy plain stretches to the bank or
Elevation 600 feet.