'Appendix to Routes in Persia. Section II' [‎40r] (79/86)

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Route No. 26 — conoid.
Zorbaliya to Dizful —concM.
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Distances, in
hides.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate
Total.
Remabks.
Remarks on Route Zorbatiya to Dizful.
For the part of this route east of Tnmtnma see the road Dehbalato Dizfnl (No. 25). The
p ar t from Zorbatiya to Tmntuma is a desert road bearing the same characteristics as the
eastern portion. Water is plentiful and less salt than on the rest of this route : forage
abundant; supplies in winter only and early spring, the road being theretore impracticable
at other seasons.
The south of this route is protected by swamps and deserts throughout from any
organized enemy, the Arab tribes only having to be reckoned with. _ The north also may
be considered secure from any enemy but the nomad tribes of Pusht-i Kuh, the intricate
mass of lulls to the south of the Kalar Kuh affording no feasible base or line of advance
to disciplined troops in any strength. .. -xi
The stages given could be altered, as circumstances permit, for infantry ;they could, with
advantage, be shortened in the event of supplies being procurable at intermediate points.
(See also remarks on route from Dehbala to Dizful.)
Route No. 27.
From Tarkhan to Hulilan.
Authority and r/a^.—B urton, September 1897. (From Native information).
Distances, in
miles.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Kbhabks.
1
Saktab Khan .
20
20
Up the broad and open valley of Tarkhan:
forage and water: no fuel: nomad camps of
Lurs: flocks and herds, lioad good and passable
to laden animals.
2
Saidmabra OB
Hulilan
EIVEB.
12
32
Water, fuel and forage throughout: camp on
the Hulilan river: Lur camps and flocks of
sheep and goats.
3 Hulilan .
16 48
Water, fuel and, forage. Lur camps and flock*
at intervals. Supplies procurable.
The above from untrustworthy native information. There is a road to Hulilan, also
from Gulgul, considerably shorter than the above.