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ayligM to ^ S t ‘‘j e f BooHoor ” extenV.I
(h,s book he states tho^ H elmand is termed in the great
° “r Stakes to the south. The improbability of a torrent 500 yards
iend it takes to tnc & , , 1 f great river, in an almost
vide, having its origin on the p ottin f er ’ s supposition that the
tier
^ tl^tt noinstruments lor measuring
northern and southern nver systems of Wester M k tlie
This river is ol some m.l.tary .mportance t-or has hitherto
greater part ol a large trac o j s ^ f act the highway
been regarded as absolutely 1 '' I M ,ris “- 1 ■ j t [ ie r e appears to be at
Irotn Panjgur to Seistan or to the Helmand PP,^ the bc[1
all times an abundant supply cove ieJ with fuel and camel-
and the banks are in many places well coveieJ
grazing. , R , . terr i tor y is the Rakhshan ; drain-
The principal affluent in ba ^ immediately south
ing the Panjgur valley, ‘'j® confl h u e e ' be d of the Mashkel is 300 ya r<i3
of the Tank-i-Grawag. H covered witn tamarisk. Its
broad, with a pebbly bottom, scant > c iiff but the southern
northern bank is formed of a broken wate r 50 yards
one is low and sandy. It , 9n d camel forage are very
broad and under a foot dee P* river e ^ vs th e Tank-i-Grawag defile (see
plentiful. From this point th_ ^jg W ould be impassable for
Military Report of Makran)- ^ url » , sw iftness of the river crossing,
some hours owing to the deepness < _ this defile the Mashkel flows
About 35 miles from the northern e^^ ^ 'r an k-i*Zorati, about 8 miles
through another and a similar > the and after a course of
in length, and from this pom , t | ie pi am un or swamp. I he
country 0 on^tKrtvT^idesI of 'this' sham throughout i^ou^e in^ahre,
^ BalucfT tribe, at he principal inhabitants oi this regmn.
Mashkel District.) this river (see “ Persian Gaz Peer,
For further informat.on regarding t ^ r
Part IV.) (MacGregor — St^ John-Jenmn^.)
MASHKEL DISTRICT— „ d ortb 0 f ranjgur,
A district in Western Baluchrstan, east of Jafk
inhabited by the Reki Baluchis. ^ Siahan range as far as
On the south this district is ^ gibi Lori and a line
the Bibi Lori torrent bed. t! 11 , 1 the ‘ Reki Wakab on the north,
from its junction with the Mas i . portion, of a more or less unde-
The Hamun Mashkel is, in^e northern portio ^ q{ ^ ^ {
fined border. On the west Mas tke village *of Jalk. It thus
the Koh-i-Safed range and the lim * after it qu its the Siahan range
includes the. whole of the Mashkel river alter !