"تقرير عسكري عن جنوب غرب بلاد فارس، يتضمن أقاليم خوزستان (عربستان)، لورستان، وجزءًا من فارس" [‎٢‎٨‎٥] (٤٦٦/٣٣٠)

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R oute N o. 4 — contd.
From Isfahan toBehhahdn and contd.
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The stages by it are given on pages 279 to 281.
During the depth of winter the road to Shiistar from Isfahan preferred is that described
to Deh-i-Kurd and thence via Siiresjan, Janejan, the Darkash-Warkash pass and the
Ardal pass to Dupulan; this route is less blocked by snow than any other.
a.m.
4-40
2nd June 1884,
Aedal
102
longer of the two ; but the hill road is preferred.
7-50
Barometer 23' ( d5" ; thermometer 48°.
The road taken to Chigakhor followed
that taken on the 31st May from 10-15
a.m . There is another road which leads
down the valley past Nangun ; it is tho
Passes to the south of the lake named
Albolaki, mentioned at 9-55 a.m . on the
31st May, and skirts the snow-clad hill
bounding the valley to the south, the
Kuh-i-Nussar, a spur of the Kuh-i-Challau. This end of the lake is banked up by a masonry
revetment. Out of it flows a small stream, which waters the village of Nangiin, and here the
ground is swampy ; barometer 22-45' / (7,900') soil, an open clay; a little wheat is grown here
and there; it is 3'' high; springs render the hill-sides very swampy. The hill to the north,
beyond the lake, is the Kuh-Shah-Purnah. The basin is known as Sulajan or Seligun.
masonry revetment a road leads direct to Dupulan, distant 13 miles. Cross-
pass, elevated 7,820', and passing the village of Nangiin with 60
houses and fine gardens, a favourite residence of the Bakhtlari
Direct road to Dupulan. Chiefs, elevation 7,330', the Ab-i-Sabz is forded (6,530') and
the Nangun valley descended; the Baziran Kuh is crossed
at an elevation of 7,330', the Ardal pass being left to the right. The country abounds with
oaks here (Dupulan), first met with since leaving Isfahan.
beyond
From
the
mo-
the
Nangiin
9
9-15
snow disappears in September.
10
10-15
Chig I khor 7,820'...
A 5' mule track skirts the hill-side. The
valley is 2 miles wide and very swampy.
The Kal'a or walled residence of the
Ilkhani stands in the centre of the valley,
about 8 miles long and 3 miles broad,
on a low mound; the ground round
about it was too swampy to be crossed ; the pasture of the valley is excellent. The walls of
the enclosure or Kal'a have been cracked by earthquakes not unusual in the immediate vicinity
(we page 364).
The lake here occupies the whole bed of
the valley.
Passes over the neck of the valley, the
Gardan-i-Targunak, and enters the Chi
gakhor valley lying under the Kiih-i-
Challau, still covered with snow. The
Barometer 22 , 4' / (7,960'). The first de
scent is rocky and steep ; the road then
widens to 12', and is cut out of the shaly
hill-side ; gradient to