"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎٢‎٤‎٨] (٧٣٩/٥٠١)

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No. 201—
T abas to K haf, x>iS> Gazih, Isjldin, fyc.
No.
of
•tage.
Names of stages.
Distancbs
IN MILBS.
Interme
diate.
Total.
isfidltf
(isfad ?)
G aemab
17i
101J
121
Hemibks.
After many windings in a general direction of
north reach the village of Zehun.
Zehun contains 500 houses and owns 50 yoke of
oxen, 2,000 sheep, 1,000 jaribs of gardens 10^
watermills, Maliyat,, 1,000 tomans.
No good camping-ground here.
Barometer 25•95", thermometer 35°.
elevation 5,402'.
Approximate
Leave Zehun, bearing 360°, continue down glen ;
at f mile cross low spur and come into small
ravine where is a little cultivation and pass Icalata
of Peihu ; at 1J miles meet a stream flowing from
right and continue down valley, which is 500
yards broad with low undulating hills on either
side. Soil sandy with a crop of stones.
At 4^ miles down a ravine, 60 yards broad. The
stream is the Rud-i-Afih, village of Afih being a
little further down ; plenty of tamarisk here;
at 7 miles ravine opens out. On right are conical
mounds.
Below the village of Afih just visible; turn ofE
at bend and cross some clay mounds.
Reach highest point at Si miles. Barometer 25*4";
thermometer 49°. The slopes are at the steepest
parts of the road, 10° ; from here road winds by
fairly gradual descent down to plain on west of
the Shahaz Kuh. From here Isfidin bears north.
At 12^ miles pass a small square fort in the plain
called Kalata Khatuni.
Isfidin supplies all the neighbouring villages and
those of Zehkich with grain, Turkoman towers
abound. Plenty of camel grazing
At 16 miles pass narrow strip of garden on left,
down which runs a small stream to village, and
continue through fallow fields where the remains
of last year's cotton crop are still seen.
Reach Isfidin, 250 houses, 60 yoke of oxen, 5,000
sheep, 1 watermill. Small river; nearly all its
water is exhausted in irrigation. It is the Rud-
i-Afih. The land here is said to be of excellent
quality.
The Kuh-i-Shahaz rises sheer out of the fertile plain
of Isfidin, Approximate elevation 3,844' j baro
meter 26 , 64 ,/ ; thermometer 45°, 9 p.m.
Leave Isfidin, bearing 340° traversing level plain
covered with crops and stubble.