"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎٥‎٨] (٥٤٢/٢٦٧)

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LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Bedrali
53|
65|
84|
to Qafilaja passable for wheels. Proceed SE. by S.
down fairly level valley to m. 44; ESE. to m. 47|,
where a defile with bad path leads through hills on E.
Hence E. by S. to
Qafilaja, Abundant water from stream. No supplies.
Hence to Bisheh Daraz, road good and easy for pack
transport, but impassable for wheels without much
improvement. E. by S. to and garddn at m. 56i.
Thence E. to m. 58passing at m. 581: a spring (dry in
Nov.) by trees. From m. 58| E. by S. over at
m. 60| ;then through a winding (20 yds. wide)
beyond which is a small reedy stream.
Bisheh Daraz. No permanent village. No supplies or
fuel; a little water from stream. Hence to Deh Luran,
road good and easy for pack transport, and, from m. 76i
for wheels. Direction ESE. to m. 77^-. At m. 79|
cross Eud-Khaneh-i-Kamar Surkh, varying from 5 to
50 yds. in width, 6 in. deep, current 4 m.p.h. after
a night's rain.
Deh Luran.
EOUTE 10 c
AHWAZ—MANDALI (266 m.)
Authorities G. E. Hubbard, From the Gulf Ararat, 1916 (account of a journey in
March 1914). Itinerary of the same journey. Later notes for section
Bedrah—Mandali.
For the route as far as Umm Chir see 8 a.
From Umm Chir to Mandali the route on which notes are given
below was followed by the British Delegation to the Turco-Persian
Boundary Commission in March 1914. The caravan of the British
Delegation numbered about 150 men with mule transport. The
Russian, Persian, and Turkish Delegations followed more or less the
same line. The Russian and Persian caravans were each somewhat
smaller than the British, and the Turkish numbered 50^ men. The
caravans were provisioned from the Tigris, supplies being collected
at Amara,'Ali el-Gharbi, Kut, and Baghdad.
From Umm Chir to Seyyid Hasan the country is uninhabited, but
affords some pasture in spring.