"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٤] (٥٣٦/٤١٢)

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Route No. VI (d) — contd.
5 are impracticable for field artillery which however would
find no obstacles in the other stages. It is estimated that
camels, 200 mules and ponies and 200 donkeys are a\ai
for hire in the Isfarain valley. This is not a mam caravan route.
The pass of Siah Khaneh is closed for four months in the winter.
If aier.—Good throughout.
Supplied .—Isfarain valley produces large quantities of
grain and forage. Supplies scarce at stage 5. _______
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
FlRUZEH
(4,222').
7 m. General direction SSW.
Over undulating
ground, passing a
succession of villages (Imamsadeb, Sult ,“
Pan Biradar, Mihtaranlu, etc.), surrounded by crops, ine
road is passable for wheeled traffic nearly up to Firuzeh, bu
not bevond where the road enters the Alah Dagh mountains
Firuzeh is a collection of 150 huts on a hill; the valley is full
of orchards.
^^..-Plentiful. Generai d . rcct . on
1 (Near Mtana- The road, after leav-
bad). in S the , g ardens ’
enters the fine defile of Darreh-i-Dartum down which runs an
ample stream. Cliffs of great height on each side. After 3
miles the defile opens out into the green open ^am °f Gmvan.
In it are 3 hamlets ; total population 200 f ^ he !‘
supply of water from a spring. Thence the road oi track leaas
up a long steep ascent to a stony pass (Eutabi-Gmvan or
Kutal-i-Siah Khaneh), passable for laden ^^g^^j^ieh
wheeled traffic. Thence down a steep desomt to Siah Kha h
where there are some^ springs. here th^gh torocky
^lO^famiHes^andT^ich^Klrhshi^^OO^families^ml four eheps.
Khushi is practically a suburb of Mianabad,famhes. There
is track from here to Shirvan in the K ^an v a!%. E y
part of the Isfarain plain is open for wheeled traffic oi a y
kind.