"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎٢‎٣‎١] (٥٣٦/٤٦٦)

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Route No. 'VTII(e)— contd.
and is situated just at the junction with the Lain stream of
the Khakistar Nala.
4 PUL-I-VARD .. 8 m. General direction to
• Shams Khan is NW.
31 A hilly road with
steep ascents and descents. The village here at present desert
ed, and it is inhabited only in the winter months when the
Lain people bring down their flocks and herds and live here
for the greater warmth. The Kalat district ends here.
Water .—Good in a stream from the hills.
Supplies.—N il.
5 SHAMS I^HAN 9 m. The road leads over a
couple of ascents and
40 descents, and then
strikes a long narrow valley in the Chul down which it runs,
following the telegraph lines in a NW. direction till it joins
the Rudbar stream. The low hills here exactly resemble the
Chul of Badghis and the Maimana frontier which have been
so aften described. The village of Shams Khan stands on the
left bank of the stream just above the junction with it of the
valley just descended. It is a pretentious little place, and has
a small mud wall and gateway. It was built and occupied for
defence in olden days, against the Turkoman raiders. It is a
filthy place with no accommodation. The village of Zangalanlu is
said to be about a farsakh higher up the stream which is said
to take its rise like the Lain stream in the Hazar Masjid hill.
Bruce says that it is within 1-| miles, and that many Maldars
live there. The road from Shams Khan to Kuchan passes
through this place. According to the aneroid reading the
ascent is nearly 1,000 feet in this march. The weather very
hot, thermometer averaging about 88° in the shade at 4 p.m.
6 CHAPASHLU .. 16 m. General direction
■ WNW. The road
56 leads up the valley
of the Rudbar stream for a mile or so, and then follows the tele
graph fine up a lateral valley to the right. At about the 6th
mile the road divides. The telegraph line follows the road
to the right running direct to Muhammadabad, take that to
the left to Chapashlu. After crossing various low ridges for