"تقرير خان بهادور مولا بخش، الملحق بوكيل الحاكم العام للهند والقنصل العام البريطاني في خراسان وسيستان، عن رحلته من مشهد إلى كويته عبر تربت حيدريه، كاين، سيستان، كوه ملك سياه ونوشكي (٧ أبريل إلى ٢٨ يوليو ١٨٩٨)" [ظ‎‎١‎٩] (١٥٦/٤٣)

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REPORT OF KHAN BAHADUR MAD LA BAKHSH
Between Hashmatabad and Rubat-i-Sangi the road is good.
From Rubat-i-Sangi there is a gradual ascent to the village of Khumari.
• From near the village of Khumari where the ascent of the pass (Gudalr-
i-Khumari) begins it took camels fully an hour to get up to the top of tha
pass which is marked by a stone watch tower.
, The descent from the top of the pass to the Kubat (caravansarai) of
Kami also took the camels about an hour.
(d) The Rabat or caravansarai of Kami which is situated below the pass
Rnbit.i-Kdmi, ’ s a o 00( l strong structure which was con-
• structed only a few years ago.
(e) The village of Kami is in two parts called Kami-i-Baia and Kami-
i-Pain (upper and lower Kami).
Kami-i-Bala is situated near the Rubat and contains only a few houses.
(/) Kami-i-Pain is situated about half a mile below Kdmi-i-Balaand con-
tains about forty houses.
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23. Turbat-i-Uaidari [town).
Time taken by laden camels, 7} hours (9-15 A.u. to 5 p.m.).
Distance, 15 miles.
Water, good.
Supplies plentiful.
(а) After leaving Kami-i-Pdin we crossed a small easy kotal at about
Kaia-i-Nau. t] } 0 iojirt .1 mile and passed a small village
^l^nile) which is situate ^
( б ) The town of Turbat-i-Haidari contains five caravansarais, seven baths
Town of Turbat-i-Haidari. 1 >ree mosques, one college, and about 400
shops at present.
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families, P or about S.OOOMulsfThde^h? environs mTs VI “ ontain , about 2 .000
families, or about 2,000 souls. n§ 6 Said to contaiIi about 500
Kh T U U rS[* i ' Haidari iS an im P° rtant trade centre in
^Russian Armenian trade firms at Tnrbat-i-Hai-
(c) lurbat-i-Haidari is an important
tiade centre in Khurasan.
(d) There are agencies of five Russian
to “.“£ 7 .“'“ totoblished
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territory ^rKucbaranVSbkdbTd ^ 001 ^ COttOH ’ Whi ° h are sent to Russian
tumans 0 1116 ° f a Camel from Turbat-i-Haidari to Ashkabad is five