'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOL. III. PART I: A to K' [‎590v] (1185/1278)

Tribe.
Cows.
Sheep.
Donkeys.
Horses.
Mules.
Buir Ahmadi
10,000
150,000
5,000
2,500
100
Dushman Ziari .
1,000
4,000
1,000
100
20
Churara ....
1,000
10,000
1,000
100
50
Niiyi . .
1,000
10,000
1,000
150
20
Bavi ....
4,000
30,000
3,000
200
200
Ahmadi Bahmai .
10,500
42,000
8,000
270
70
MahmuJi Bahmai
5,000
20,000
3,000
150
50
Taiyibi Sarhadi .
2,000
50,000
6,000
100
20
Taiyibi Garmslri i
10,000
20,000
5,000
100
40
Khadiri ....
10,000
40,000
2,000
600
100
Agha Jari ....
850
21,000
800'
125
Communications.
The Kuhgalu country can be entered by any of the following routes, the
first of which is the easiest and most convenient from a British point of
view.
1. Bandar Dilam to Behbehan 48 miles in 3 stages. The route is only
for mules, though there are no serious obstacles, but it is very hot in the
summer. Water is abundant and some supplies procurable, except at the
first stage where both are scarce. From Behbehan a further advance
could be made into the heart of the country via Baba Ahmed and the
Tang-i-Saulak north-west of Behbehan, or via Deh Dasht north-east of
Behbehan.
2. Kazarun to Behbehan via Tal Aspid, 133 miles in seven stages. This
route traverses Mamassani and Zir-i-Kuh Kuhgalu territory, and is mostly
over rough hilly country only passable for mules. W ater is procurable in
' abundance, and supplies at several places.
3. Ahwaz to Dalun via Ramuz 86 miles in 5 stages, and also to Dishmuk
109 miles in 8 stages. Both difficult roads after Ramuz, but might be useful
for getting into Bahmai Kuhgalu country.
4. Asupas on the Shiraz-Isfahan road (Sarhad route) to Sisakht (Kuh-i-
Dinar), on the eastern border of Buir AhmadI country. Nothing is known
regarding this route. There are probably other routes across from the
Shiraz-Isfahan road.
5. From several points on the Bakhtiari (Lynch Road, e.g., Kaleh Mad-
rasseh via Bars to Dishmuk, for the Dushman Ziari and Bahmari tribes ,
Du Bulan to Lurdagan for the Nuyi tribe ; and Ardal to Sisakht (Kuh-i-
Dinar) for the Buir Ahmadi.
There are no tracks in common use by large caravans across the Kuhgalu
country. This absence of routes is, however, probably due rather to the
inhospitable nature of the people than to the difficulty of the groun .