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Ohagai Port.
Ousht, Khwasb and Sang’o to Ladis, but tho latter portion of
this skirts the broken country round the eastern base of the
koh-i-Taftan. A third alternative vi& Ladgasht was discussed
under section 26 of this chapter. From the Ladis-Mirjawa valley
t )ere are at least three routes going north, viz., direct up the open
valley from Mirjawa to Duzdap, or, due noith from Ladis vi&
Uuzdap, or, from Mirjawa vid Mukak and the trade route. Under
present limitations of water and supplies, a force larger than half a
battalion with a troop of cavalry and two mountain guns would
hud considerable difficulty in traversing the entire distance.
CHAPTER III.
Fortified posts.
The fortified posts in the Nushki-Chagai-Sinjarani coimtr
are clrcHy maintained f .r the protection of travellers on the Quetta
r» U .K l r e '^r an trafle Theae P osts » r)r Manas, exist at Nushk
Dalbamlm Mtu, baindak, and Rohat. There are also ckowkis u
a ? th P^ces on the trade route, and one off the route a
Amir ( hah (see Appendix 1).
fl fh £ ' naS 1 c,, l laist o£ four mu(1 walls, rectangular in plan
flanked by four double-storeyed towers, one at each corner. The'
tl, 1 ana ' lar ;, m ™ shi . a "«l levies; and in mm-
and godowns e '' “ fl0Ur ' mill > P ost -' ffi ee. baniaS sho,,
At Mind, in addition to tl.e lhu»a, a mud tower kept ii
good repair, is situated on the hill overlooking the Uaua. P
Tl 'f e P™‘* a >e held by the levy establishment under tin
orders ot the Political Assistant. But it must not be supposed tbal
more than i a tem P'■■aiy protec, ion against loca
robbir.,, for they are, as a rule, commanded by hills in their vicinity
and the walls of solt mud and brick would not stop a bulletfr,^
aTv ” t' " loreover » , '* le aceol nmodation in most Is very small
Although the post at Amir Chah is not on the trade route a<
at present aligned, the post is maintained, because it is only foui
marches distant from the fertile wheat-fields of Garmsel "nlieit
supplies are always obtalualle in unlimited quantities it il the
point of junction where four separate roads couverire o,!,i feu
dominating the Koh-i-Sultan range, it commands the on I “watered
oad, west of Mirui, from Kharan and Mashkel to the Helmand
tiX-Ue™^ l6llBUbj0 '' e aa ^-rso"f
Besides those mentioned above, there is at Chao-ai a eauare
mud fort of 50 yards side, situated iu a plain. The present
Smjarani Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. is allowmg this fort to fall into ruins mX-
^ ng l t0 f ! 11S t f lbesmen in a blanket tent. The water-
supply of the fort is to be had from eight wells, each about 4' Tu