'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎82v] (169/302)

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KOH-I-HUMAI.—Lat. 29 0 6'; Long. 62° 22'; Kiev. 4,479'.
A red-coloured hill, table topped, about 3 miles north of Duzghi on
the road to Amir Chah. The_ track passes just to the south of it
In 1903 three wells were dug in the sand-hills, about a mile to the west
pi its base; of these two produced very red, muddy, but sweet water and
in the third the water was brackish. {R007726—ScudaTnore.)
KOH-I-KANSURI.—Lat. 29 0 13'; Long. 62° 46'; Kiev. 6,395 , t
A prominent peak on the northern slopes of the Koh-i-Sultan As
viewed from the direction of Manzil, it has rather the appearance of
an unfinished sphinx. It really is composed of two hills with a wide gap
between. It is composed of a mass of lava some 100 feet thick, resting
on a bed of volcanic ash. {Roome.) 5
KOH-I-KAHI —“Lat. 29 0 33 ; Long. 64° 28'; Kiev.
A peak of the Malik Naru range situated on the Afghan-Baluch
trontier, about 10 miles west of the Shibian pass.
KOH-I-MALIK GAT.—Lat. 28° 57'; Long. 63° 38'; Kiev.
, . \ solitary hill rising abruptly out of the plain, some 1,200 to 1,500 feet
high. The lower slopes are steep surmounted by sheer precipices.
Bare, with the^exception of a few scanty tufts of grass. It was reported
?• 1 an d the guide said a certain shikari had once
climlied it and found an Arab town on the summit and had brought
down some iron arrow heads. It can be ascended from west side, a°,id
the ascent is more laborious than difficult. A magnificent view is
obtained from its summit, and it would make an excellent signalling
S . u ?u the ^° P a J re “ arks of a” old encampment, places where
stones had been cleared for pitching gAidans. An old iL.v/rV, holes
scooped in the sides of the rocks, pieces of broken pottery and a small
band made across a little ravine evidently for the storage of water: this
was al said to be the work of the Arabs. Probably used as a retreat
by robbers who once on the top would be safe, the position being im-
pregnable I he only way of ascent being on the west side and that
for its last few hundred feet, would be under fire of even Baluch guns.
.J h . e . ba f®°' thekl11 ' S Z‘ su r rounded by groves of palm trees as
stated in the Gazetteer. There is one grove at Gat, another at Barote:
those are the only palm trees. (Roo77ie.)
KOH-I-MALIK SIAH.—Lat. 29°52'; Long. 60° 55'; Kiev. 5,632'.
Abi " °" "' l ". ch th , e boundary-pillar stands that marks the junction of
Pe e rsia ree “ ary llnes - Af gl>an-Baluch, Persia-Baluch, Afghan-
The trade-route connects Nushk, with this hill which is the western-
most pomt of British Baluchistan, 372 miles from Nushki by the trade-
fb Ll^ h Sw e r 0 l’ eh m, t,ng ' placesituatedat the southern foot of
the h!" is Robat (y The trade-route follows the Shamidar nala
be ween Koh-i-Malik S.ah and Lar Koh until clear of the western slopes
of the former when ,t turns north to Hurmak. The Mamasani nomads,
w no spend the summer months pasturing their flocks and herds on the
plains south of cultivated Seistan. spend the winter months in the Kacha
• r « a " d Koh-i-Malik Siah hills. The chief man of these
nomads is - a; ad Khan whose influence is great, not only over them.