"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎٥‎٤] (٥٣٠/١١٢)

ROUTE 62 a
103
Miles from
Row an-
duz
68|
72i
74i
76
76i
77i
77^
77|
78
78i
Follow ravine by steep difficult track. Alt. 2,825 ft.
Spring. Difficult track to foot of descent, scarcely passable
for mules. Alt. 2,045 ft.
Greater Zab river (r. bank). From the top of the pass to
the river there is a descent of 1,730 ft.
River here at the end of May was a torrent 50-60 yds.
broad, 8-10 ft. deep.
Valley 150-300 yds. broad.
Flat grassy basin, 100 yds. broad, along bank for ^ m. The
opposite bank is steep.
Ruined stone building near and another on the opposite
bank. Some mulberries and oaks.
Route follows the grassy basin for ^m.., then along narrow
track through brushwood and low trees, skirting foot of
a steep slope to 1.
Track stony and difficult in places. River narrows, with
deep, rapid current.
Track follows ledge barely 1 ft. wide in a sloping sheet of
rock overhanging the water. It could be improved into
a fairly good mule-track.
Along easy 3-ft. ledge through brushwood ; undulating over
low spurs from 1.
River narrows to 40 yds. Deep rapid stream. Track,
stony, passes between 2 large boulders with no more than
passage room for mules.
River now barely 30 yds. broad.
Track narrow and difficult.
Round rocky spur from 1. for 40 yds.
Pass over sheet of rock having a trough cut about 2 ft.
wide, with steps to give a foothold.
Valley opens and road improves.
Large spring and ruins of a mill.
Ruins of masonry bridge, Pir -i -Kalani, only the piers
remaining. One span of 90 ft. crossed the main
channel. Two smaller spans on the 1. bank—30 and 15 ft.
For possible route along 1. bank of the Zab from Zibar,
see above under m. 57-2-.
Easy clay track through oak and undergrowth.
Slopes to 1. now more rounded and thickly wooded. Valley
opens out to 3 m. in width.