"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎٨‎٦] (٥٣٠/١٧٦)

ROUTES 76 b-78
167
Miles from
Nerzingl
going E-W., past the village of Fanamir to r. down
the valley. From here a small stream is followed to a
Pass (alt. 9,100 ft.), shut in by rocky slopes, which leads
across the Qara Hisar Dagli into the basin of the
Qotur Chai, flowing into Lake Urmia. From the ridge
the track is narrow and stony for a few hundred yards,
and a very steep descent through a narrow gorge to
a steep track down a slope to the Tup Chai, which is
crossed.
Setmanis (alt. 7,110 ft.). Near to the village is an old
castle, the stronghold of the Chief of the Shemseki
Kurds. A long, easy ascent is followed to the top of
watershed between the Tup Chai and the Qotur Chai,
and a narrow but fairly good track leads to the edge of
Chul Chemeu, a long grassy plain, mostly uncultivated, on
which some 400 families of Milan Kurds usually camp
in the summer. Across the Chul Chemen pass the Oil
man—Van road, on the N. (see 76 a at m. 69), and
theRazi—Van road (see Route 76b). Route is now px*ac-
ticable for carts.
Enghiz. Continue over the plain to
Serai, when route meets the Oilman—Khoi—Van road
{Boute 76 a, m. 79).
EOUTE 78
KHOSHAB—SERAI (29 m.)
Authority: — Military Report on E.T.A., vol. ii, Route 92 a (report of 1900). W.O.
Map (E. T. A.j sheet 20).
General direction, NE. This is an easy road, probably passable
for wheeled vehicles. It goes quite close to Silk Khaneh, and into the
Chul Chemen plain. The country passed through is used in the
spring and summer for grazing purposes by Kurds : it contains few
supplies and very little fuel. Together with the Razi—Van road
[Route 76 b) it enables the whole country to be traversed which
lies between the Chukh Dagh on the SE. and Lake Archag on
the NW.
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