"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد IV .١٩١٧" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٥] (٥٣٠/٢١٤)

EOUTES 86 c, 87 a
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Summit of a ridge. Very steep descent into the narrow
gorge of the Keser Su.
Keser Su. The path goes up its valley and crosses to the
r. bank by a stone bridge. The river is usually fordable.
Ascend to the NW. by a side valley.
Olek Ashaghi,
Olek Yuqari. Hereabouts there are 4 small villages in
a valley to the r. This ascent is most difficult, being
only a steep goat-track up a rocky pointed ridge. There
is an equally steep and difficult descent through woods
on the far side into the valley of the Bitlis Su.
Pakliand, in an open cultivated basin draining north (see
Boute 85, m. 115).
Cross the river by an old stone bridge and reach the Bitlis
chaussee {JRoute 85).
Bitlis.
EOUTE 87 a
SAIET—VAN (102 m.)
Via T he S hikwan D isteict, M ukus, and P endaganz
Authorities: —See p. 459. Main authority: Military Report on E.T.A., vol. iii,
Koute 128 b (repiort of 1899).
General direction, NE. This is a fair mule-track, and is in constant
use in summer because, although a more difficult route than the
main caravan road via Bitlis and Tadvan 85, from m.. 62,
and 89 a), it is 42 m. shorter. The track follows a stream and
crosses an outlier S. of the Goren Dagh, goes through the Shirwan
district into the valley of the Ghindig Su, which it ascends for a short
distance. Then, crossing the river, it traverses the high land of the
Mazara Dagh and Nuh-i-Giran Dagh between the Ghindig Su and
the Bohtan Su into the Mukus Su valley, a distance of 45 m. through
a country which produces little in grain, but in which water, fuel, and
grass is fairly plentiful. For the next 10 m. it passes up the Mukus
valley through a fertile, well-wooded country to Mukus, beyond which
it crosses into the Lake Van basin by the Agherov Gedik, a bleak
difficult pass of alt. 10,275 ft., and joins the easy road from Bitlis to
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