"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎٩‎٠] (٥٤٢/٢٩٩)

290
LAND ROUTES
Miles from
Klmr-
ramabad
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60
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77i
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Cross a stream and Icarez. Ascend gently by a stony
path to
Pariyan spring (small supply of water). (See lib,
Alternative (ii), note under m. 126). Immediately beyond
is the Pariyan pass (alt. 4,125 ft.), stony, grassy, and
open.
Eeach plain on farther side of pass: a well-watered valley.
Cross stream with a good volume of water: high banks:
ramping needed for artillery. Then over bare spurs to
Gulgul.
Cood spring of water to 1. of road near a point where some
stone fortifications are seen crowning the adjacent low
mounds and hills. Proceed over easy rolling countrv.
Turn SW.
Asuna pass, a very bad descent, steep and dangerous for
300 yds., then rough and stony for another m. This
descent is only just practicable for laden animals.
Pasun valley, 2 m. broad, with cultivation and Lur camps.
Ample camping room : abundant water: grazing good
(large flocks here in September 1897): fuel scanty in
valley, but willows in the gorge of the Tarhan pass,
1 m. to S. Supplies in summer.
Proceed S. and traverse the Tarhan pass by a stony narrow
path. There are here a good stream of water, willow-
trees, much grass.
Emerge into the Tarhan plain. Here 11 e (iii)
diverges to Kirmanshah, and tracks connect with
Route lib (see p. 303 and p. 276).
From the Tarhan plain to Khushab the general direction
is S. of W. The road is reported passable for all arms
except at m. 71-m. 72^ in the Siab pass, which is barely
practicable for laden animals. Water plentiful in the
pass. Grazing throughout, but no fuel.
Khushab. Water and forage abundant: no fuel: supplies
only when the crops are standing and flocks and herds
are being pastured.
From here to liudbar the general direction is N. of W.
The road throughout is fair and passable for laden
animals. Little water till the Saidmarreh is reached.
Grass throughout, and wood in the Saidmarreh valley.
At m. 90|- ford the Saidmarreh, girth-deep for horses