"استطلاعات في بلاد الرافدين وكردستان وشمال غرب بلاد فارس ولرستان في الفترة من أبريل إلى أكتوبر ١٨٨٨، كتبها المقدم ف. ر. مونسيل، فرع الاستخبارات. يوجد مجلدان. المجلد الأول: تقرير سردي ووصف للمدن الكبرى والطرق المؤدية منها. شيملا: فرع الاستخبارات، إدارة قائد الإمداد والتموين، ١٨٩٠" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎١] (٣١٢/٢٢٧)

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In flood time the water washes completely over the top of the brictee
This would mean a rise of about 35 feet, which would be quite possible
in ilootls in sueli a narrow gorge. r
After 3f miles the valley bends sharply to the north, and the road becomes
a fairly easy track by the right bank, through a thicket of low shrubs and
some good oak, sycamore, and ash trees. A foot track leads over the hill to
the left to join the track from Serau.
Kala Baginuk on the hills to tlie left and Kala Kelhuk to the right are
p -~ of t ' V0 olli Rom an forts, placed here to bar the passage down the
The valley narrows to 30 or 40 yards, with steep cliffs on either side, the
road being a narrow ledge, very slippery and difficult, round some spurs which
jut out here. The river is a rapid torrent.
y hoh of tllis P ass frora Sha kh is known as the
iang-i-GheUi At 6 * miles it opens out and the cliffs disappear. A mule
fed here into the river and died subsequently of the injuries which he received.
1 e more direct track over the hill from Serau would probably have been
TorZ fgToO'r'an J 'V/Tf 011 ! suddenly at the outlet of the
and soft shaly strata take their place
avoid^rteh^^ZSfg etthlirnd™"^’ f ° r<Iing a ‘ timeSt °
of WUh ° akS - Qua '’ ti - S
At l3| miles halted on a small open space by the river
cal ed Chemishum Siki (2,400'). From a point on a low undulatfon i mile
to the north-west, an extensive view was obtainable of Derguleh valley to ti e
^r^ 4 Vw% 1 75 ^ UI “ h a “ d raiDBd fort of «
In a direction 242° is a narrow gorge called the Tang-i-Kasro-helli, throuo-h
thte calied^he Th W , lng d 1 ? th<! Tigris ' 14 H ° WS P ast U “'gnlch, and”is
b !'i t h,she '' 1 1P 1 “ tlle nmunlains it goes by the name
• r nses on tlle slope of the Halakur Da-h.
whitp 11 fri'o 1 north-west of the valley is a high ridge with steep bare cliffs of
&om 27™to 308 ° 0Un0USly Streaked with r «‘ d the bottom. It extends
enmee t d .“' ecta °" ® *f is a 1>roa<1 wooded valley, down which a large tributary
comes to join the Rohsur. ^
Bearing is the Chiraf Dagh, a curious peak with steep precipitous sides
overhanging the Rohsur from the south. It forms the west end of the
Shernakh Dagh. Shernakh village bears 61° from here.
Bade/KhanN'wJr 1 ^ 6 50 o hutSy and a P^ce of no importance since
to notDi nf % 20 Villa " eS ia the I)e ^ aleh val1 ^ and
Nestorian! ^ aU Kmdlsh > exce P t Dolmk > n «ar Shernakh, which is
Some Kurds from Shakh, who came as guides so far, would not o'o on as
they had a blood feud with men in Shernakh. & '
broad^etTw^T n ^f 6ft Cam P (M 00 '), and kept along a
vm^n W ^ww" Blu8h va,ley - A few patcl “ s o£ culSva
After G| miles left the valley of the Nurdush (3 125') and
3 C0 ™ al mound < »n the'sumniit of
I s . a c „ urch m rui, )s and the remains of a Nestorian villae-e The
country is well wooded, mostly oaks, hawthorn, and junipers. S *