"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" [و‎‎١‎٣‎٦] (٣١٢/٢٧٦)

fcaranduz Plain.—ki 2 miles we reached the summit o£ a wide col, and
Opened up a fine view of the Baranduz plain, extending south-east and east
towards the lake, thickly dotted with villages, orchards and gardens.
Our road descends into the plain (4, 580'), making a detour to the east; the
shorter road to Ushnu keeping along the foot of the hills at the head of the
^The caravan road from Urmia does not pass through Seir, but comes direct
over the low line of undulations which separates the Urmia from the Baranduz
^ The entire Baranduz plain is irrigated by canals from the Baranduz Chai,
which debouches from the hills through a narrow valley at the head of the
plain, 5 miles to the south-south-west.
At first we wad'ed through rice fields and across several small canals, very
swampy ; bad going for loaded mules. Some small villages were passed, sur
rounded by poplars and small gardens growing vegetables and patches of
Cl ° V At Similes the track led out of the irrigated ground, and joined the road
from Urmia over the hills, skirting the foot of some low undulations at the
north side of the plain. n j xr n
Karellar —At 9 miles through a large Musalman village called Kareilar
on a large canal, and a mile down the canal Saralan, another large village.
The canal banks are lined with poplars and willows.
The soil is a rich black loam, growing vines on the drier portions and rice
in the lower irrigated patches. Melons, cucumbers, indian-corn, castor oil,
potatoes and lucerne also grown. _ _ • • t j
While trying to make a short cut from Karellar across some irrigated
ground, a loaded mule stuck fast in a small canal, and some time was wasted
in unloading and hauling him out. , , i v. ^
Shortly after we rejoined the main road, and crossed a deep canal by a
bridge of logs and fascines. „ , , mi . i £ x i
Several carts were met drawing loads of wheat. The track of the wheels
is from 6 feet to 7 feet, and two pairs of oxen are used for draught. Small
loads are carried for the size of the cart. , . i .i
At 13 miles pass through some gardens and orchards, and wind round the
base of a gravelly mound, on the top of which is Dizertecheh fort, a, square
building with mud walls and loopholed towers at the corners. It is paitly
ruined, and the walls are in a bad state of repair. . p, • , •
Dizertecheh .—Half a mile further pass through the large Christian
village of Dizertecheh on the left bank of the Baranduz Chai. Threshing
was actively going on. Near the threshing floor was a small wooden
platform, supported some 30 feet from the ground on long poles boarded
round the sides, and pierced with loopholes, intended as a watch tower for the
Cr0 On passing the village we forded the Baranduz Chai ( 4 , 310 '), here 30 yards
wide andTfeft deep, with a rapid current. There is a foot bridge of poplar
trunks on trestles about i mile down stream. f c
On reaching the right bank we passed through a very e / clo 1 s f d fi c ® un f t 7 n °|
vineyards and orchards, the road running between two mud walls 6 feet to 8
^VSarK.—At 15 miles passed through the large Armenian village of
Jundarli, and shortly afterwards made a sharp turn to the west up ^ narrow
lane bordered with hedgerows of brrars and vines, leaving the mam road, whic
keeps on across the plain by the shore of the lake to Su uz.