"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٥٣٦/٣٤)

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Route No. II — contd.
hills, is said never to dry. Sangun is a village of 400 houses
lying in a hollow in the Khaf valley, which contains several
large villages. The town of Rui Khaf lies 11 miles to the AW.
.of Sangun.
Water .—Good and abundant.
Fodder .—Good camel-grazing.
Supplies .—Sufficient for a division for a week.
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KARAT
(3,600')
.. 24j m. General direction
NNE. Road as-
2213 . cends gradually
towards the hills. At 9 miles is Duzbad, containing only a
Chdpdr Khdneh of the post line, which runs from Turbat-i-
Haidari through Karez to Pul-i-Khatun, good water, but no
supplies.
The road enters a defile variously called the Tang-i-Gul
Shutar, the Val-i-Dardari or the Dehaneh-i-Shishab, which is f
mile long with a bad road, passable only for pack animals,
though with slight improvements could be made fit tor be la
artillery. The ground on either side of the track is very broken
and difficult. The ascent is gradual to the summit of_the pass,
Buri-i-Gulugah, mile 15, about 1,500 feet above Sangun, where
the kutal is not very marked. The descent is also easy and
gradual ; for a mile down a rather narrow ravine, and then
down a grassy valley. At 17 miles Burj-i-Kara a watch tower
on a mound to the right (south). At mile 20 reach Sar-i-Chas
meh-i-Karat, where there is a perennial stream of good running
water (1,000 gallons per hour). In summer this stream may dry
up nearer Karat, and this spot would form a good alternative
halting place. Wood and grass abundant : supplies m
The remainder of the road is through hills and rather stony ;
it runs down a ravine into Karat.
Karat is a small village situated where the valley opens out
into the plain, and is conspicuous by reason of a ruined mmare
;about 140 feet high. It contains 30 houses, with a ruined fort
in the centre, behind which there is a grove of apricot trees.
Water ,—Good and abundant ; sufficient for 2 brigades.
Fuel. —Plentiful, distant about 2 miles.
Fodder .—Grazing for camels.